Harp

Mélie Leneutre

The French harpist Mélie Leneutre has been a member of the newly founded Orchestra Academy at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich since autumn 2026. At the same time, she is studying for a Master’s degree at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in the class of Françoise Verherve, having already obtained her Bachelor’s degree there.

She gained valuable orchestral experience during her internship with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2025/26 season. In addition, she has worked as a temporary musician with, amongst others, the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Symphony Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2022, she has been a permanent member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, where she also serves on the board. She also teaches at the Schwarz Music School in Frankfurt.

In 2021, Mélie won first prize at the International Junior Harp Competition in Nice; in 2022, she was a finalist at the Martine Géliot International Harp Competition in France. From 2021 to 2023, she received funding through the Deutschlandstipendium. Since 2022, she has been a scholarship holder of the Live Music Now Yehudi Menuhin Frankfurt Foundation.