YOLANDA KONDONASSIS DREAM SEASON
In she won the top prize in the Affiliate Artists National Auditions, which enabled her to tour for five years. Her works are published by Carl Fischer. A competition win gained her a young artists’ debut prize at age 18 as a soloist with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Yolanda Kondonassis has also made transcriptions including one of Antonio Vivaldi ‘s Four Seasons , commissioned new works, and has begun to compose in her own right. She has collaborated with members of the Alban Berg, Guarneri, Shanghai, and Vermeer string quartets. She developed a type of program she called “informances,” where she plays music, makes light commentary, and also interacts with the audience. The choice was made by a several factors. She is interested in contradicting the stereotyped idea of the harp as an “angelic,” “heavenly,” or “impressionistic” instrument; one of the movements of the sonata Erb wrote for her is called Dirty Rotten Scherzo.
She says the piano was “neck and neck” with the harp as her ultimate choice. Her teacher there was Alice Chalifoux, the principal harpist of the Cleveland Orchestra. In she won the top prize in the Affiliate Artists National Auditions, which enabled her to tour for five years. Yolanda Kondonassis plays all the regular harp repertory, and has recorded much of it. Short Biography Recordings of Instrumental Works. She is interested in contradicting the stereotyped idea of the harp as an “angelic,” “heavenly,” or “impressionistic” instrument; one of the movements of the sonata Erb wrote for her is called Dirty Rotten Scherzo. Her second book, The Yolanda Kondonassis Collection , is a compilation of her many original transcriptions, arrangements and compositions for the harp.
Short Biography Recordings of Instrumental Works. Her second book, The Yolanda Kondonassis Collectionis a compilation of her many original transcriptions, arrangements and compositions for the harp. She says the piano was “neck and neck” with the harp as her ultimate choice.
Among the composers who have written music for her are George Rochberg and Donald Erb. And she felt that she could contribute more as a harpist. She is interested in contradicting the stereotyped idea of the harp as an “angelic,” “heavenly,” or “impressionistic” instrument; one of the movements of the kondonassid Erb wrote for her is called Dirty Rotten Scherzo.

This was a matter of family talent coming down to her; Yolanda’s mother was also a pianist and carefully watched her development. She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Curtis. The choice was made by a several factors.
A competition win gained her a young artists’ debut prize at age 18 as a soloist with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. She did not give up piano, but studied both instruments through high school.
‎Dream Season – The Christmas Harp by Yolanda Kondonassis on Apple Music
Another was that she loved the sensation of creating the music directly by her own fingers on the strings. She is married to Michael Sachs, the trumpet soloist of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Her works are published by Carl Fischer. Her teacher there was Alice Chalifoux, the principal harpist of the Cleveland Orchestra. She developed a type of program she called “informances,” where she plays music, makes light commentary, and also interacts with the audience.
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp
Yolanda Kondonassis plays all the regular harp repertory, and has recorded much of it. In addition to her active performing and recording schedule, Yolanda Kondonassis also has an academic career, and is now the head of the harp departments at both the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Oberlin College Conservatory, and has presented master-classes around the world.
The loveliness of the display appealed to her, and she asked for harp lessons as well. One was that she had a facility for developing the particular muscles that are used in harp playing and virtually nothing else. Her higher education was at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The American harpsit, Yolanda Kondonassis, turned to music early, starting piano at the age of 3.
Her recording of kondonassiz W. Yolanda Kondonassis has also made transcriptions including one of Antonio Vivaldi ‘s Four Seasonscommissioned new works, and has begun to compose in her own right. In she won the top prize in the Affiliate Artists National Auditions, which enabled her to tour for five yo,anda. At age 14, she began boarding at the Interlochen Arts Academy.
She has collaborated with members of the Alban Berg, Guarneri, Shanghai, and Vermeer string quartets.

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