…Bzhezhinska shares with Alice (Coltrane) a mastery of the jazz harp.”

★★★★★, The Times  

 

"Alina Bzhezhinska… a modern-day supremo… among the best contemporary harpists…” 

Evening Standard

​

​

Undoubtedly one of the leading harpists in the world today, Alina Bzhezhinska (a.k.a. AlinaHipHarp) is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring harp to the forefront of contemporary sound.​

 

She has recently collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Brian Jackson, Chaka Khan, Shabaka Hutchings, DJ Spinna, Kamaal Williams & Slide Johnson, performing to audiences across the globe.

 

Bzhezhinska is a creator of a jazz formation HipHarpCollective that won the Parliamentary Jazz Award's Best Ensemble of the Year 2024. The group’s double LP “Reflections” (BBE Music) won best album of the year 2023 by Preston Music and Alina Bzhezhinska’s Quartet was nominated for Best Live Act of the Year at JazzFM Awards 2017.

 

Bzhezhinska produced her albums “Inspiration” (Ubuntu Music, 2018), “Reflections” (BBE Music, 2022) & “Altera Vita” (BBE 2024) all to critical acclaim, with her most recent record - an intimate duet with Tony Kofi on Saxophone - being dubbed “a masterpiece” by Downbeat Magazine.

​

As a side woman Alina performed at “ “Forgive Me Mine” - Ganavya (Native Rebel Recordings 2024), “ Everlasting Energy of Love” - Niki King (2024), “African Culture” - Shabaka (Impulse! 2022), “Music Aid for Ukraine” (Ubuntu Music, 2022), “Breath Suite“- Ben Mark (2021), “Wu Hen” - Kamaal Williams (2020) and “New Focus on Song” (2016).

 

She has appeared at WOMADelaide Festival in Australia, had live performances for BBC Radio 3 and Worldwide FMfollowed along with appearances at Edinburgh International Festival, Tampere Jazz Festival in Finland, EFG London Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival, Jazz Connective and Periscope Musiques Innovates, Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.

​

In 2024 honouring the memory of Alice Coltrane on the year of Alice - she created a special project “Celebrating Alice Coltrane” with the legendary American jazz artist / composer Brian Jackson. Alina is also a member of Shabaka Hutchings' quintet touring Europe and Asia.

​

Bzhezhinska's solo set of harp with electronics is in high demand, recently performed at EFG LJF, opening for Lakecia Benjamin as well as Omar and Run Logan Run at the Jazz Cafe in London.

 

Alina’s new LP “Whispers Of Rain” with Ibiza based electronic music producer Tulshi will be releaced in Spring 2025.

​

She was has composed music for King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand for the Tamnak Prathom Harp School and has since then published several works on harp technique, including her signature "Steps To Excellence"series.

​

 

Bzhezhinska is passionate about charity work and she supports Cancer Research and children’s art therapy charity “Tepli DoLoni” and Animal Rescue “Domivka” in her home country Ukraine.