Female artist engaging quiet Nepali mountain guide (6)
I believe the answer is:
sherpa
'nepali mountain guide' is the definition.
(term for a Himalayan mountain guide)
'female artist engaging quiet' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'engaging' is an insertion indicator.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano').
'ra' going around 'p' is 'rpa'.
'she'+'rpa'='SHERPA'
(Other definitions for sherpa that I've seen before include "Member of the Himalayan people famous for their skill as mountaineers" , "Mountain people from Nepal and Tibet" , "Native Himalayan mountain climber" , "porter" , "Skilled Tibetan mountaineer" .)