Saturday, March 22nd, 3:30-6:30 pm
Featuring Emmanuel Ceysson
Join the SDHS for a glamorous afternoon of wine, appetizers, and a solo concert from the principal harpist of the LA Philhamonic, Emmanuel Ceysson, at a beautiful home in Elfin Forest.
With his powerful, virtuoso playing, Emmanuel Ceysson sweeps away all the clichés associated with his instrument. His infectious enthusiasm and boundless energy reveals the harp in all its sparkling splendour, in a world where poetry rhymes with temperament.
He was the GOLD Medallist at the 2004 USA international Harp Competition, First Prize at the New York Young Concert Artists Auditions in 2006, and First Prize at the 2009 ARD competition in Munich; thus securing a press acclaimed solo career, as RECITALIST in major concert venues like Carnegie Zankel Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau, Munich Gasteig, Wiener Konzerthaus, Hyogo concert hall, and as SOLOIST WITH ORCHESTRAS such as the Oslo Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Deutsche Symphonie Orchester, RAI Orchestra Torino, Orchestre National de Lyon, PKF Prague Philharmonia.
He also invests lots of time TEACHING masterclasses worldwide, held Visiting Professor positions at the London Royal Academy of Music and Helsinki Sibelius Academy, and teaches a harp studio at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
