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Yolanda Kondonassis
12+ albums
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Yolanda Kondonassis is an American harpist, born 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.. She is one of the world's foremost classical harpists. She first began playing the piano, then switched to harp at age nine. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She won the first prize in the 1987 Ima Hogg International Instrumentalists Competition. Kondonassis has released more than ten CDs (most on the Telarc label) and has performed as a soloist with many of the world's most prominent orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Houston Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, Phoenix Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. She has served as orchestral harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She has specialized in contemporary classical music, and the American composers Donald Erb (Sonata for Solo Harp, 1995) and George Rochberg have composed works for her. She is the head of the harp department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is married to Michael Sachs, the principal trumpeter of the Cleveland Orchestra. Official Website: www.yolandaharp.com User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms
top songs
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Valse romantique
2962Still, Still, Still
2873Angels We Have Heard On High
2394Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
2205Music Of Alan Hovhaness - Concerto For Harp And String Orchestra Adagio
1666Harp Concerto: III. Lullaby
1587Never Far Away For Harp And Orchestra: I. Moonlight Shadows
1468Kohola Sings (Humpback Whales)
1419Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra: V. Adagio
13610Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano - 3. Notturno (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)
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