Susanna Mildonian

[carl-swanson]

I just heard from a friend that Susanna Mildonian has died. So sad. She was an astounding harpist who won the first Israel Competition in 1959 and then went on to be a major performer and recording artist. She taught for years at the Brussels Conservatory.

[NAVAS-PEREZ María Rosa]

I have found she died on October 7th. So sad with this new and grateful to her for everything she taught me. She was teaching at the Brussels Conservatory and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena (Italy), as well as in many other places along her teaching career like vissiting professor or in summer courses. In September 1992 she gave a concert in Seville in the frame of the “1992 Universal Exposition”, as music ambassador of Belgium. She drove from Belgium to Seville with her Lyon and Healy, Style 23 Gold. On the way, she stopped in Toledo to give away some pieces to those attending the I European Symposium about “The Spanish harp since the Middle Ages and its projection overseas in the age of discovery”. Amazing program, crystalline sound, incredible thechnique and special musicality. In 2009, she attended the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel as a member of the jury. That year was also the 50th Foundation Anniversary of the contest and I was able to witness how she gave to Mr. Victor Salvi, for his harp Foundation and Museum, the original program of the 1rst International Harp Contest, where she won the 1rst Prize, and she had kept during those 50 years with the participant signatures. Her recordings were an inspiration to many harpists and will now remain as her musical legacy. Essencial is “La Caccia” by Niccolo Paganini, recorded live at the 1964 Geneva Competition where she also won 1rst Prize. I will miss meeting her again. R.I.P.

[NAVAS-PEREZ María Rosa]

[balfour-knight]

Thanks for posting this. She was a wonderful harpist!

[Saul Davis Zlatkovski]

I was at a solo recital she gave in New York City, organized by Don Henry of Lyra Music. She played many of her solos that were familiar from her recordings. She was very warm to talk to. Her performing, on the other hand, was very cool, concentrated and exact.

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