About

Asuncion Claro has for over 40 years pursued both classical and contemporary music, with her outstanding qualifications as harpist and musician giving her countless appearances all over the world. She studied with ao. Pierre Jamet and has been student at Hochschule für Musik in München, Conservatoire National Superièure de Musique à Paris, and The Royal Danish Music Conservatory.

Having released over 20 recordings on a variety of labels such as CBS, Sony-Classical, and Naxos, her interpretation of the standard repertoire and her contribution to its expansion is readily available.

Repertoire

Central in her concert activities have always been the core repertoire by composers such as Handel, Mozart, Dittersdorf, Debussy, and Ginastera. However, contemporary music has increasingly caught her interest, resulting in numerous dedications and world premiere performances of landmark compositions of works for harp solo and orchestra, chamber music with harp, and solo works for harp by leading international composer such as Per Norgard, Gustavo Becerra, Åke Parmerud, Lars Graugaard, Nicola Sani, and Fausto Romitelli. She has furthermore been a leading figure world-wide in promoting the unique combination of harp and electronics through commissions, live performances and recordings, hereby furthering a new means of expression for her instrument.

Recorded Works

Harp solo and orchestra
Lars Graugaard – The Hand, Unveiled, Harp and Orchestra
Lars Graugaard – Ophelia in the Garden, Harp and String Orchestra
Kristian Blak – Harpan, Harp and Orchestra
Jan Maegaard – Jeu Mosaîque, Harp and Orchestra, op. 99
Per Nørgaard – King Queen and Ace, Harp and Orchestra
Fernando García – Navegaciones, Flute, harp String Orchestra
Gustavo Becerra – Harp and Orchestra

Harp solo
Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach – Sonata en G, Wq.139
Giovanni Battista Pescetti – Sonata en C minor
Paul Hindemith – Sonata fûr Harfe
Søren Barfoed – Sonata for Harp Op. 7
Michail Glinka – Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Alonso Mudarra – Fantasia
Ludwig Spor – Fantasie for Harp
Mateo Albeniz – Sonata en re, nr.13
Eric Schmidt – Etude nr.6
Benjamin Britten – Interlude
Marius Flothuis – Pour le Tombeau d’Orphee
Carlos Salzedo – Chanson dans la Nuit
Lex van Delden – Notturno, op. 42
Jacques Ibert – Scherzetto

Harp in chamber music
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata en Sol Menor
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata en Mi bemol Mayor
Luigi Boccherini – Sonata en Do Mayor
Ludwig Spohr – Sonata en Do menor
Georg Philipp – Telemann Sonata en Fa Mayor
Jean Françaix – Cinque piccoli duetti
Maurice Ravel – Pièce en forme de Habanera
Gabriel Faure – Sicilienne
Gabriel Faure – Berceuse
Jacques Ibert – Entreacte
Lars Graugaard – Fantasía
Carl Nielsen – The fog is lifting
Vincent Persichetti – Serenade nr. 10

Harp and electronics
Åke Parmerud – Strings & Shadows
Cort Lippe – Music for Harp and Tape
Lars Graugaard – Incrustations
Kaija Saariaho – Fall
Ivar Frounberg – Worlds Apart
Ejnar Kanding – Entbergen
Sunleif Rasmussen – The Song of a Child
Fuzzy – B-movies
Nicola Sani – Non tutte le isole hanno intorno il mare
Gabriel Valverde – El Silencio ya no es el Silencio
Takayuki Rai – Transparency

Harp and voice
Benjamin Britten – A Ceremony of Carols
Gustav Holst – Rig Veda
Lars Graugaard – Donde el amor te lleve

Recordings

TUTL FKT13
POINT PLP 5077
FØNIX FMF CD 1007
BIGSUR 001-2
SONY 4739
TUTL FKT063
CLASS CD 238
CBS
SONY 4740
CENTAUR CRC 2284
DACAPO 8.224113
ORF 94
PHM 052400NS
IMED 0267
PHONO SUECIA PSCD 91
MODE 94
DACAPO 8.224018
CLASS CD 139

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