Floraleda Sacchi (June 14, 1978) is an Italian

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

ist,

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and

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

born in

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Biography

She studied music in Italy, the United States and Canada, with Lisetta Rossi,

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. She has won prizes, in Italy and abroad, at 16 music competitions. Between 1998 and 2012 she performed more than 600 concerts in Europe, North and South America, and Asia in concert halls and festivals. She plays

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(also electro and

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), as well as historical instruments (single and double action pedal harp). She has written articles on musicology related to the harp and harpists. A book by her, entitled '' Elias Parish Alvars, Life, Music, Documents'' published in 1999, received the Harpa Award (Prague 1999). She has edited 18th and 19th century harp music, bringing to the public several forgotten composers (such as

Sophia Dussek Sophia Giustina Dussek (née Corri; later Moralt; Edinburgh, 1 May 1775 – London, ca. 1831) was a Scottish singer, pianist, harpist, and composer of Italian descent. In 1792, Dussek married the composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. Following Jan's d ...

or Alphonse Hasselmans). She is the author of shows uniting music and acting, including ''Mystery Tales'' (for actor, harp and string quartet, dedicated to the relationship among fantasy, horror literature and music) and ''Travel to the Moon'' (for actor, harp and

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- presented regularly at

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's Planetarium) - freely inspired from ''Cosmicomiche'' by

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. Beginning in June 2007, she played live in

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's monologue ''Donna non rieducabile''. The show, based on a text by Stefano Massini, is dedicated to journalist

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. The show was made into a film by Felice Cappa in 2009. The movie was produced by RAI TV with the title "Il sangue, la neve" (The Blood, the Snow). Published by PromoMusic in DVD, the movie was presented at the 66th

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. Since 2006, Floraleda Sacchi has been the artistic director of the Lake Como Festival.

Audio file

* Felix Godefroid: Etude de concert pour harpe op.193. Floraleda Sacchi (arpa) (live recording) * Krumpholtz: Sonata op. 8 n. 1 (2. Romance très lente). Floraleda Sacchi (Harp), Claudio Ferrarini (Flute) (live recording)

Video

Live performances by Floraleda Sacchi

Publications

*''Elias Parish Alvars, Life, Music, Documents: annotated catalogue of his works for harp, piano, orchestra and voice'', Odilia Publishing, 1999 - . 220 pag, 40 ill. *"Specchio", a poem with artworks by

Cristoforo Mantegazza Cristoforo Mantegazza (c. 1430 – 1482) was an Italian sculptor who was active from 1464. He was born in Pavia. Among his other works, he collaborated with his brother Antonio on the façade of the Certosa of Pavia (relief with the ''Expul ...

. Pulcino Elefante Editions, February 2004 *"Violette", a poem with artworks by

. Pulcino Elefante Editions, February 2004

Link

Official website www.floraledasacchi.comYouTube Channel
* Italian page on Wikipedia * German page on Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacchi, Floraleda Italian classical harpists Italian musicologists 1978 births Living people People from Como