Nancy Allen (musician)

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Nancy Allen (* 1954 in Carmel , New York ) is an American harpist .

Life

Allen first studied in New York with Pearl Chertok . In the summer of 1972 she went to Paris to take lessons from Lily Laskine . Later that year she went back to New York and studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Marcel Grandjany . In 1973 she won first prize at the international harp competition in Israel . Nancy Allen has given many concerts and made recordings. Her recording of Maurice Ravel's Introduction and Allegro received a Grammy nomination. She has been the harpist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999 and teaches at the Juilliard School of Music, the Yale School of Music , and the Aspen Music Festival . Today she lives with her daughter in New York.

A major artist, with virtuosity all the more impressive for being incidental to the projection of expressive values. - New York Times

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Past winners. The International Harp Contest in Israel, accessed March 19, 2016 .
  2. ^ Nancy Allen Biography. Diane Saldick, accessed March 19, 2016 .
  3. ^ Nancy Allen, Harp ( Memento January 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Nancy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American harpist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Carmel (New York) , USA