Lunchtime Concert
TRINITY LABAN HARP DEPARTMENT
FRI 4 FEB / 13.05
Please note, due to church activity, this performance has been moved to Fri 4 Feb.
A concert of solo and chamber music for harp, curated by Gabriella Dall'Olio.
CLARA GATTI COMINI
Marescotti
Mouvement
IMOGEN EMMETT
Morée Galian
Gamelan Graffiti
Hindemith
Sonata for Harp
iii. Lied. Sehr langsam
SARA FLORES MONTES
Godefroid
Étude de concert in E flat minor, Op.193
ANNA CAMELI
Ben-Haim
Poème
Faure
Impromptu No.6, Op.86
Clara Gatti Comini is an Italian harpist studying as a Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance scholar under the guidance of Gabriella Dall’Olio and Frances Kelly for the triple harp. She recently completed her Bachelor’s degree with a First Class Honours. In 2016 she obtained a Harp Diploma at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Paris, prior to this, she studied at the Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona. She has attended masterclasses with internationally renowned harpists including Fabrice Pierre, Marie-Pierre Langlamet. Clara is a winner of the John Marson Harp Prize for Outstanding Musicianship 2020, the Cherubim Music Trust Harp Prize 2020, and holds third prize at the London Camac Harp Competition 2020. In 2020 she performed Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto at Wigmore Hall as part of Trinity Laban’s Strings’ program. Since 2019, Clara is Co-Principal harpist of the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, performing at St. John’s Smith Square. She is a 2022 Reserve member of the European Union Youth Orchestra. She performs as a soloist, a member of duo ensembles with harp, flute, violin, and voice. She collaborates with brass bands and mixed chamber music groups.
Imogen is studying for the final year of her MMus degree at Trinity Laban, having completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford. She played in over 40 ensemble-based concerts whilst at university, including regular concerts with the university’s top orchestras, the Oxford University Orchestra and the Oxford University Sinfonietta. Last year, she had the privilege of playing with two ensembles based at Trinity - the Trinity Symphony Orchestra and the Contemporary Music Group. She also developing her chamber music skills within her two chamber ensembles. In addition, she has been appointed treasurer of the Apollo Consort Contemporary Music Society with whom she regularly performs and explores her interest in contemporary music.
Sara Flores Montes
After a first training in music, harp and composition in Geneva, Sara was awarded several scholarships which allowed her to move to London where she is currently studying harp at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Gabriella Dall'Olio. A classically trained harpist, she likes to place the harp in new repertoires and performs in concerts of contemporary music. She plays works by young composers at the MAMCO. She has played with the contemporary ensembles the NEC and Contrechamps. She has also played in the Guildhall Wind, Brass & Percussion Big Band under the direction of Mike Lovatt.
Anna Cameli, born in Italy, began her musical studies at the age of 4 years, following a propaedeutic course with happiness and dedication. At the age of 10 years, she began to study harp in the Conservatoire of Vicenza and 2015, and she received her harp diploma. She continued her studies in the Conservatoire of Brescia as a student of Anna Loro. She also studied with Fabrice Pierre, Park Stickney and Gabriella Dall’Olio. In September 2020, she began an MMus course in Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London as a student of Gabriella Dall’Olio. She freelances with some orchestras and ensembles: Opera Asteria, The World Doctor Orchestra, the London City Orchestra and North Opera Orchestra. She is also active as a soloist, giving recitals organised by associations and institutions; she performs in nursing homes and clinics.
St Alfege Church/ FREE
