As I was saying in my last post, the French Erard brothers set up shop in London, which is why "Erard Paris" and "Erard London" harps exist. And Camac Harps are having an
Anglo-French day in Paris!
We are delighted to welcome two English artists to L'Espace Camac on Sunday, March 1st, 2009.
First of all, Imogen Barford, Professor of Harp at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, will give a masterclass between 2 - 5pm.
IMOGEN BARFORD read Music at
Cambridge University and studied the harp with Renata Scheffel-Stein at
the Royal Academy of Music where she won the recital diploma. She won
numerous prizes and scholarships for her solo playing, including the
International Music Service Prize at the International Harp Competition
on the Isle of Man. She has performed as a soloist at World Harp
Congresses in Holland and Israel, and was a prizewinner in the National
Federation of Music Societies' Award. Her busy free-lance career has
covered an extremely wide range of activities: concerto soloist at the
South Bank and Aldeburgh Festival; orchestral work with all the major
London orchestras, particularly the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic
Orchestras, as well as opera, ballet and film work; extensive chamber
music with her own group JEUX, contemporary and early music, plus
regular broadcasts, recordings and foreign tours. From 1991-2005 she
taught at Trinity College of Music, latterly as Head of Harp. Currently
she is Head of Harp in the Senior Guildhall School of Music &
Drama, and also teaches at the Guildhall Junior department and is
Co-Director of the annual Benslow Harp Course. She is also in demand as
an adjudicator and examiner. In 1994 she was made an honorary associate
of the Royal Academy of Music 'for distinguished service to the music
profession'.
At 6pm, Keziah Thomas, First Prize winner of the Camac Harp Competition in London will give a recital:
Entente Cordiale!
At just thirty four kilometers apart, harpists have been travelling (and fleeing!) between France and Britain for hundreds of years, creating and sharing music. From the story of how Bochsa left France to avoid being prosecuted for fraud, to Tailleferre and Piazzolla passing each other in the corridors of the Paris Conservatoire in the 1950s, the music in this
concert explores the relationships between the countries and the
colourful characters who perform and compose for the harp with such
passion.
Registration and reservations: please contact Mme Florence Ledi:
phone: 0033 (0)671 80 56 47
e-mail: f.ledi@camac-harps.com
For the masterclass, please inform us of the following:
Name, first name, your teacher, and your telephone number.
For the Carte Blanche concert: name, first name, telephone number, number of desired places.
