Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson - Conant ( born November 11, 1953 in Stockton ( California)) is an American composer and harpist who has this instrument in jazz established.

Henson - Conant plays since the age of 12 harp. From 1976 to 1979 she studied at the University of California, Berkeley composition; it received on completion the Eisner Prize for Excellence. Then belonged to symphony orchestras in Boston and San Francisco. She then worked with a cellist and has appeared in at hotel. In 1982 was her first jazz trio. Within a few years they recorded the festivals in Montreal, Pori, the American Blue Note Festival, but also the World Harp Festival in Wales and the Rencontres Internationales de Harp in France.

Since 1987, she published a large number of albums under his own name, on which it, inter alia, played together with Mark Eagan and Danny Gottlieb. Further collaborations with Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Patti Austin, Gary Burton and Barbara Dennerlein be mentioned. Increasingly, she plays electric harp, attempting to cover the musical spectrum between blues and flamenco.

As a composer Henson - Conant wrote chamber music, among other things, were performed with the Boston Pops; In recent years, she appeared frequently in major symphony orchestras, such as the Syracuse Symphony. She has also appeared as an illustrator and author of short stories. In 2006 she was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Discography

Sources and links

  • Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 Reinbek 2002 ISBN 3-499-16512-0
  • Info page at the German sales
  • Website (English )
  • Date of birth for All about jazz

Comments

  • Harpist
  • Jazz harpist
  • Fusion musicians
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • American composer
  • Born in 1953
  • Woman
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