Ina Zdorovetchi
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Ina Zdorovetchi is a Moldovan-American concert harpist.
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Zdorovetchi performs as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project
, National Symphony Orchestra Tele-Radio Moldova, Moldova National Philharmonic, Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Bucharest National University Chamber Orchestra. In 2009 she gave the World Premiere of "...bisbigliando..." a Harp Concerto by Thomas Oboe Lee written for Ina Zdorovetchi and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Educated in Boston
, Ina Zdorovetchi holds degrees from New England Conservatory, Boston University
and The Boston Conservatory. Her teachers were Ann Hobson Pilot
, Cynthia Price-Glynn, Ion Ivan-Roncea and Ana Mahonina. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center
in 2003 and 2004. From 2006-2009 Ina Zdorovetchi was the President of the American Harp Society
Boston Chapter.
Zdorovetchi can be heard on radio and TV in the USA, Israel
, Romania
and Moldova
.
Her 2004 Carnegie Hall
debut was at the special invitation of Grammy Award winning composer Osvaldo Golijov
to perform alongside Dawn Upshaw
(Grammy Award winner) and Gustavo Santaollala (Academy Award winner). She returned to Carnegie Hall later that year performing with the Boston Symphony in the James Levine Gala.
A chamber musician, she collaborates with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic and Cincinnati Symphony and is a founding member of Nobis Trio (fl, vla, hp) and Arpello Duo (vlc, hp) with which she performed recital debuts in Jordan Hall
, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum and DeCordova Museum
.
Zdorovetchi was a featured guest artist at the 2005 Savannah Music Festival
, where the rendition of Maurice Ravel
's Introduction and Allegro
for Harp soloist and Chamber Ensemble was called "the absolute highlight of the concert" and she was described as "the Harp Whisperer" by the Savannah Morning News
. Additional special projects include concerts and CD / DVD recordings with Sting, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti and Natalie Merchant.
Zdorovetchi resides in Boston, MA where she is a Faculty member at The Boston Conservatory and New England Conservatory Preparatory Division. She is a frequent guest principal harpist with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Boston Ballet, working with conductors James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson Thomas, Marek Janowski, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, James Conlon, John Williams, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and many more. Being active on the contemporary music scene, she has worked with composer Elliott Carter, Gunther Schuller, Harrison Birtwistle and Lisa Bielawa.
"An example of the American Dream" - US State Department
"Accomplished and hypnotizing" - Classical Voice of New England
"Local pride" - Boston Globe
"An excellent harpist" - Boston Globe
"An exceptional harpist, recognized both in Europe and the United States" - Romanian Meridian
Biography
Ina Zdorovetchi is winner of the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel (2009), having received multiple prizes including the Second Prize (First Prize not given), the Chamber Music Prize in memory of Yona Ettinger and the Aharon Zvi & Mara Propes Prize for the best performance of the Israeli composition Out to Infinity by Yitzhak YedidYitzhak Yedid
Yitzhak Yedid is an Israeli Australian composer of classical music and jazz pianist.-Biography:Yitzhak Yedid was born on September 29, 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel. His family immigrated from Syria. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory in Boston with Ran Blake...
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Zdorovetchi performs as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra of the Israel Broadcasting Authority is a major orchestra of Israel...
, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is a full professional orchestra in Boston, Massachusetts, and is widely recognized as the premiere orchestra in the United States dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new music of the 20th and 21st centuries...
, National Symphony Orchestra Tele-Radio Moldova, Moldova National Philharmonic, Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Bucharest National University Chamber Orchestra. In 2009 she gave the World Premiere of "...bisbigliando..." a Harp Concerto by Thomas Oboe Lee written for Ina Zdorovetchi and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Educated in Boston
Boston
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, Ina Zdorovetchi holds degrees from New England Conservatory, Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
and The Boston Conservatory. Her teachers were Ann Hobson Pilot
Ann Hobson Pilot
.Ann Hobson Pilot is the Former Principal Harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. She joined the BSO in 1969 as Assistant Principal Harp and Principal Harp of the Boston Pops. She was named Principal Harpist of the BSO in 1980. Prior to joining the BSO in 1969, she was the...
