{{Short description|Welsh harpist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alis Huws | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|04|02|df=yes}} | Death = | origin = Powys, Wales | genre = Classical<br /> Contemporary Classical<br />Harp | occupation = Harpist | label = | website = [https://www.alishuws.com/ Alis Huws] }}
'''Alis Huws''' is a Welsh harpist from Powys and former Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2019 to 2024.<ref name="BBC News"/>
==Education== Huws is from Foel near Llanfair Caereinion in Powys, where she attended Ysgol Uwchradd Caereinion. Having received harp lessons at school, she continued her studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, where she has since graduated with both undergraduate and master's degrees. Whilst there, she was awarded the Midori Matsui Prize for music, the Royal Welch Fusiliers Harp Prize and the McGrennery Chamber Music Prize.<ref name="County Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/17745660.prince-of-wales-appoints-foel-woman-as-new-royal-harpist/|title=Prince of Wales Appoints Foel Woman as New Royal Harpist|website=Powys County Times|date=3 July 2019 }} Retrieved 04 July 2019</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48844795|title=New royal harpist for Prince of Wales Alis Huws is 'delighted'|website=BBC News|date=2 July 2019 }} Retrieved 05 August 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alis Huws becomes the new Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales |url=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/press-release/alis-huws-becomes-new-official-harpist-hrh-prince-wales |website=The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall |date=2 July 2019|accessdate=27 July 2019}}</ref>
Huws was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and in 2016 was principal harp in the WNO Youth Opera production of ''Kommilitonen!'' by Peter Maxwell Davies.<ref name="RWCMD">{{cite web |title=Alis Huws – Harp |url=https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/other/rwcmd_commercial_services/hire_a_performer/profiles/alis_huws.aspx |website=Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |accessdate=27 July 2019 |archive-date=27 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727165550/https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/other/rwcmd_commercial_services/hire_a_performer/profiles/alis_huws.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== In 2017 Huws performed alongside Katherine Jenkins and Only Men Aloud at an event celebrating the UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff.<ref name="RWCMD"/>
Having performed for the Royal Family on several occasions, Huws was appointed the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales in July 2019.<ref name="BBC News"/> Following the accession of Charles III in September 2022, Huws' role became that of Royal Harpist, and in February 2023 she was chosen to play at Charles' coronation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Alis Huws, the harpist playing at the coronation of King Charles? |url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/artists/who-is-alis-huws/ |publisher=Classical Music |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parry |first1=Anwen |title=Powys harpist Alis Huws to perform at King Charles' coronation |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23342672.powys-harpist-alis-huws-perform-king-charles-coronation/ |publisher=Powys County Times |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
{{S-start}} {{s-court}} {{Succession box |title=Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales |years=2019–2024 |before= Anne Denholm |after= Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans }} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huws, Alis}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Welsh classical harpists Category:Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Category:British women harpists Category:21st-century Welsh women musicians Category:21st-century British classical musicians Category:People from Powys Category:Members of the Household of the Prince of Wales