Lavinia Meijer

Harpist Lavinia Meijer was created in 1983 in Southern Korea, but raised in holland by adoptive parents. She’s toured around the world numerous leading orchestras like the Residentie Orkest, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. She released many albums around the Route Classics label, including her interpretations of function by Handel, Bach, and Scarlatti around the 2004 launch 1685. In ’09 2009 she received probably one of the most exclusive awards in HOLLAND: the Dutch Music Reward. She released the recording Metamorphosis/The Hours in 2012, which presented functions by Philip Cup. This also gained Meijer platinum record position for traditional music from your Dutch Association of Suppliers and Importers of Video & Sound Media. Since putting your signature on with Sony Classical and liberating an recording of music by Western crossover composer Ludovico Einaudi in 2014, Meijer offers emerged among the world’s best-known harpists. As typical with Einaudi, that recording was a industrial success, but experienced a mixed crucial reception. On her behalf next recording, Voyage, Meijer combined classical requirements with music from your soundtrack towards the film Amélay, by French composer Yann Tiersen. Her 2015 live recording In Concert showcased her desire for both contemporary structure and vernacular styles. Meijer came back to Cup in 2017 using the Cup Effect, featuring not merely music by Cup himself but also compositions by more youthful composers, a few of them (such as for example rock and roll musician Bryce Dessner) from beyond your traditional sphere. Those composers included Meijer herself, who organized music from Cup’ Koyaanisqatsi for harp. Meijer provides experimented with the original concert setting, occasionally performing single concerts in candle-lit areas.