Cecilia Chailly

Cecilia Chailly (born February 2, 1960) is an Italian harpist, composer, singer and writer.

Cecilia Chailly
Birth nameCecilia Chailly
Born (1960-02-02) February 2, 1960
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
GenresAcoustic music, film score contemporary classical music, new-age
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsHarp,
LabelsEmi, Warner, Egea, Sony Music, BMG Ricordi
Websitewww.ceciliachailly.com

Biography

Chailly was born in Milan, Italy into a family of Romagnol and French descent.[1] She is the daughter of the composer Luciano Chailly, and sister of the conductor Riccardo.

She studied musical composition with Azio Corghi at the musical conservatory in Milan. At the age of 19, she became first harp at La Scala. Afterwards, she collaborated with Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro and played in many concerts, culminating with her debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Along her career, she collaborated, among others, with John Cage, David Parsons, Mina, Andrea Bocelli, Fabrizio De André, Teresa De Sio, Giorgio Conte, Lucio Dalla, Ron, Morgan, Planet Funk, Gianni Morandi, Le Vibrazioni, Alex Britti, Hector Zazou.

She pioneered the use of the electric harp in Italy, performing the album Stanze (BMG Ricordi, 1992), composed by Ludovico Einaudi. Some of the tracks in the album were later used for the soundtrack of the film Fuori dal mondo (1999) by Giuseppe Piccioni.

In 1997, Chailly was awarded the Premio De Sica (De Sica Prize)[2] for her album Anima (Warner, 1996), recorded in California in collaboration with David Darling, Andrea de Carlo and Mike Marshall. The same album was also played as the introduction to the concerts of Fabrizio De André's Anime Salve tour.

In 1998, Chailly published the novel Era dell'amore (Bompiani),[3] later translated to German (Litz), for which she was awarded the Pisa (1998), Calabria Opera Prima (1998), Rapallo (1999) and Procida Elsa Morante Opera Prima (1999) prizes.

In 1999, Chailly played in Milan in honour of the Dalai Lama. In 2003, she played in front of Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the XVIII World Youth Day.[4]

Some pieces played by Chailly were used in the soundtracks of the films Non ho sonno (2000) by Dario Argento and Mai più come prima by Giacomo Campiotti, and in several theatrical performance, as Felicità di una stella by Dario Moretti.

On March 12, 2000 Chailly took part in the concert Faber, amico fragile,[5] held in memory of Fabrizio De André at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, playing Inverno (from the album Tutti morimmo a stento), which also marked her debut as a singer.

In October 2001 she produced the album AMA (Sony Columbia), for which she wrote music, lyrics and arrangements.

In 2006, she accompanied Ron at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song L'uomo delle stelle.[6]

Cecilia Chailly plays with Orchestra del Teatro Cilea di Reggio Calabria – April 2009

In 2007 she recorded the album Alone (Emi), in which she played several acoustic instruments with the participation of Ludovico Einaudi at the piano.[7]

In 2009 Chailly published Istanti (Egea), a crossover album mixing opera influences, Mediterranean melodies and blues inflections. In the same year, she played at the Teatro di Reggio Calabria four of her compositions for harp and orchestra.

In 2010, she was awarded the Profilo Donna international prize, whereas in 2012 she won the Rotary Donna and Harpo Marx prizes.

Invited by conductor Claude Nobs, she played at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival.

In 2013, she was a member of the quality jury at the Sanremo Music Festival. In the month of October of the same year, she published the album Le mie corde (Sony Classical), which contains a selection of her best acoustic harp songs in addition to the piece Varianti sulla scala enigmatica, composed by her father Luciano in 1995 and dedicated to her.

In 2014 "Stanze",[8] the result of a close collaboration with Ludovico Einaudi, has been republished worldwide by Decca.

Awards
  • 1997 – Vittorio De Sica Prize;
  • 1999 – Rapallo Opera Prima Prize;
  • 1999 – Elsa Morante Opera Prima Prize
  • 1999 – Reggio Calabria Opera Prima Prize;
  • 2010 – Profilo Donna international Prize;
  • 2012 – International Rotary Donna Prize;
  • 2013 – Harpo Marx Prize;
  • 2014 – Madesimo Prize[9];

Novels

Discography

Album
  • 1997 – Anima (CGD East-West);
  • 1992 – Stanze (BMG Ricordi|BMG), original score by Ludovico Einaudi;
  • 2002 – Ama (Sony Music);
  • 2006 – Alone (EMI Classics);
  • 2009 – Istanti (Egea);
  • 2013 – Le mie corde (Sony Classical);
  • 2014 – Stanze (Decca), music by Ludovico Einaudi

Collaborations

Soundtracks participations

Theater
  • La Tempesta, di W. Shakespeare at Piccolo Teatro, directed by Giorgio Strehler (1978–79);
  • Felicità di una stella show written by Dario Moretti (Teatro all'Improvviso);
  • Saffo from Frammenti di Saffo, music and reading;

References
  1. Martelli, Giuseppe. "LO SAPEVATE CHE...il ferrarese compositore Luciano Chailly è stato alpino?". noi alpini bolognesi romagnoli.
  2. "1997 Vittorio De Sica Prize". Archived from the original on September 8, 2015.
  3. "Era dell'Amore, Cecilia Chailly, Bompiani (Italian link)".
  4. "Cecilia Chailly plays for Pope John Paul II".
  5. "Faber, amico fragile. A tribute to Fabrizio De André (Italian link)". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. "Ron in L'uomo delle stelle con Tosca Loredana Bertè e Cecilia Chailly".
  7. "Cecilia Chailly and Ludovico Einaudi playing "Living Room" at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 2008".
  8. "Stanze, Ludovico Einaudi & Cecilia Chailly; republished by Decca Records".
  9. "Premio Madesimo 2014". Archived from the original on December 14, 2014.
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