Marie-Pierre Langlamet: "Bach Sonatas" album release concert
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Marie-Pierre Langlamet has been principal harpist on the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 1994, when she was appointed under Claudio Abbado.
Ms. Langlamet was born in Grenoble, France. She received her first harp instruction at the Nice Conservatory at the age of 8, from Elisabeth Fontan Binoche and has been winning international acclaim since she was 15, when she won the highest prize at the Maria Korchinska competition in the United Kingdom. On year later, she won first prize at the Cite des Arts Competition in Paris, and was only 17 years old when she was appointed principal harpist of the Nice Opera Orchestra, a position she held until she left to continue her studies at the Curtist Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The following year she was a prize-winner at the Concours International d'Execution Musicale in Geneva.
At 20, she was appointed assistant principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra working under James Levine. During her five years there, she continued to win major awards. She was a first prize winner in New York's Concert Artists Guild Competition, and in 1992 won first prize at the International Harp competition in Israel, which was widely regarded as the most important for the instrument.
She has received numerous awards including the prestigious Cino del Duca prize from l'Academie des Beaux ARts in 2003. In 2009, she was decorated Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and was awarded Le grand Prix de la village de Nice in 2011.
Marie-Pierre has performed as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande among many others, and with some of the world's leading conductors including Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Trevor Pinnock, and Marek Janowski.
She teaches at the Karajan Academy and Universität der Künste Berlin and lives in Berlin with her family.
"Indeed, after hearing just the first sonata, I couldn't imagine wanting to hear it any other way......The results are not just enchanting but sometimes stunning, turning familiar tunes into welcome new creations"
-Classical Candor January 17, 2012
"Serene. Passionate. Powerful. Restrained. Thoughtful. Abandoned..."
-The London Free Press January 19, 2012
“What we get are readings of great finesse and power that also, in perhaps one of the very few recorded examples, show Bach not only as a contrapuntist and melodist, but as a composer equally adept at exhibiting instrumental color as well. This alone adds enormous emotional connotations to these pieces—at least the violin sonatas—that are often hard to detect in other readings.”
-Audiophile Audition January 31, 2012
Ms. Langlamet was born in Grenoble, France. She received her first harp instruction at the Nice Conservatory at the age of 8, from Elisabeth Fontan Binoche and has been winning international acclaim since she was 15, when she won the highest prize at the Maria Korchinska competition in the United Kingdom. On year later, she won first prize at the Cite des Arts Competition in Paris, and was only 17 years old when she was appointed principal harpist of the Nice Opera Orchestra, a position she held until she left to continue her studies at the Curtist Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The following year she was a prize-winner at the Concours International d'Execution Musicale in Geneva.
At 20, she was appointed assistant principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra working under James Levine. During her five years there, she continued to win major awards. She was a first prize winner in New York's Concert Artists Guild Competition, and in 1992 won first prize at the International Harp competition in Israel, which was widely regarded as the most important for the instrument.
She has received numerous awards including the prestigious Cino del Duca prize from l'Academie des Beaux ARts in 2003. In 2009, she was decorated Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and was awarded Le grand Prix de la village de Nice in 2011.
Marie-Pierre has performed as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande among many others, and with some of the world's leading conductors including Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Trevor Pinnock, and Marek Janowski.
She teaches at the Karajan Academy and Universität der Künste Berlin and lives in Berlin with her family.
"Indeed, after hearing just the first sonata, I couldn't imagine wanting to hear it any other way......The results are not just enchanting but sometimes stunning, turning familiar tunes into welcome new creations"
-Classical Candor January 17, 2012
"Serene. Passionate. Powerful. Restrained. Thoughtful. Abandoned..."
-The London Free Press January 19, 2012
“What we get are readings of great finesse and power that also, in perhaps one of the very few recorded examples, show Bach not only as a contrapuntist and melodist, but as a composer equally adept at exhibiting instrumental color as well. This alone adds enormous emotional connotations to these pieces—at least the violin sonatas—that are often hard to detect in other readings.”
-Audiophile Audition January 31, 2012