Biography

Zoë Knoop (born Netherlands, 1994) started playing the harp at the age of 11. In 2019 she completed her master's degree with Professor Godelieve Schrama at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany.

She has taken part in masterclasses with, among others, Masumi Nagasawa, Frédérique Cambreling, Sivan Magen, Alice Giles, Andrew Lawrence King and Catherine Beynon. In addition to chamber music concerts in a variety of ensembles, including the New Salon Trio, she regularly plays with various orchestras (Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonie Süd-Westfalen, Badisches State Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra). During the 2017/2018 season she was part of the academy of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

She is also actively involved in the contemporary music scene, such as with the notabu.ensemble at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf or in the 2024 production of 'Powder her Face' by Thomas Adès with the Dutch Travel Opera. In recent years she has also appeared as a soloist in the harp concertos by Saint-Saëns, Roel van Oosten and in the Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra by Mozart.

Zoë works in close contact with German author, recitor en director Jörg-Maria Welke. For his productions 'Farben einer Nacht', 'Ich bin's - a lyrical and musical homage to Blixa Bargeld' and 'My Melancholic Musicbox' she arranged, played and improvised the music.

Since 2020 she has been teaching both children and adults at various music schools in North Rhine-Westphalia and is a juror in competitions such as Jugend Musiziert.

Zoë plays a 2017 Salvi Iris harp, financed with the help of 'Stichting Eigen Muziekinstrument' and a 1959 Obermayer Empire.