, Cynthia Price-Glynn, Ion Ivan-Roncea and Ana Mahonina. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center
Tanglewood Music Center
The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops designed to provide an intense training and networking experience...
in 2003 and 2004. From 2006-2009 Ina Zdorovetchi was the President of the American Harp Society
American Harp Society
The American Harp Society is a non-profit organization whose mission is "to promote and foster the appreciation of the harp as a musical instrument, to encourage the composition of music for the harp and to improve the quality of performance of harpists." Founded in 1962, the AHS is a member of...
Boston Chapter.
Zdorovetchi can be heard on radio and TV in the USA, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
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Her 2004 Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
debut was at the special invitation of Grammy Award winning composer Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Noé Golijov is a Grammy award–winning composer of classical music.-Biography:Osvaldo Golijov was born in and grew up in La Plata, Argentina, in a Jewish family that had emigrated to Argentina in the 1920s from Romania and Russia.Golijov has developed a rich musical language, the result of...
to perform alongside Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary...
(Grammy Award winner) and Gustavo Santaollala (Academy Award winner). She returned to Carnegie Hall later that year performing with the Boston Symphony in the James Levine Gala.
A chamber musician, she collaborates with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic and Cincinnati Symphony and is a founding member of Nobis Trio (fl, vla, hp) and Arpello Duo (vlc, hp) with which she performed recital debuts in Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall is a 1,019-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall, and together they are considered two of America's most acoustically perfect performance spaces...
, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum and DeCordova Museum
DeCordova Museum
The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is a sculpture park and art museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts focused on modern and contemporary art, and holds a collection focused on work in all media, especially works by artists with connections to New England...
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Zdorovetchi was a featured guest artist at the 2005 Savannah Music Festival
Savannah music festival
The Savannah Music Festival is Georgia's largest musical arts festival. The festival is a cross-genre event that celebrates both the musical heritage of the South and international musicians. The festival is held annually over eighteen consecutive days in the springtime in Savannah, Georgia...
, where the rendition of Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
's Introduction and Allegro
Introduction and Allegro (Ravel)
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet was written by Maurice Ravel in 1905...
for Harp soloist and Chamber Ensemble was called "the absolute highlight of the concert" and she was described as "the Harp Whisperer" by the Savannah Morning News
Savannah Morning News
The Savannah Morning News is a daily newspaper in Savannah, Georgia. It is published by Morris Communications, Inc. The motto of the paper is "Light of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry"...
. Additional special projects include concerts and CD / DVD recordings with Sting, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti and Natalie Merchant.
Zdorovetchi resides in Boston, MA where she is a Faculty member at The Boston Conservatory and New England Conservatory Preparatory Division. She is a frequent guest principal harpist with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Boston Ballet, working with conductors James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson Thomas, Marek Janowski, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, James Conlon, John Williams, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and many more. Being active on the contemporary music scene, she has worked with composer Elliott Carter, Gunther Schuller, Harrison Birtwistle and Lisa Bielawa.
Prizes & Awards
- 2009: 17th International Harp Contest in Israel
- Second Prize: Rosalind G. Weindling Prize
- Chamber Music Prize in memory of Yona Ettinger for the best performance of the Chamber Music
- Aharon Zvi & Mara Propes Prize for the best performance of the Israeli composition Out to Infinity by Yitzhak Yedid
- 2007: Outstanding Achievement in Chamber Music Award, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, USA
- 2006: Winner, Nobis Trio, New England Conservatory Chamber Music Competition, USA
- 2006: Winner, Boston University Soloists' Competition, USA
- 2005: Second Prize, Cite des Arts de Paris International Harp Competition, France
- 2003: Henry Cabot Award for Extraordinary Commitment of Talent, Boston Symphony Orchestra, USA
- 2002: First Prize, Bucharest International Harp Competition, Romania
- 2002: Winner, Bucharest National University of Music Soloists' Competition, Romania
- 1999: Second Prize, "Eugen Coca" International Piano Competition, Moldova
- 1997: Third Prize, "Eugen Coca" International Piano Competition, Moldova
- 1995: First Prize, Musicians' Association Piano Competition, Moldova
Reviews
"The Harp Whisperer" - Savannah Morning News"An example of the American Dream" - US State Department
"Accomplished and hypnotizing" - Classical Voice of New England
"Local pride" - Boston Globe
"An excellent harpist" - Boston Globe
"An exceptional harpist, recognized both in Europe and the United States" - Romanian Meridian