Background
Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, and began learning the harp at the age of six.
Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, and began learning the harp at the age of six.
She studied harp with Elinor Bennett, who would become her mother-in-law.
She was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004 and is Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. Finch has given many recitals at different venues throughout the world. She was later appointed Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales, an office unfilled since the reign of Queen Victoria.
The performance was used in Series 1, Episode 10 of the show, entitled "Sweet Dreams".
She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the age of ten, becoming the youngest of its members to play at The Proms. In 2010, Catrin Finch appeared as part of the British Broadcasting Corporation Children"s television series ZingZillas, performing a lullaby composed by Chris Banks and Wag Marshall-Page entitled "Drift Away", alongside the other members of the ZingZillas band.