Ina Zdorovetchi

Ina Zdorovetchi (born 1981) is a Moldovan-born classical harpist.[1] In 2009 USA granted her the colloquially known "Genius" Green Card: permanent residency under E-11 classification given to Aliens with Extraordinary Ability in the Arts normally awarded to the likes of famous artists, Nobel Prize winners and public figures such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Zdorovetchi received her American citizenship in 2015. She is the winner of the Seventeenth International Harp Contest in Israel - the most prestigious international harp competition in the world - having received the highest awarded prize (II), the special prize for the best performance of Chamber Music and the special prize for the best interpretation of the new music piece by Yitzhak Yedid.

Ina Zdorovetchi
Zdorovetchi in April 2012
Background information
Born1981 (age 39–40)
Bender, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Bender, Republic of Moldova)
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Harpist, pianist, teacher
InstrumentsHarp, piano
Websitewww.inazdorovetchi.com

Early life and education

Zdorovetchi was born in 1981 in Bender, Moldova, into a family of non-musicians. She started learning the piano at the age of 5 and within a short time she was admitted to the "Ciprian Porumbescu" Music Lyceum, the country's premiere boarding school for musically gifted children, in the city of Chisinau. While continuing to study piano at a professional level with celebrated professor Larisa Jar, she also fell in love with the harp, and was the first student in the history of the school to take on a second instrument as her major. Her harp professor was Ana Mahonina. During the 10 years spent at the lyceum, Zdorovetchi participated in many piano competitions and won numerous top prizes. She was often featured as soloist (both on the piano and harp) with the country's top orchestras: The National Philharmonic, Radio & Television Orchestra and frequently appeared on the city's main concert stages.

From 1999 - 2001 she attended the National University of Music in Bucharest initially as a double-major (piano and harp) student and eventually transitioned to harp only. While in Bucharest she served as the piano accompanist for the Conductors Class under the distinguished professor Dumitru Goia and often performed as an accompanist for the cello studio. In 2002, she transferred to continue her Bachelor of Music at the Boston Conservatory. Upon graduation with Summa Cum Laude honors, she went on to earn a master's degree at the Boston University (with honors) and a Performance Diploma at New England Conservatory of Music.

Career

Teaching

Zdorovetchi's teaching positions include The Boston Conservatory (Chair of the Harp Department), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College, New England Conservatory Preparatory Division (2008-2014) and Brevard Music Center Summer Institute and Festival (Director of the Harp Program).

She has trained many successful students who went on to perform on major venues, including the World Harp Congress Focus on Youth, From the Top, All National Honors Orchestra, All State Honors Orchestra, every youth orchestra in Boston and emerge as winners in numerous events and competitions such as Harvard Musical Association First Prize (2010 and 2015), National Young Arts Foundation, Brevard Music Center Concerto Competition, Boston Youth Symphony Concerto Competition and many others.

Masterclasses in Zagreb (Croatia), Istanbul (Turkey), Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington (DC), Philadelphia, Sarasota and more.

Her own teachers included Ion Ivan-Roncea, Ann Hobson Pilot, Cynthia Price-Glynn, Ana Mahonina, and pianist Larisa Jar.

Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra (substitute), principal harpist with Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Brevard Music Center Symphony Orchestra. Collaboration with conductors Charles Dutoit, James Levine, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Marek Janowski, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, James Conlon, John Williams, Keith Lockhart.

Major performances
  • WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (Germany) / European premiere of John Williams' Harp Concerto "On Willows and Birches", under the direction of maestro Keith Lockhart
  • World Harp Congress in Vancouver, Canada / recital
  • Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Israel)/ Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto
  • Haifa Symphony Orchestra (Israel)/ Reinhold Gliere's Harp Concerto
  • Boston Modern Orchestra Project (USA)/ World premiere of Thomas Oboe Lee's Harp Concerto "...bisbigliando...", written for her
  • American Harp Society National Conference Closing Gala / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concertino for Harp
  • Moldova National Chamber Orchestra / Debussy "Danses Sacree et Profane", Ravel "Introduction and Allegro"
  • Brockton Symphony Orchestra / Rodrigo Concierto di Aranjuez
  • Moldova National Philharmonic / Dittersdorf Harp Concerto / Handel Harp Concerto / Grieg Piano Concerto
  • Moldova Radio Symphony Orchestra / Handel Harp Concerto
  • Boston Conservatory String Orchestra / Debussy "Danses Sacree et Profane"
  • Boston University Symphony Orchestra / Debussy "Danses Sacree et Profane"
  • National University of Music Bucharest Symphony Orchestra / "Danses Sacree et Profane" / Ravel "Introduction and Allegro"
  • Numerous live appearances (as soloist and recitalist) on radio and TV in the USA, Germany, Israel, Romania and Moldova.
  • Her 2004 Carnegie Hall debut was at the special invitation of Osvaldo Golijov to perform chamber music alongside Dawn Upshaw, Gustavo Santaollala and other acclaimed musicians. She returned to Carnegie Hall later that year performing with the Boston Symphony in the James Levine Gala.

Festivals

Arts administration and other
  • 2010–present, Founder and Artistic Director, Boston Harp Festival
  • 2006-2009, President of American Harp Society Boston Chapter
  • 2006, elected as a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, USA's National Music Honor Society

Recordings

Ina Zdorovetchi appears on over 20 recordings (CD & DVD) alongside Sting, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti, Natalie Merchant, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Pops.

Education

References
  1. Rensch, R. (2007). Harps and harpists. Indiana University Press. p. 268. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
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