Published on Oct 16, 2012

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Genre: Musicals

Dates: Sunday, November 11, 2012

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Prices: 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 380

Features: As the principal harpist of Orchestre Natiional de France and the artistic director of the World Harp Congress, French famous harpist Isabelle Perrin will hold a recital at Forbidden City Concert Hall on 11st November.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

From a very young age, Isabelle Perrin has been passionate about the harp. She began her training at the Conservatoire National de Region de Nice (she gave her first public recital at the age of seventeen), then continued her studies at the Juillliard School of Music in New York before joining the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and later on the Orchestre National de France as co-principal harpist.

Her warm personality, as well as the deep relationship she has created with her instrument, has incited several composers to create music with her in mind. Bernard Andres has dedicated his Danses d’Erzulie for harp, string orchestra and percussion to her. This piece was world premiered in Cincinnati, in June of 2000 and the European Premiere was given in 2001 in Amsterdam. In 2008, Isabelle Perrin explored for the first time the “Blue Harp” (an electronic harp associated with a computer) in Katowice, Poland, with the Concertino “South Shore” for Blue Harp and Orchestra written especially for her by Elzbieta Sikora.

An international soloist, Isabelle Perrin is regularly invited to play with prestigious ensembles from all over the world. In addition to her career as a soloist, Isabelle Perrin is deeply attached to the transmission of her knowledge. In recognition of her exemplary career and her musical commitment, Isabelle Perrin was decorated by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and admitted to the Knighthood of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Tickets for Isabelle Perrin Harp Recital are Available now!