Monika Stadler

Monika Stadler ( born February 19, 1963 in Linz) is an Austrian harpist, composer, teacher, producer and vocalist. The musician lives temporarily in Vienna, temporarily near Northampton, United Kingdom.

Training

Monika Stadler began learning the harp at the age of 12 years - first folk harp with Berta Höller, a year later already concert harp at the Linz Bruckner Conservatory. From 1982 she studied concert harp at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, in Adelheid Blovsky - Miller. Already during her studies she played with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and was also member of the ensemble at the Carinthian Summer.

1990 graduated Stadler graduated with honors. 1991/92, she received a scholarship to study in the United States. Scholarships BMUKK enabled studies with Deborah Henson Conant, jazz harp, the jazz bassist David Clark ( Berklee College of Music, Boston ) and David Darling, free improvisation, also in the USA.

Appearances

As of 1993, Monika Stadler exclusively with their own projects on tour in nearly all European countries, in addition to Israel, Morocco, Algeria, the USA, Canada, Japan and Vietnam. She has performed at the most important harp festivals:

  • Edinburgh International Harp Festival ( UK )
  • Festival Harpe en Avesnois in Maubeuge (France)
  • Lyon & Healy Jazzharpfest in Chicago and Salt Lake City (USA)
  • Harps of the World in San Francisco ( USA)
  • Seduced by Harps (Belgium )
  • South German Harp Meeting ( Germany )
  • Hàrfafesztivál Gödöllöi (Hungary )
  • Harp Festival Belgrade ( Serbia)
  • Int. Harp Therapy Conference in Richmond (USA)
  • European Harp Symposium in Perugia ( Italy)
  • World Harp Congress in Vienna ( Austria ), Seattle (USA ) and Prague ( Czech Republic)

Stadler's " special love " applies, in addition to solo performances, Duo or Trio projects. Her duo partners include, among others Wayne Darling / bass and Waterphone, Franz Schmuck / Percussion, Diana Grubsic / Harp and Veronica Hvalić / piano. However, she also appeared with Kurt Edlmair / clarinet, Richard Austrians / harmonica, Jon Sass / Tuba, Heinrich von Kalnein / sax, Sandor Rigo / Sax, Peter Ratzenbeck / guitar and Reinhard Ziegerhofer / double bass and the Reform Art Unit. In addition, there have been projects in collaboration with artists from other genres such as literature with Erika Pluhar, or Elisabeth Orth, and with Dagmar Schwarz, dance and painting.

Workshops

Besides concerts, Monika Stadler conducts workshops such as " creative play on the harp " or "Jazz and Improvisation":

  • University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria
  • National Music Education Association Upper Austria, Salzburg and Tyrol ( teacher training courses), Austria
  • Conservatory and Conservatory Innsbruck Klagenfurt, Austria
  • Harpfestival Edinburgh, Scotland
  • American Harp Society, Minneapolis, Boston, Richmond and LA, USA
  • Landesmusikschulwerk Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany
  • Institute for Music Education Brixen ( teacher training course), Italy
  • Harpfestival in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA
  • International Harp Workshop, Santuario di Crea, Italy
  • Südsteirische Harp Week, Austria
  • Music School Eschen, Liechtenstein
  • Since 2010 visiting professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Discography

  • Scandinavia (2013 ) EX 905-2
  • Away for a while ( 2012) EX 937-2
  • New Shoots - Old Roots ( 2010)
  • Two Ways remastered (2007) EX 605-2
  • Between Earth, Sea & Sky ( 2007) EX 737-2
  • My Imaginary Garden (2005) EX 673-2
  • Everything will be allright (2002) EX 537-2
  • Song for the Earth ( 2000) EX 437-2
  • On the Water (1997)
  • Another World - Solo Harp (1995 ) EX 237-2
  • Two Ways (1993 )

Publications ( music books of his own compositions )

  • Coming Home ( Musikverlag Doblinger)
  • New Shoots - Old Roots ( Musikverlag Doblinger)
  • On the Water ( Creighton 's Collection )
  • Preseli Skies / African Reflections ( Creighton 's Collection )

Criticism

"With their compositions, in which Monika Stadler elements of jazz, classical, world, in a very personal musical handwriting - combining folk and improvised music together, this internationally acclaimed harpist brings fresh air and new dimensions in the harp music. "

Singing Deborah Henson-Conant Jonathan Sass Integrated Authority File
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