Massachusetts native Krysten Keches has been called an “excellent young soloist” by the Boston Globe. She began harp lessons at age four with Elizabeth Morse and has since appeared as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician at venues throughout the United States and overseas, including Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus, Teatro alla Scala, Canberra’s Llewellyn Hall, and Boston’s Symphony Hall. An avid orchestral musician, Krysten performs frequently as a substitute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. She has toured with the BSO domestically and in Europe, and she played on the orchestra’s Grammy-award-winning live album Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow.

She has also performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and Miami's New World Symphony. ​Krysten's recent solo performances include Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Berkshire Symphony. She has also appeared as a soloist with the New England String Ensemble and Mistral Chamber Players, and she was invited to play alongside Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Krysten graduated cum laude with a B.A. in art history from Harvard University, where she continued her training with Elizabeth Morse. In 2010, she won a Fulbright Scholarship to study with renowned harpist Alice Giles at the Australian National University School of Music, where she earned a Graduate Diploma with high distinction. A recipient of the Scovell Family Scholarship, Krysten recently completed her M.M. at New England Conservatory, where she studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra harpist Jessica Zhou. She teaches privately and serves as a coach for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.