Yolanda Kondonassis is an American harpist, born 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma, … Read Full Bio ↴Yolanda Kondonassis is an American harpist, born 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.. She is one of the world's foremost classical harpists.
She first began playing the piano, then switched to harp at age nine. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She won the first prize in the 1987 Ima Hogg International Instrumentalists Competition.
Kondonassis has released more than ten CDs (most on the Telarc label) and has performed as a soloist with many of the world's most prominent orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Houston Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, Phoenix Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
She has served as orchestral harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She has specialized in contemporary classical music, and the American composers Donald Erb (Sonata for Solo Harp, 1995) and George Rochberg have composed works for her.
She is the head of the harp department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is married to Michael Sachs, the principal trumpeter of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Official Website: www.yolandaharp.com
She first began playing the piano, then switched to harp at age nine. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She won the first prize in the 1987 Ima Hogg International Instrumentalists Competition.
Kondonassis has released more than ten CDs (most on the Telarc label) and has performed as a soloist with many of the world's most prominent orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Houston Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, Phoenix Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
She has served as orchestral harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She has specialized in contemporary classical music, and the American composers Donald Erb (Sonata for Solo Harp, 1995) and George Rochberg have composed works for her.
She is the head of the harp department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is married to Michael Sachs, the principal trumpeter of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Official Website: www.yolandaharp.com
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01Cantata, BWV 147: X. Choral "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)3:23Yolanda Kondonassis
04Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75 - III. Clair de lune (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)5:24Yolanda Kondonassis
08J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 - III. Andante (Arr. Y. Kondonassis)5:25Yolanda Kondonassis
10The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo (Arr. Y. Kondonassis & R. Werthen)2:07Yolanda Kondonassis
12Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67 - 1. Meditation, MWV U 180 (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)3:11Yolanda Kondonassis
14Debussy: 2 Arabesques, L. 66 - No. 1, Andante con moto (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)4:16Yolanda Kondonassis
15The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro (Arr. Y. Kondonassis & R. Werthen)3:15Yolanda Kondonassis
16Telemann: Fantasia No. 1 in D Major, TWV 33:1 (Excerpt) [Arr. Y. Kondonassis]1:19Yolanda Kondonassis
17J.S. Bach: Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 - V. Bourrée (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)1:23Yolanda Kondonassis
18Scarlatti: Sonata in B Minor, L. 449 - Sonata in B Minor, L. 449 (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)3:57Yolanda Kondonassis
19Handel: Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432 - VI. Passacaille (Transcr. Y. Kondonassis)5:50Yolanda Kondonassis
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Music for a Perfect Day: Wedding Music for Harp
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