Testimonials...
'Dear Jharda, thank you so much for your fantastic performance at our wedding. Everybody could not stop talking about how great you were. Almost all of the congregation were in tears your playing and singing was so beautiful! I can't recommend you enough. We wish you all the best for your career in the future'. - Matt & Jo, Chiddingstone Castle, 2011
'Dear Jharda, thank you again for performing at our wedding. You were amazing and made the day very special indeed. Your voice is enchanting and your harp playing is beautiful. Thank you so, so much'. - Neil & Polly, Hotel du Vin, 2011
'We just wanted to say a huge thank you for the wonderful job you did on our wedding day. I still have friends and family members telling me how amazing you were and how you were their favourite part of the day! I am so grateful that you agreed to play, even though it was far away from where you live! You were so helpful beforehand, and on the day you adapted brilliantly to the chaos and were so friendly and kind, and you played beautifully during our ceremony and made it very special.
You were definitely the most unique part of our day and we feel very lucky that we had you there! I will always remember the feeling I had when I was standing outside the ceremony room and you started playing Clair De Lune, it just took my breath away and made everything very special. I couldn't have asked for anything more perfect. You are incredibly talented and I wish you all the success in the world'. -Kimmy & Dave, Nutfield Priory, October 2010
'We just wanted to say a great big thank you for all your help and hard work in making our wedding so special. All our guests loved your music and your voice, and the song - 'Like a Star', that you learnt especially for us was so beautiful. Thanking you so much for adding to the lovely memories of our wedding day' - Nimika & Viral, Pinner, October 2010
'Thank you very much for performing at our wedding. Elnaz, I and the guests enjoyed your music and your beautiful voice. Everyone was asking about you. Sorry we didn't get to thank you in person. We were extremely happy with your performance'.-Mehdi & Elnaz, The Hurlingham Club, August 2010
'We were thrilled with the performance that Jharda gave on our wedding day; we were especially pleased that she was able to learn the particular songs that we had requested. To find a singing harpist is so unusual and this did not go unnoticed by our guests who greatly enjoyed both her instrumental music as they were arriving, and her songs which were the perfect soundtrack to our drinks reception. Jharda was professional, accommodating and reliable, and we would recommend her to any couple looking for a musician guaranteed to make their special day just that little bit more special!' - Sally & Greg Wilson, Hall Place, Bexley, May 2010
'Dearest Jharda, thank you so much for providing such a wonderful soundtrack to our ceremony. We had the perfect day and your music really set the scene.
The fact that we were able to include the songs of our choices (THANK YOU for the work you did on them!) and your own beautiful songs, meant such a great deal to us and I will never forget the moments before I walked down the aisle... standing with my Dad, grasping hands, full of nerves, listening to your voice and the harp, before entering to a room full of my nearest and dearest... and of course, Rob :) No words can ever express how grateful we are to have you have had you be such a significant part of our special day!'- Lucy & Rob Donald, Rivervale Barn, April 2010
'Jharda enchanted the audience with her haunting voice and melodic strings, delicately evoking a strange desire to dance in the royal courts of Henry VIII.' -Jo & Jamie, The Met Bar at the Metropolitan Hotel, September 2009
Venues and events I have played...
- The Savoy
- The Dorchester
- Le Manoir - Raymond Blanc's hotel and restaurant
- Gordon Ramsey's York & Albany
- The Old Vic Tunnels for the press night of 'Scorched'
- The Hurlingham Club
- 40|30, The Gherkin
- Sound Tracks Festival 2011
- The Met Bar at the Metropolitan Hotel
- London HMV Forum, Brighton Dome, Manchester Academy, Leeds O2 Academy, Glasgow ABC and the Borderline (all with ex-Groove Armada vocalist, Saint Saviour, supporting Hurts)
- Channel 4 Little Noise Sessions at Union Chapel with Tinashe (Island Records), curated by Jo Whiley
- The Square - 2* Michelin restaurant in Mayfair
- The Tower Hotel, London
- Bush Hall
- Princelet Street
- Proud Camden for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, supporting Sophie Ellis Bextor
- Camden Roundhouse
- St Stephen's for the Belsize Trilogy with Jonathan Aitken
- The Plateau restaurant, Canary Wharf
- Chiddingstone Castle, Kent
- Chelsea Old Town Hall
- Thornbury Castle, Bristol
- The Pigalle Club supporting Terry Reid
- Carphone Warehouse GPE 2010 at the Sofitel, Heathrow
- Clerkenwell Design Week 2010
- 'Lady A' canal boat, Little Venice
- The Montague on the Gardens, London
- Nutfield Priory
- Hall Place, Bexley
- Hitchin Priory
- Rivervale Barn, Hampshire
- Ardington House, Oxfordshire
- South Lodge Hotel, Horsham
- Wotton House, Dorking
- The Marriott, Waltham Abbey
- West Lodge Park, London
- Byblos Harbour
- The Quayside Bistro
- Pembroke Lodge, Richmond
- Lympne Castle, Kent
- Hotel du Vin, Henley
