Harpist María Luisa Rayan will be presented in concert at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Auer Hall, February 7, 2016, at 4 p.m. Ms. Rayan’s repertoire to be presented on February 7 includes works by Bach, Satie, Debussy, Salzedo, Granados, Flothuis, and Piazzolla. The concert will be presented free of charge.
An internationally renowned harpist, María Luisa Rayan has performed to critical acclaim in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, China, Japan, Korea, and Australia. Described by the New York Concert Review as “Clearly an extremely talented, accomplished, experienced performer who can keep an audience listening with rapt attention,” Ms. Rayan has been performing across the globe for the past 20 years, bringing audiences musicianship and poetry in her playing.
Since making her first international appearance at the age of 11 in a concert organized by UNICEF at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ms. Rayan has come to be recognized as one of today’s highly sought-after harpists as a recitalist, chamber musician, soloist with orchestra, teacher, and arranger of music for the harp.
Ms. Rayan has performed in major venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Libby Gardner Hall, Geary Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, Lyon & Healy Hall, Musikgebouw in Amsterdam, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Royal Academy of Music in London, University of Adelaide, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Seoul Arts Center in Korea, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá.
Highlights of her chamber music performances include the University of Chicago Presents, Cartagena Music Festival, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Tanglewood Music Center, and Brevard Music Festival. Her performances with orchestra include the National Symphony Orchestra of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos Symphony, Córdoba Symphony, Puerto Rico Symphony, Houston Symphony, and other orchestras in the U.S. Ms. Rayan was a finalist at the Lyric Opera of Chicago Principal Harp Audition in 2010.
A consistent prizewinner at competitions internationally, Ms. Rayan was awarded the Silver Medal at the USA International Harp Competition in both 1998 and 2001.
In addition to her busy concert schedule, Ms. Rayan has a strong passion for teaching. She has taught masterclasses at the Curtis Institute, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, National University in Bogotá, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Cartagena Music Festival. She is currently on the faculty at Indiana University and is co-director of the Saratoga Harp Colony.
Ms. Rayan has been on the jury of numerous international harp competitions, including the USA International Harp Competition, Golden Harp Competiton in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is currently co-director of Korea International Harp Competition.
Having performed most of the harp literature, Ms. Rayan’s keen interest in expanding the repertoire for the harp has taken her to research and transcribe music. Her publications include arrangements for solo harp of Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, Serie del Angel and Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, Partitas BWV 825-827 by J.S. Bach, Sonata in F K332 and Fantasy K397 by W.A. Mozart, and Prelude from Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Ms. Rayan has recorded two CDs, Latin Fire and From Bach to Piazzolla.
Cost: Free
For more information contact:
Erin Brooker-Miller
812-856-5715
[email protected]