Cristina Montes Mateo www.cristinamontesmateo.com In the words of Maestro Plácido Domingo: "... I have met and heard thousands of musicians but I can highlight only one of them in the harp world: Cristina Montes Mateo." Unanimous 1st Prize winner at the “Torneo Internazionale di Musica” (Rome) and the International Harp Competition “V. Bucchi”, Cristina Montes Mateo is recognized as one of the leading harpists of her generation throughout the world. She has also won four more international contests (Paris -Laskine and Sacem-, Madrid and Tokyo), as well as numerous national awards. She usually appears as a soloist with major orchestras like the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Philharmonic Orchestra of Málaga, Francisco de Miranda Orchestra in Venezuela, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Theatre für Niedersachsen in Germany, and the Santiago de Chile Orchestra; and under the direction of Sir Colin Davis, P. Boulez, or D. Barenboim. She has performed at many world leading festivals, highlighting the concert for the King and Queen of Spain and the President of the U.N. at the Royal Palace in Madrid, being broadcasted live internationally. She is Principal Harp of the Valencia Opera House Orchestra, an orchestra created by Lorin Maazel and also conducted by Z.Mehta and V.Gergiev; and a regular guest with the Munich Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Staatsoper Berlin and Los Angeles Philharmonic. She also gives regular Master classes at Berklee College of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, and Musikhochschule in Cologne. She has recorded for Decca, Unitel Classica and Sony. Her upcoming concerts in 2019-20 include the Ginastera and Glière concertos with the Peninsula Symphony, Orquesta de Córdoba, Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphonic Orchestra of Navarra.
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