"I spent my whole life trying to make the harp sound like a piano." - Yolanda Kondonassis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- www.livingtheclassicallife.com/
Yolanda Kondonassis is the first classical harpist nominated in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Solo for a concerto with orchestra (in 2020, for Jennifer Higdon’s Harp Concerto). Her lively, inspiring conversation with Zsolt ranges from mastering a uniquely challenging instrument to strategizing success. The world-renowned artist explains how being a “pianist at heart” explains her instrument’s electrifying sound; she reveals her “obsession with timing,” and attributes her stellar career to a love for “18-step, labor-intensive processes,” turning daily practice into a high-stakes undertaking, and to using a yellow pad to avoid “false economy.”
For the visually impaired, the title cards read as follows:
Episode 74.
1. Born in Oklahoma, Yolonda Kondonassis attended high school at Interlochen Arts Academy. She continued her education at The Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Alice Chalifoux.
2. Her long list of national and international honors includes a Grammy nomination, top prizes in the Affiliate Artists National Auditions in New York, the Maria Korchinska International Harp Competition in Great Britain, two Solo Recitalists Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a 2011 Cleveland Arts Prize.
3. In addition to her active performing and recording schedule, she heads the harp departments at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Institute of Music and is the founder and director of Earth at Heart, a non-proft organization devoted to earth literacy and inspiration through the arts.
4. The piece that is excerpted before the interview is Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Oberlin Orchestra
Raphael Jiménez, conductor; Alberto Ginastera, Harp Concerto, Op. 25, III. Liberamente capriccioso - Vivace. - เพลง
Her comment about morning, quiet time, and creativity was on point!
These interviews are always so thought provoking. I get so much from them about life and music. Thanks again!
Thank you for watching, Angela Denise Davis!
Wise woman. Inquisitive interviewer. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, coconutmilch!
I go to Oberlin and my harp friends are all fantastic under Yolanda (while working super hard too!) Such a brilliant human.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Yuxun He!
Wonderful artist! Been captured by her very first words.
Going to research her more after finishing the interview.
We agree! Thanks for watching, pianosenzanima!
Very interesting! I've noticed that most North American harpists come from a piano background, which shapes their playing a lot. Whereas maybe about half of North American harpers have experience with other Celtic or folk instruments first (I started with guitar, as an example).
Her eloquence made this interview a joy to watch. Zsolt's questions are always thought-provoking, but I feel like they're wasted on some interviewees
Thanks for watching and commenting, Classified!
This was a truly remarkable interview! She offers so much life advice that "happens" to carry over to music, and it's real, practical advice. I like her idea of ritual as a gateway to opening up creativity, especially in rituals so mundane as making the morning coffee. BravoI And I like Zoltan's jacket.
We're glad you enjoyed it, Timothy Doyle! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and feelings!
This is awesome!
Thank you. New to me, hearing a harpist discuss her work. Utterly fascinating and interesting.
Always glad to know you're watching, Oudtshoornify!
Such a wonderful artist! Thank you for this great interview!
Thanks for watching, Miguel Sousa!
So classy ! Great interview. Thank you :)
Thanks for watching and commenting, lotusbuds2000!
Like Yolanda I too am a coffee addict. Cannot play the harp--or any other musical instrument--though. 😉 Please know that I enjoy these interviews, and for the record, WCLV is *my* classical companion.
Thanks for watching and sharing, RogerC!
My hero!!!!❤❤❤
I really like this channel. I am legally blind, and would love to see the text images at the beginning of the video place within the description so I can read them. As it stands now, the images are in accessible to me. Thanks for the great work with these episodes and I hope you will consider making them more accessible for your blind and visually impaired audience.
Thanks for this excellent suggestion, Angela Denise Davis! We'll try to do that from now on, and we're also working on turning each episode into a podcast, which may be helpful as well, since we'll read title cards and credits aloud that way.
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Very interesting artist! To be honest, most people don’t pay much attention to the harp in an opera orchestra, unless it’s Lucia or another opera where the harp can stand out. Having said that, I recall a Tannhauser where my lady friend and I were riveted by the harpist, who turned out to be Emmanuel Ceysson.
I got to see this on international
cool interview thanks
Thank you for watching, Paulie Rosanski!
Meanwhile I'm trying to make piano sound like harp
Funny, I try to make my piano sound like a harp.