{"id":20861,"date":"2020-01-17T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T23:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/maria-christina-cleary\/"},"modified":"2020-01-17T18:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T23:23:28","slug":"maria-christina-cleary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesvoixhumaines.org\/en\/maria-christina-cleary\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Christina Cleary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1h421cp-cdab3d317964992b8db817ddb47801ec\">\n.flex_column.av-1h421cp-cdab3d317964992b8db817ddb47801ec{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-1h421cp-cdab3d317964992b8db817ddb47801ec av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k5isb5qm-dc96693906c37e804e8710eca9fb7780\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k5isb5qm-dc96693906c37e804e8710eca9fb7780{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k5isb5qm-dc96693906c37e804e8710eca9fb7780 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k5isb5qm-dc96693906c37e804e8710eca9fb7780 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k5isb5qm-dc96693906c37e804e8710eca9fb7780 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Maria Christina Cleary, harp<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1a1pnq1-c8a3bf86946893e6ed91803ab39e8bf8\">\n.flex_column.av-1a1pnq1-c8a3bf86946893e6ed91803ab39e8bf8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-1a1pnq1-c8a3bf86946893e6ed91803ab39e8bf8 av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k5iscdod-4e1db41303fcc7f00deb6eab9beab416'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The extraordinary harpist Maria Christina Cleary, from Ireland, has been described as \u201ca true virtuoso,\u201d a \u201cbrilliant player\u201d and \u201ca pioneer of the period harp practice.\u201d She is noted for her improvisatory skills and ingenious basso continuo playing, combined with a particular care to create a beautiful sound on perilous instruments. Specializing in historical harps, Maria performs on medieval harps, the Baroque chromatic harps including the Italian arpa doppia, the Welsh triple harp, the Spanish arpa de dos ordenes and the eighteenth-century harpe organis\u00e9e. She promotes a historical pedal technique for harps with a single-action pedal mechanism. She has developed several innovative tuning systems for performing medieval and renaissance music.<\/p>\n<p>Maria has performed as a soloist and basso continuo with several ensembles, and performs regularly with violinist Davide Monti under the name Arparla, specializing in repertoire from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. She has also recorded over forty albums with orchestras and early music ensembles. She has been a prizewinner at many competitions as a soloist. As an orchestral player, she has worked as Principal Harpist in Amsterdam\u2019s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and further held the position of harpist of the RT\u00c9 Concert Orchestra in Dublin. Maria has worked in the area of contemporary music with MusikFabrik in K\u00f6ln and Remix Ensemble in Porto, and continues to perform and record new works for the harp. She has premiered over fifty pieces for solo harp and harp in ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Maria holds Bachelor and Master\u2019s degrees from Dublin, London, The Hague and Brussels, where she studied with Denise Kelly, Mercedes Garvey and Susanna Mildonian. In 2016, she was awarded a Ph.D. from Leiden University on historical pedal techniques. 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