Arianna Savall i Figueras (born 1972 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born Spanish classical singer, harpist and composer. She sings in Catalan, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages.

Life and career

Savall is the daughter of composer and viol player Jordi Savall and the late singer Montserrat Figueras, and the sister of Ferran Savall. She studied voice at the Conservatory of Terrassa with María Dolores Aldea in 1993. She graduated in harp from the Conservatory of Terrassa, Spain, in 1996, and obtained a degree in voice in 2000. In 1992, she began studying with Rolf Lislevand at the Toulouse Conservatory. In 1996, Savall returned to Switzerland and attended a seminar led by Kurt Widmer at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She has been a member of Hespèrion XXI and was part of her father's musical groups until 2008, when she created her own group Hirundo Maris, together with the Norwegian musician Petter Udland Johansen.Anoia Diari, 16 June 2010
Interview with Arianna Savall
In 2017 she began teaching baroque harp at the Zurich University of the Arts.

Discography

* ''Bella Terra'', 2003 * ''Peiwoh'' (Alia Vox) 2009 * ''Chants du Sud et du Nord'', 2012 *''Le Labyrinthe d'Ariane'', 2020

References

External links

Arianna Savall official website

Arianna Savall at Youtube
1972 births Living people Spanish composers Spanish expatriates in Switzerland Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumni Spanish classical harpists Spanish women harpists 21st-century Spanish women singers Spanish women composers English-language singers from Spain French-language singers of Spain Catalan-language singers Portuguese-language singers of Spain {{Spain-composer-stub