Kendra van Nes

Kendra van Nes (born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) started playing the lever harp at age 8. After studying different styles of music (Latin, African, Classical) she found that Celtic music moved her most. At age 9 she Kendra wrote her first song and also discovered singing. In high school she joined the choir and started taking private voice lessons when she was 18. In May 2007 she graduated with a BM in Jazz Studies and continues to write for voice and harp, influenced by the Jazz and Celtic styles. As well as writing and preforming her own material she also arranges tradittional Irish tunes.