The harpist Lindsay Buffington was born in Maryland, USA, and she has been based in Switzerland since 2005. She currently lives in Luzern. Lindsay completed her studies at the University of Maryland College Park, Conservatoire de Lausanne and Hochschule – Luzern Musik. She completed degrees in Bachelor of Music (summa cum laude), Master of Music Performance and Master of Music Pedagogy. Her main harp teachers included Rebecca Anstine Smith, Chantal Mathieu and Xenia Schindler.

Lindsay is a versatile performer who thrives on playing in diverse musical styles. She enjoys an active freelance career in Switzerland and abroad, and plays regularly both as a soloist and with ensembles. She has performed with the City Light Symphony Orchestra, Operettenbühne Vaduz, Zuger Sinfonietta, Ensemble Boswil, Ensemble Paul Klee, Bach Ensemble Luzern, Bach- Collegium Freiburg, Sinfonietta Basel, Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, Mädchenkantorei Basel, Lenzburger Kantorei and Luzerner Kantorei, among others. Recent years have included invitations to the Festival ZeitRäume in Basel, World Band Festival Luzern, Moonlight Festival Zofingen and the soundSCAPE Festival, Italy.

An active chamber musician, Lindsay is the co-founder of 3 chamber music ensembles: Deux en Harpe, with harpist Céline Gay des Combes (2008), the Cochlea Duo, with flutist Chelsea Czuchra (2013), and the Damselfly Trio, with Chelsea Czuchra and Liz Pearse, soprano (2017). Each group has commissioned several new pieces over the past years, including works by Michèle Rusconi, Luzia von Wyl, François Pernel, Alfred Zimmerlin and Jesse Jones. Together with these chamber groups, Lindsay has undertaken several concert tours in Switzerland and abroad. Past tours have taken Lindsay to Ireland, the UK, France, Italy and the USA.

Deux en Harpe performed a live concert on Radio RTS1 in Lausanne, and has performed at venues such as Victoria Hall, Manège d’Onex, “kultur i de braui” in Hochdorf, and Bargemusic NY. They were invited to festivals such as “le bois qui chante”, “Orgues, Musiques et Cimes” and “Harfenfest Luzern”. The harp duo released their CD, “Pas de deux harpistique,” in 2011.

The Cochlea Duo thrives on harpist Lindsay Buffington and flutist Chelsea Czuchra’s combined interest in a broad spectrum of music, including original works and transcriptions for flute and harp, as well as a commitment to commissioning new works for this ensemble. Cochlea’s repertoire includes music by Toru Takemitsu, Gareth Farr and Astor Piazzolla among others. They have commissioned works by composers including Vera Kappeler, Ryan Molloy and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.

The Damselfly Trio - Liz Pearse, soprano, Chelsea Czuchra, flutes, and Lindsay Buffington, harp - is a mobile chamber ensemble dedicated to the music of contemporary composers and poets/writers. Damselfly has set out to commission, perform and record a new body of music and text for their uncommon ensemble by composers and poets of varying experiences from around the world.

Lindsay has received support from institutions including the Aargauer Kuratorium, Fondation Nicati-de Luze, Arts Council Ireland, Dwight & Ursula Mamlok Stiftung, and the Swiss Cultural Fund UK.

In addition to her work as a performer, Lindsay teaches harp at the Musikschule Horw and Musikschule Hochdorf in Canton Luzern. In past years, she has been invited to teach at the harp camp “Vac'Harpes”, and at the Coastal Carolina Harp Society “Wilmington Harp Day”. She has presented workshops on composing for the harp at the soundSCAPE festival in Italy and at Maynooth University in Ireland.