Heidi Lehwalder (born 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is an American classical harpist.
She is internationally renowned as one of the world's greatest harp prodigies, and as the final student of master Carlos Salzedo.
[1] Leonard Bernstein said of her, "...The main thing to tell you about Heidi is that she is simply a genius," in his notes for the Young People's Concerts.
The Philharmonic Hall commentary on the contest said that "Heidi was the one and only sensation of the entire affair.
On December 23, 1963, Lehwalder appeared on Leonard Bernstein’s Young People's Concerts on CBS at the age of 14.