1. Lavinia Meijer was born on February 12,1983 and is a South Korean-born Dutch harpist.
24 Facts About Lavinia Meijer
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Lavinia Meijer's concerts have included a solo harp evening at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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Lavinia Meijer began playing the harp when she was nine years old.
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When she was 11, Meijer was accepted by Erika Waardenburg to study at the Young Talent program of the Utrecht Conservatory.
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Lavinia Meijer took a jazz course from the jazz harpist Park Stickney and lessons on interpretation with Theo Olof, Walter van Hauwe and Willem Brons.
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Besides studying the standard harp repertoire, Lavinia Meijer followed masterclasses with musicians practicing other instruments, such as Willem Brons, Anner Bijlsma, Theo Olof, and Ton Koopman.
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Lavinia Meijer has played as a soloist with orchestras, such as the Residentie Orkest, the Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Lavinia Meijer was invited to play during festivals such as the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and a number of World Harp Congresses.
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Lavinia Meijer is a regular substitute for various orchestras, including the Residentie Orkest and the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest.
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Lavinia Meijer made her debut in Carnegie Hall, New York City in December 2007, where she was invited to perform an evening harp solo.
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In 2004 Lavinia Meijer made a tour through the Netherlands in the series "Het Debuut" together with the Jenufa Quartet.
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The album immediately rose to the top of the Dutch rock charts and Lavinia Meijer often plays these pieces during candle-lit, acoustic concerts.
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In 2004, Lavinia Meijer produced a CD album entitled "1685" with works from Handel, Bach and Scarlatti, which features several self-transcribed preludes and fugues from Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier.
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In 2008, Lavinia Meijer released a Super Audio CD album on Channel Classics Records, entitled "Divertissements" with works from French composers, including Carlos Salzedo, Andre Caplet and Jacques Ibert.
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In 2009, Lavinia Meijer released a Super Audio CD album, produced by Channel Classics Records, entitled "Visions" with works from 20th century composers, including Benjamin Britten, Paul Patterson, Garrett Byrnes, Isang Yun and Toru Takemitsu.
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In 2011, Lavinia Meijer released a Super Audio CD album, produced by Channel Classics Records, entitled, "Fantasies and Impromptus" with works from, among others, Louis Spohr, Gabriel Faure, Gabriel Pierne, Camille Saint-Saens.
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In 2014, Lavinia Meijer released a CD album produced by Sony Classical Records entitled Passagio, consisting of pieces by the Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi.
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In 2015, Lavinia Meijer released a CD album produced by Sony Classical Records entitled Voyage, with solo pieces of Yann Tiersen, Claude Debussy and Erik Satie.
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Lavinia Meijer played together with Carel Kraayenhof, a Dutch bandoneon player.
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Lavinia Meijer won the first prize at the Prinses Christina Competition, the Stichting Jong Muziek Talent Nederland, the Nederlands Harp Competition, and the Vriendenkrans contest from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
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Furthermore, Lavinia Meijer has won prizes for the best interpretation of Visions in Twilight from Garrett Byrnes and the harp concerto in B-flat major from Georg Friedrich Handel.
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In 2007, Lavinia Meijer was awarded the Fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust in London, as well as the MeesPierson Award at the Concertgebouw together with violinist Tjeerd Top.
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In 2009, Lavinia Meijer was awarded the Dutch Music Prize, the highest distinction for a classical musician in the Netherlands.
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In 2012, Lavinia Meijer received the Edison Award Public's Prize, for her CD Fantasies and Impromptus.