Marie-Pierre Langlamet (born September 13, 1967) is a French

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Early life and career

Langlamet was born in

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. She studied at the Nice Conservatoire and began her career in her teens in the orchestra of the

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before continuing her studies at

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in Philadelphia. In 1988, she became deputy principal harpist at the

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Orchestra in New York. Since 1993, she has been the principal harpist at the

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Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Berlin Philharmonic and has made many recordings with them.

Repertoire

Langlamet collaborates with the American composer

Sebastian Currier Sebastian Currier (born March 16, 1959) is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras. He was also a professor of music at Columbia University from 1999 to 2007. Life Currier was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and was r ...

. She is noted as an exponent of the harp concerto by

Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Bue ...

. To mark the centenary of the composer's birth in 2016 she performed the work at several locations including the Philharmonie, Berlin.

Honours

She has won several harp competitions including in 1992 first prize at the International Harp Contest in Israel. In 2009 she was made a Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres by the French Ministry of Culture for her contribution to French music.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langlamet, Marie-Pierre 1967 births Living people French classical harpists Curtis Institute of Music alumni Players of the Berlin Philharmonic Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres