Marianne Smit is a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 harpist.

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. http://www.mariannesmit.com

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'

Klang (Stockhausen)

Klang —Die 24 Stunden des Tages is a cycle of compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, on which he worked from 2004 until his death in 2007. It was intended to consist of 24 chamber-music compositions, each representing one hour of the day, with a different colour systematically assigned to every hour...

 cycle, premiered on June 7, 2006 in the Duomo of Milan http://www.stockhausen.org/Programmtext_FREUDE.pdf.

Cd-recordings

• Karlheinz Stockhausen - Freude für 2 Harfen 2. Stunde aus 'Klang'
  Klang (Stockhausen)
  Klang —Die 24 Stunden des Tages is a cycle of compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, on which he worked from 2004 until his death in 2007. It was intended to consist of 24 chamber-music compositions, each representing one hour of the day, with a different colour systematically assigned to every hour...
  
   (Die 24 Stunden des Tages), Marianne Smit and Esther Kooi (2006) http://www.stockhausen.org/cd_catalog.html
• 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) http://www.njso.nl/cd-opnamen.html

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 http://www.artache.it/cms/Repository/COMUNICATI_STAMPA/cs_pause_2006_uk.pdf
• Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award (UK)
  Royal Philharmonic Society
  The Royal Philharmonic Society is a British music society, formed in 1813. It was originally formed in London to promote performances of instrumental music there. Many distinguished composers and performers have taken part in its concerts...
  
  : Nomination for performance in season 2008 http://www.rpsmusicawards.com/news?page=2009/winners/categories/chambercomp.html