Biography

Olivia Fortunato began studying the harp at age 5 and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.  Olivia has won a multitude of competitions, including the Berklee Concerto Competition and was a featured artist at the Boston Harp Festival and American Harp Society Conference as a master class participant and ensemble performer. 

She has performed frequently for recording sessions, symphonies, and musicals.  While at Berklee, Olivia was a member of the Boston Harp Project and performed at the festival Internationale de harpe in France.  Olivia was the resident harpist at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan, famous for being the setting for the 1980 film, "Somewhere in Time". 

Olivia currently resides in Manhattan where she regularly performs and is the Treasurer of the MetroHarp Chapter of the American Harp Society. She was the Associate Producer of Public Programming at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts until 2020.  In 2024, Olivia graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree from the Cardozo School of Law.