The Institut de France held an awards ceremony for recent recipients of the Prix Gisèle Tissier-Grandpierre. Constance Luzzati was awarded the 2022 prize, while Anaïs Gaudemard received the award in 2021. According to the Institut de France, this annual award provides 15,000 euros to a harpist of any nationality whose career deserves support and recognition.
In her acceptance speech, Luzzati stated her plans to use the prize to fund her projects to transcribe works for solo harp and promote forgotten repertoire, especially works composed by women.
The prize is named after French harpist Gisèle Tissier-Grandpierre, winner of a first prize in harp at the Paris Conservatory at age 14. With her husband Paul Tissier, she assembled a collection of old musical instruments, which she donated to the Institut de France for preservation upon her death in 1988. The Fondation Gisèle Tissier-Grandpierre collection is now housed at the Palais Lascaris museum in Nice.
For more information, visit the Institut de France website.
