Chiara is a freelance harpist, alongside orchetsras and solo recitals, she plays extensively for all manners of events including corporate cocktail parties, award ceremonies, private parties, cruises and weddings.

Since 1990 I have had a lot of concerts as a solo harpist (with both classic and Irish harp) as well as with other musicians (duo with another harp and also with violin, flute, cello, piano, voice, ensembles...), performing in Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Ireland and Spain.
In London I have had the pleasure to play at many renowed venues such as Claridge`s  Hotel, Dorchester Hotel,Park Lane Hotel, Grosvenor House Hotel,
Kai Restaurant in Mayfair, London City Hall;
Art&Music installation Art Gallery 291, Studio 28, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art;
The Lane Lounge Bar, Hooka Lounge Bar, Vibe Bar

I have also performed with the group Sitar Fusion Project combining classical Indian beats with western contemporary sounds; performances in London area (Bengal Quay , Bricklane Festival

PROFILE
Chiara Capobianco was born in Milano (Italy) in 1980; Music Graduate in Harp (10 year course) at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" Milano (Italy). University graduate in Musicology (3 year course) at Scuola di Paleografia e Filologia Musicale di Cremona (Università degli Studi di Pavia- Italy);
She started playing with many different Orchestras (Opera and Symphonic) touring all over Europe since she was fifteen years old.
She has performed at many concerts and events with both classic and Irish harp as solo harpist as well as alongside other musicians. She studied different types of music, which have given her a varied repertoire ranging from classical, medieval, renaissance, Irish, popular and contemporary music. She has also had the chance of studying with harpists such as Annadele Mariani (Italy), Carrol McLaughlin, Harvi Griffin and Park Stickney (U.S.A), Susanna Mildonian (Belgium) and Isabelle Moretti (France).
In 2003 she moved to London UK where she performed in several renowned venues, since September 2004 she has been playing on the Cunard ships Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 travelling all over the world.
Chiara has recently performed for HRH the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall , and the italian prime minister Romano Prodi; In October 2011 She has been invited (first Italian ever) to perform at the prestigious V edición del Festival Mundial del Arpa in Asuncion (Paraguay). At the moment she is touring around India
                                                                    
REPERTOIRE over 1.ooo songs of diverse genres.
Classical: extended repertoire ranging from Medieval to Baroque to Romantic to Contemporary (including all Major Classical Composers such as Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Beethoven, Chopin etc etc …)
Opera: Arias from all famous Operas (Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Bizet, Grieg, Handel etc etc..)
Pop & Jazz: Frank Sinatra, Gerswhin, Mancini, Cole Porter…
Movie Themes: soundtracks from the most famous movies
Musicals: All the best  songs from the Musicals (Cats, The Phantom of The Opera, West Side Story, Evita, Miss Saigon etc etc..)
Folk: Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, South American and Indian popular tunes.

The repertoire available for the harp, either in the form of the original music or arrangements is extensive, covering music for a wide variety of tastes. This includes classical, folk, jazz, and show tunes as well as popular music from fifties to the present day.

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