Internationally renowned harp educator Christina Tourin is one of the most accomplished harpists of her generation, delighting audiences with her performances worldwide. As one of the foremost leading educators of the harp, whose International Harp Therapy Program currently has training centers in multiple countries and languages with therapeutic harp practitioners from 32 countries serving on five continents, Christina truly lives a life “as above so below,” experiencing the magnificent and transcendent in small but significant ways. From classical masterpieces, Celtic traditions, and sonic innovations from other cultures to improvisational meditative atmospheres, music has been a constant inspiration throughout Christina’s life. Trained in performance both at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and at McGill University in Montreal, Christina’s fascinating musical life has taken her around the world from Japan to Ireland, where she’s brought the national instrument of the harp to blind children. She also served as a trained music therapist at the Blind Institute of San Diego. In addition, she performed for 17 years for the Von Trapp Family at their Austrian Chalet Lodge in Vermont and has accompanied chorales, performed with symphonies, and been part of ensembles in off-Broadway theaters.