Karin Leitner was born in Vienna
Studies and diploma at the Academy of Music and Arts, Vienna (Prof. W. Schulz) and at the Academy of Music Freiburg, Germany (Prof. R. Aitken)
Master classes with Peter Lukas Graf and Robert Aitken
Winner of the competitions Jugend musiziert, Musica Juventutis, Forum junger Künstler, Talentinum and Live Music Now (Yehudi Menuhin Foundation)
Solo concerts with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Filharmonique de Besancon, London Gala Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra, Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Orchestra and Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Chamber music recitals in the main concert halls in Austria (Konzerthaus, Musikverein Golden Hall, Brucknerhaus Linz, Carinthian Summer Festival,...), Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary (Szeged Intern. Music Festival, ...), England (London Chamber Music Festival, ...), Ireland (Festival Music in Great Irish Houses,....), Iran (National Concert Hall, Int. Fajdr-Music Festival,...), USA, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland, France and Italy, Concerts on the Hapag Lloyd cruise yacht MS Europa, Nepal and India.
Tutor at the Sandor Vegh Symposium for woodwinds, and chamber music workshops in Ireland, Northern Ireland, China, Iran and South Africa
Contract for the Stage Orchestra in the Vienna State Opera
Freelance in London: Principal Flute and Piccolo in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, London Gala Orchestra, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables,....
CD Recordings
"Impressions" (Flute & Guitar),
"Soul Alignment" (Improvisations Flute & Synthesizer), "The Gardens of Birr Castle Demesne" (Flute & Harp), "Music of Great Irish Houses" (Flute & Harp)
TV-recordings and Radio broadcastings in Austria, France, Hungary, Ireland (Lyric Fm, Midland Radio 3), South Africa and Czech Republic
Karin is the Artistic Director of the >>Vienna Film Orchestra |
Anne-Marie O’Farrell was born in Dublin and studied at the DIT College of Music, University College Dublin and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, where she recently gained an MA in composition. Her composition teachers have included Seóirse Bodley, Martin O’Leary and John Buckley and she has also attended masterclasses with Karl Aage Rassmussen and Judith Weir. She is the recipient of many national composition awards, including the Mostly Modern Composers’ Competition, the University of Dublin Prize for Choral Composition and the UCC Capriccio Festival Composition Competition. In 1996 she was a finalist in RTÉ’s Composer of the Future Competition.
Her output comprises of orchestral, choral and chamber music, including an extensive body of harp repertoire. Her works have been performed by artists such as the National Chamber Choir, Cantique, trombonist Gavin Roche and pianists Dearbhla Collins and John Lenehan. Many of her compositions, arrangements and performances have been recorded for TV and radio worldwide. She has also made several commercial recordings. Both as soloist and accompanist she has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. Also committed to the promotion of new music, she has premiered and recorded twelve new Irish compositions for flute and harp with flautist Philippa Davies at the IMRO Summer School of Composition.
Recent premieres include her work for brass and percussion, ‘In the Beginning’ at the National Concert Hall (2007), ‘Sante Sana Tanzania in Dar es Salaam’ (2008), ‘Ruach’ at Christ Church Cathedral (2008) and ‘Love the Lord’ at Christ Church Cathedral (2008). She lectures in composition at the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama.
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The Recital
Irish Traditional The Humours of Tuaimgreine
T. O’Carolan Eleanor Plunkett
T. O’Carolan Lady Dillon (harp solo)
T. O’Carolan O’Carolan’s Cottage
R. D. Catháin Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
T. O’Carolan O’Carolan’s Dream
Trad. Arr. O’Farrell An Mhaighdean Mhara (voice and harp)
T. O’Carolan Madame Maxwell
Trad. Arr. O’Farrell Aililiú na Gamhna (voice and harp)
Irish Traditional Limerick’s Lament
T. O’Carolan O’Carolan’s Draught
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T. O’Carolan Hewlitt
J.S.Bach Siciliano
J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Flute, Harp & Soprano)
G.F.Haendel Aria
A.M.O’Farrell Chorale Variations on ‘Take My Life and Let it Be’ (harp solo)
G. Fauré Apres un reve
F. Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra (harp solo)
J. Massenet Thais Meditation
O’Carolan O’Carolan’s Concerto
40 mins, interval, 40 mins |
