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Artist
Cecilia Chailly
12+ albums
harpcontemporary classicalsinger-songwriterfolkvocal
about
Born and bred with music in her blood, (her father Luciano was the composer, her brother Riccardo is the conductor) Cecilia Chailly has followed a very personal path with harp and voice, which has led her, after an important classical career, to write, play and sing her own music. She has an artistic personality but is also sensitive to her own generation's music. She is fond of travel and oriental philosophies which she has also studied through the practise of martial arts, dance and yoga; her rhythmic sense and an inborn improvisational ability lead her towards different musical areas. Cecilia Chailly started to study music at the age of six, singing in the Roman Philharmonic Choir in Rome. At the age of ten, she began studying harp at the Milan Conservatory of Music, and continued her studies in France with Pierre Jamet and Jaqueline Borot, refining her interpretative style. At sixteen she began studying music composition with Azio Corghi, and made her debut at the Gaudeamus Festival in Holland and at the Piccola Scala in Milan as an avant-garde performer. At nineteen she made her appearance as first harp at La Scala Orchestra in Milan; this was to be the beginning of a long collaboration, lasting several years. She has also played with numerous orchestras including the Rai State Television Orchestra, Swiss Television Orchestra, the European Chamber Orchestra of Claudio Abbado, and many important chamber groups. She has worked with John Cage to a project where she direc
