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Floraleda Sacchi (June 14, 1978) is an Italian
harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...
ist,
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and
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born in
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.


Biography

She studied music in Italy, the United States and Canada, with Lisetta Rossi, Alice Giles, Judy Loman, Alice Chalifoux. She has won prizes, in Italy and abroad, at 16 music competitions. Between 1998 and 2012 she performed more than 600 concerts in Europe, North and South America, and Asia in concert halls and festivals. She plays
pedal harp The pedal harp (also known as the concert harp) is a large and technologically modern harp, designed primarily for use in art music. It may be played solo, as part of a chamber ensemble, or in an orchestra. It typically has 47 strings with sev ...
(also electro and
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), as well as historical instruments (single and double action pedal harp). She has written articles on musicology related to the harp and harpists. A book by her, entitled '' Elias Parish Alvars, Life, Music, Documents'' published in 1999, received the Harpa Award (Prague 1999). She has edited 18th and 19th century harp music, bringing to the public several forgotten composers (such as Sophia Dussek or Alphonse Hasselmans). She is the author of shows uniting music and acting, including ''Mystery Tales'' (for actor, harp and string quartet, dedicated to the relationship among fantasy, horror literature and music) and ''Travel to the Moon'' (for actor, harp and
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- presented regularly at
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's Planetarium) - freely inspired from ''Cosmicomiche'' by
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. Beginning in June 2007, she played live in Ottavia Piccolo's monologue ''Donna non rieducabile''. The show, based on a text by Stefano Massini, is dedicated to journalist
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. The show was made into a film by Felice Cappa in 2009. The movie was produced by RAI TV with the title "Il sangue, la neve" (The Blood, the Snow). Published by PromoMusic in DVD, the movie was presented at the 66th
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. Since 2006, Floraleda Sacchi has been the artistic director of the Lake Como Festival.


Audio file

* Felix Godefroid: Etude de concert pour harpe op.193. Floraleda Sacchi (arpa) (live recording) * Krumpholtz: Sonata op. 8 n. 1 (2. Romance très lente). Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Claudio Ferrarini (Flute) (live recording)


Video


Live performances by Floraleda Sacchi


Publications

*''Elias Parish Alvars, Life, Music, Documents: annotated catalogue of his works for harp, piano, orchestra and voice'', Odilia Publishing, 1999 - . 220 pag, 40 ill. *"Specchio", a poem with artworks by Cristoforo Mantegazza. Pulcino Elefante Editions, February 2004 *"Violette", a poem with artworks by Cristoforo Mantegazza. Pulcino Elefante Editions, February 2004


Link


Official website www.floraledasacchi.comYouTube Channel
* Italian page on Wikipedia * German page on Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacchi, Floraleda Italian classical harpists Italian musicologists Italian women musicologists 1978 births Living people People from Como