Deborah Henson-Conant (born November 11, 1953, in Stockton, California) is an American harpist and composer.
She orchestrates all her own music when she plays with symphony and often engages symphonic musicians in unexpected ways.
[2] She states that her career objectives include a desire to reevaluate misconceptions and underestimations of the harp instrument, of the stage medium, and of the self.
[3] The soundtrack of her 2006 DVD Invention & Alchemy, received a Grammy nomination, and the video version began broadcast on American public television in 2007.
[5][6][7] In October 2013, Henson-Conant performed and represented the United States at the 7th annual World Harp Festival, in Asunción, Paraguay.