Mara Galassi (born 1956, in
Milan
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) is an Italian
harpist,
musicologist
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and recording artist
specializing in the music for Early
harps,
including
Gothic
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,
Renaissance
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, and
Baroque, in particular double (cross-strung) and triple harps of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as Classical era single-action pedal harps.
She holds degrees from
Pesaro Conservatory of Music and the
Civica Scuola di Musica
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History
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in Milan. She studied historical performance practice under harpsichordist
David Collyer
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in
Amsterdam
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, lutenist
Patrick O'Brien in
New York City
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, and
musicology with
Michael Morrow in
London
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.
As of 2013, she is a professor of modern and historical harps at the Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano. She is a founding member of the Historical Harp Society.
Mara Galassi is active as a soloist, as well as a member of early music Ensembles, including
Hesperion XX (dir.
Jordi Savall
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), Concerto Soave,
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History
Concerto Vocale was founded in Amsterdam in 1977 by the Belgian countertenor and conductor René Jacobs.
The vocal ensemble has included sopranos María Cristina Kiehr and ...
(dir.
René Jacobs
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),
Concerto Italiano (dir.
Rinaldo Alessandrini),
Mala Punica (dir.
Pedro Memelsdorff
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), and
Cantus Cölln (dir.
Konrad Junghänel
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Career
Junghänel studied at the Hochschule für Musik ...
).
Galassi is also a musicologist doing research on historical harps.
Her CD "Il Viaggio di Lucrezia" won the “Cannes Award” and “Choc de la Musique” awards.
Filmography
VOLUPTAS DOLENDI: I Gesti del Caravaggio (а film by Francesco Vitali, with Mara Galassi & Deda Cristina Colonna)
Discography
* Il Viaggio Di Lucrezia: Solo Harp - Mara Galassi (Glossa CD ASIN: B000047988)
* G.F.Handel: Microcosm Concerto (Label: PID ASIN: B002USOVQO)
* Gabriela Bosio & Mara Galassi: Les Harpes du Ciel
* Domenico Cimarosa: Salon de femmes in Saint Petersburg, Opus III: OP30299 Release Date: 10-Sep-2001
References
* http://maragalassi.org - official site
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071026020715/http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/instrumentals/11147.php
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080820064622/http://www.glossamusic.com/artists/mgalassi.htm
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Living people
Italian harpists
Italian performers of early music
Women performers of early music
1956 births
Musicians from Milan