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\nSylvain Blassel<\/a> is a harpist and conductor. Very early in his career, his position as Pierre Boulez\u2019s assistant with the Ensemble InterContemporain led to many formative experiences: working for example with Gy\u00f6rgy Kurtag, Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti, Brian Ferneyhough, and Helmut Lachenmann. As an instrumentalist, Sylvain Blassel\u2019s regular orchestral appearances also afforded him many defining musical moments – for example with Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, etc.<\/p>\n\n

Keen to expand the repertoire available to him as a harpist, Sylvain Blassel has come to specialise in the virtuoso adaptation of music hitherto undreamt-of on the harp. He performs not simply transcriptions of digestible solos, but giants of the piano and orchestra repertoire. These span periods from Guillaume de Machaut to the present day, and include deep explorations of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Liszt. These include works that tax the best of pianists (Liszt\u2019s Campanella, Hungarian Rhapsodies\u2026), and above all masterpieces – like the Goldberg Variations, and Beethoven\u2019s last sonatas. <\/p>\n\n

Sylvain Blassel\u2019s recording of The Goldberg Variations (Lontano\/Warner) attracted widespread critical acclaim – \u201can exquisite reading\u201d (Gramophone); \u201cplayed with a great feeling for overall architecture and interior expressiveness that recalls Hewitt and Tureck in equal measure.\u201d This disc was recorded on a 1904 Erard harp, without changing a note of the original score.<\/p>\n\n

Fascinated by the organological development of his instrument, he also often plays with period orchestras. He has an extensive personal collection of instruments, and often presents multiple harps in the course of his recitals.<\/p>\n\n

Sylvain Blassel is Professor of Harp at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, and at his alma mater, the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Lyon. He is regularly invited to give masterclasses throughout the world: in New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Chicago, Seoul, Beijing, and Shanghai. He was a member of the juries for the 20th International Harp Contest in Israel, and the 11th USA International Harp Competition<\/p>\n\n

Sylvain Blassel\u2019s editions include the complete compositions for lute by JS Bach, several works by Liszt and Wagner, cadenzas for Handel, Mozart and Boieldieu Harp Concerto, Francisco T\u00e1rrega\u2019s Recuerdos De La Alhambra, and Debussy\u2019s Premi\u00e8re Rhapsodie for clarinet, and Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019s Danse Macabre. \n \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sylvain Blassel is a harpist and conductor. Very early in his career, his position as Pierre Boulez\u2019s assistant with the Ensemble InterContemporain led to many formative experiences: working for example with Gy\u00f6rgy Kurtag, Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti, Brian Ferneyhough, and Helmut Lachenmann. As an instrumentalist, Sylvain Blassel\u2019s regular orchestral appearances also afforded him many defining musical 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