Contact Information
E-mail:
Office:
Robertson 124
(440) 775-8033
Personal Web Site:
http://www.yolandaharp.com/
Educational Background
- Interlochen Arts Academy, H.S. Diploma, 1982
- B.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music, 1986
- M.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music, 1989
- Study with Alice Chalifoux and Joan Holland
Performances:
Extensive concerto and recital performances throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East; solo engagements with orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Florida Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Delaware Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, English Chamber Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic, among numerous others.
Honors:
Featured on CNN and PBS Television, NPR's All Things Considered; Recipient of two Solo Recitalists Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; winner, Affiliate Artists National Auditions, Darius Milhaud Prize, National Arts Recognition and Talent Search Competition, New York Philharmonic Young Artists Competition; first prize, Ima Hogg National Young Artists Competition, Naftzger Competition; top prize, Maria Korchinska International Harp Competition.
Discography:
Yolanda Kondonassis is a Telarc recording artist.
Never Far Away: The Music of Bright Sheng (Telarc CD-80719)
Air (Telarc CD-80694)
Salzedo's Harp (Telarc CD-80691)
The Romantic Harp (Telarc CD-80581)
Debussy's Harp (Telarc CD-80622)
Breathe: The Relaxing Harp (Telarc CD-80678)
Quietude (Telarc CD-80533)
Music Of Hovhaness (Telarc CD-80530)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra (Telarc CD-80523)
Pictures of the Floating World (Telarc CD-80488)
Dream Season: The Christmas Harp (Telarc CD-80446)
Sky Music (Telarc CD-80418)
A New Baroque (Telarc CD-80403)
Scintillation (Telarc CD-80361)
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp (Channel Classics)
Management:
Exclusive world representation:
Colbert Artists Management
111 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
nycolbert@colbertartists.com
Teaching Appointments:
Head, Harp Department, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Head, Harp Department, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Professional Affiliations:
American Harp Society
World Harp Congress
American String Teachers Association
Chamber Music America
Compositions and Published Work:
On Playing the Harp (Carl Fischer, 2003)
The Yolanda Kondonassis Collection (Carl Fischer, 2004)
The Yolanda Kondonassis Christmas Collection (Carl Fischer, 2006)
Weigl: Concertino for Harp and Woodwinds (edited by Y. Kondonassis and Thomas Wolf, Theodore Presser, pub.)
Ravel: Pavane for a dead princess (transcribed by Y. Kondonassis, Lyon and Healy, pub.)
Debussy: Bruyeres (transcribed by Y. Kondonassis, Lyon and Healy, pub.)
Gershwin: Prelude No. 2 (transcribed by Y. Kondonassis, Lyon and Healy, pub.)
