Composer’s Spotlight Series: Chiara Evangelista plays ‘Baroque Flamenco’
Chiara Evangelista describes Baroque Flamenco as a fun and unconventional piece, which makes the audience enthusiastic, including children. She chose to learn the piece because of its uniqueness and its connection to her Italian background’s connection with Spanish culture. Playing it has given her a sense of freedom and enjoyment.
Her advice to others who want to know more about Baroque Flamenco is to dig deep into the Flamenco culture to understand the piece better. She expresses gratitude to Deborah for promoting a more modern image of the harp.
Chiara Evangelista
Chiara Evangelista is a harpist from Italy. She began her musical journey very young with piano and violin before playing the harp. She graduated in Rome, and through this wonderful job, she traveled a lot in Italy, Spain, France, Scotland, Austria, and Japan, and won several National and International competitions.
She finds fascination in the harp every day in its extreme versatility, it’s an endless research with its sonority. She likes to go against the grain and search for unknown pieces of repertoire, unusual ensembles, and new genres.
Watch Chiara Evangelista (harp) as she plays Baroque Flamenco along with Giuseppe Salvagni (percussion) at the Palazzo Rospigliosi, near Rome, Italy.
Do YOU want to play Baroque Flamenco?
- Play Solo Sheet Music (Fledgling, Intermediate & Advanced)
- Play it with Orchestra - Harp Part - Orchestra Info
- Learn it with the Composer
A Mini-Interview with Chiara
How would you describe your experience of playing the piece?
What do people say when you play this piece? Do you have favorite memories of people’s reactions to it?
What drew you to this piece – why did you choose to learn it?
What does this piece add to your repertoire (and/or your life) that you didn’t have before?
What would you tell someone else who’s thinking of learning this piece that you wish you’d known before you learned it?
What do you think you can get from working directly with the composer of the piece that you can’t get from the sheet music?
Anything else you want to say?
I really want to thank you Deborah for sharing with us the opportunity to let the harp be seen in a more modern way, close to new generations and styles of music.
Please follow this artist on social media and let them know what has opened up for your own self-expression in seeing and hearing their performance, and please share in the comments below.
Instagram: @chiaraevangelistaharp
Youtube: Chiara Evangelista Harp
Facebook: Chiara Evangelista Harp
Website: chiaraevangelista.com
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