Marianne Smit

Marianne Smit (1984) is a Dutch harpist.

Marianne Smit

Education

Marianne Smit (1984) plays the harp since 1995. She got her first harp lessons from her mother Gertru Smit-Pasveer. After one year she became student of Anke Anderson.

As of September 1998 she is a student of Erika Waardenburg, first in the Young-Talent department, later in the pre-music-academy of Amsterdam. In June 2007 she graduated ‘cum laude’ on her Bachelor exam. She's currently in the second year of the Master Study.

Marianne has participated in an audition training with Petra van der Heide (harpist from the Dutch Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra). In this course she won the first prize which resulted in her participation in two concerts with the Dutch Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She also played several times in productions with the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. [1]

Activities

World renowned composer Karlheinz Stockhausen composed a piece for Marianne Smit and Esther Kooi. This new composition, 'Freude für zwei Harfen’ of the 'Klang' cycle, premiered on June 7, 2006 in the Duomo of Milan [2].

Cd-recordings

• Karlheinz Stockhausen - Freude für 2 Harfen 2. Stunde aus 'Klang' (Die 24 Stunden des Tages), Marianne Smit and Esther Kooi (2006) [3]
• Strings Attached, Dutch Youth String Orchestra, conductor Johannes Leertouwer, with Marianne Smit and Giselle Boeters in Concertino in an old style from Maciej Malecki (2007) [4]

Awards

• Prinses Christina Concours: 1st price 1998 & 2002
• SJMN Musictalent Concours: 1st price 1998, 2002 & 2004
• Dutch National Harpconcours: Finalist 2000
• Freude (Joy) - Stockhausen: World Premiere Milan 2006 [5]
• Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award (UK): Nomination for performance in season 2008 [6]

External links

• Marianne Smit - Official website

References

• "Marianne Smit - Official Website",
• "Royal Philharmonic Society, winners 2009",
• "Stockhausen on Freude für Zwei Harfen",
• "Program Pause Milan 2006",
• "Stockhausen complete CD catalog - CD 84, Joy for two harps",
• "NJSO CD's - Strings Attached",

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