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Floraleda Sacchi




Floraleda Sacchi ( June 14 , 1978 ) is an Italian Harpist , Composer and Musicologist born in Como .


BIOGRAPHY

She studied music in Italy , USA and Canada , with Alice Giles , Judy Loman , Alice Chalifoux .
She won prizes, in Italy and abroad, at 16 music competitions. She performed extensively in Europe, North and South America, Asia and represented Italian harpists at 4th, 5th and 6th ''European Harp Symposium''.

She plays pedal , David Clarck Little , Dimitri Nicolau , Paolo Castaldi , Gianluca Cangemi , Jean Chatillon , Louis Berenguer .

She wrote musicological articles related to harp and Harpist s. Her main book, entitled "" Elias Parish Alvars , Life, Music, Documents''" published in 1999 , received the Harpa Award (Prague 1999) in recognition. She edited 18th and 19th century harp music, bringing back to public several forgotten composers and refreshing harp repertoire.

She is the author of shows uniting music and acting. Among them: "''Mistery Tales''" (for actor, harp and string quartet, dedicated to the relation among Fantasy and horror literature and music) and "''Travel to the Moon''" (for actor, harp and planetarium - presented regularly at Milan 's Planetarium ) - freely inspired from ''"Cosmicomiche"'' by Italo Calvino . From June 2007 she plays live in Ottavia Piccolo 's monologue "Donna non rieducabile". The show, based on a text by Stefano Massini , remember journalist Anna Politkovskaja .

Since 2006 she is the artistic director of LakeComo Festival.

=Prizes and Distinctions=
  • 1996

  • --- Financial award of Italia Nostra for best student of the year at Como Conservatory of Music.

  • --- Financial award of Società Umanitaria ( Milan ).

  • --- X F. Schubert Competition ( Tagliolo , Alessandria ): 3rd prize as soloist

  • --- XI Rovere d’Oro Prize ( San Bartolomeo Al Mare , Imperia ): 2nd prize as soloist

  • 1997

  • --- Viglianoviva Competition ( Vigliano , Biella ): 1st prize as solist

  • --- IV A.Gi.Mus. Competition ( Varenna , Lecco ): 1st prize as solist

  • --- Concorso Musicale Italiano ( Cortemilia , Cuneo ): 2nd prize as soloist

  • --- Jupiter Competition "Genova 1997" ( Genoa ): 2nd prize as soloist

  • 1998

  • --- VII TIM – Torneo Internazionale di Musica ( Rome ): 1st prize ("Diploma d’onore") as soloist

  • --- Concours Internationaux UFAM – Union des Femmes Artistes et Musiciennes ( Paris ): 2nd prize as soloist

  • --- XII Città di Cento Competition ( Cento , Ferrara ): 3rd prize as solist

  • 1999

  • --- Harpa Award Prize by World Harp Society, International Harp Centre ( Basel , Switzerland ) for her book "Elias Parish Alvars: Life, Music, Documents"

  • 2002

  • --- TIM - Torneo Internazionale di Musica ( Rome ), "Diploma d'onore" with Æolian Harp Duo

  • --- TIM - Torneo Internazionale di Musica ( Rome ), "Diploma d'onore" as soloist

  • --- Galbiati-Beltrami Prize (: Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune)

  • --- XI "Riviera della Versilia" Competition: 1st prize with Æolian Harp Duo

  • 2003

  • --- Honorary member of Rotary International (Rotary Club Milano Europa) for her artistic careear.

  • ---Sinfonia Toronto Concerto Competition ( Toronto , Canada ), 2nd prize



MAIN DISCOGRAPHY



AUDIO FILE

  • (live recording)



PUBLICATIONS

  • '' - ISBN 3-9521367-1-9. 220 pag, 40 ill.



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