Sue Rothstein has led a successful career as a freelance harpist following her classical training with Renata Scheffel-Stein at the Royal Academy of Music. She was awarded several prizes and was a prize winner in the first national harp competition held in Oxford.
As a freelance player she has worked with many orchestras, particularly the BBC Concert Orchestra and English National Ballet, with regular trips to play with the Ulster Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife. Sue has worked under conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vernon Handley and Barry Wordsworth and also her late father, Jack Rothstein. Being a versatile player has given her opportunities to work for pop musicians such as Petula Clark, Rick Wakeman and Barry White. Sue, together with Sarah Deere-Jones formed the London Harp Duo which had much success playing for concerts, festivals and live BBC television. They also went around the world on the QE2. Sue has played for many private events and performed for British and foreign royalty.
Sue has been writing music since she was a toddler. Throughout her career she has written and arranged music, primarily for harp, piano and voice. Composing is now her priority. Several of her works were premiered at Trinity College of Music in 2007. Sue also enjoys teaching. Her children’s pieces ‘Animals on the Harp’ first published by Salvi have been used in the exam syllabus here and abroad. Sue lives in London with her husband and their two children.