Next show: Los Angeles, Thu 15 Apr
In the words of Plácido Domingo: "I have met and heard thousands of musicians but I can highlight only one of them in the harp world: Cristina Montes Mateo." Winner of the unanimously 1st Prize at the “Torneo Internazionale di Musica” (Rome) and the International Harp Competition “V. Bucchi”, Ms Montes Mateo is recognized as one of the leading harpists of her generation throughout the world. She has also won four more international contests (Paris -Laskine and Sacem-, Madrid and Tokyo), as well as numerous national awards. She usually appears with major orchestras like the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Philharmonic Orchestra of Málaga, F. de Miranda Orchestra in Venezuela, Orchestra of the Theatre für Niedersachsen in Germany, or the S. de Chile Orchestra. She performs at many world leading festivals, highlighting the concert offered for the King of Spain and the President of the UN, being broadcasted live internationally. She is Principal Harp of the Valencia Opera House Orchestra, an orchestra created by Lorin Maazel and also conducted by Z. Mehta and V.Gergiev; and has also been Principal with the Munich Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. She is also head of Harp Department at the Conservatorio Superior of Valencia (Spain), and gives regularly Master classes at Berklee College of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, and Musikhochschule in Cologne. She has recorded for Decca, Unitel Classica and Sony.
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Cristina Montes Mateo plays classical harp music, performing intricate concertos and chamber works recorded on major labels such as Sony and Decca.
Cristina Montes Mateo is a renowned Spanish harpist and head of the harp department at the Conservatorio Superior of Valencia.
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