Amanda Beranek is a Baroque and modern harpist based in New York City. In 2019 she was named a Young Artist for the Pittsburgh Concert Society and was a prizewinner in the American Harp Society National Competition in Winston-Salem, NC. Amanda was also selected to participate in the 2020/2022 World Harp Congress: Focus on Youth, which earned her a performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales. In 2022 she attended the Académie Internationale d’Été de Nice, studying with Marie-Pierre Langlamet. In 2025, she was a participant in the USA International Harp Competition in Bloomington, Indiana.
Amanda has performed in a variety of world-class venues, including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Heinz Hall, and has played with professional ensembles such as the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Harlem Chamber Players, and the Chamber Orchestra of New York.
Maintaining a particular passion for early music, Amanda performs on various types of harps, including pedal, lever, Italian triple, and German double harps. In 2023, Amanda participated in The Helicona Project, a Baroque improvisation festival in Verona, Italy, where she performed on both the Spanish harp and Baroque triple harp. She regularly performs early and contemporary folk music on modern and historical instruments. As a Baroque harpist, Amanda has recently performed with Juilliard 415, the Silentwoods Collective, Blue Heron, and TENET Vocal Artists. She holds two degrees from The Juilliard School.