Isabelle Moretti
French harpist

Isabelle Moretti

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French harpist
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5 May 1964(Lyon, Urban Community of Lyon, France)
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Regional Conservatory of Lyon
5th arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France
Conservatoire de Paris
France
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Conservatoire de Paris
France
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Isabelle Moretti (born 5 May 1964 in Lyon) is a French classical harpist.

Biography

Moretti studied harp at the Conservatoire de Lyon, then at the Conservatoire de Paris where she is a teacher.

In 2006, she premiered the harp concertos by Philippe Hersant and Michèle Reverdy.

In 2007, Isabelle Moretti played la Source by Alphonse Hasselmans in the TV program La boîte à musique [fr] by Jean-François Zygel: Les Sons de la nature.

In 2015, she performed the Polish premiere of Karol Beffa's Concerto pour harpe.

Selected discography

  • Sonates pour harpe by Casella, C.P.E. Bach, Dussek, Hindemith, Tailleferre, Harmonia Mundi, 1987.
  • Ravel, Debussy, Caplet, Cras, Musique de chambre pour harpe, with the Parisii Quartet, Michel Moraguès (flute), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), Dominique Desjardin (double bass), Auvidis Valois, 1995.
  • André Caplet, Le Miroir de Jésus, Inscriptions champêtres, with the Quatuor Ravel, Michel Chanu, Hanna Schaer, female choir Bernard Têtu directed by Bernard Têtu, Musidisc Accord, 1996.
  • Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto serenata, with the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla directed by Edmon Colomer, Auvidis Valois, 1999.
  • Alberto Ginastera, Concerto pour harpe, with the Orchestre national de Lyon directed by David Robertson, Naïve Records, 2000 (Prix Charles Cros en 2001)
  • Witold Lutoslawski, Double concerto pour hautbois et harpe, with François Leleux (oboe) and the Sinfonietta Cracovia directed by Robert Kabara, Arion, 2004.
  • Cantare, La voix de la Harpe, with Felicity Lott, Naïve Records, 2009.

Awards

  • 1996: Victoire de la musique, classical, new talent.
  • 2001: Prize of the Académie Charles-Cros for the Concierto serenata by Rodrigo
  • 2007: She is made a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite