Anne Vanschothorst

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Anne Vanschothorst (born 9 July 1974 in Emmen, Drenthe) is a Dutch harpist and composer.

She plays the pedal harp, celtic harp and historical harps as well; an antique Erard harp (double action) and a (single action).

The Canadian composer Jean Chatillon has dedicated to her a composition for harp solo. Vanschothorst composed her first music piece, "Still Life" at age 15. The composition is originally written for harp and flute and later arranged for harp solo.[1]

Vanschothorst is producing CDs and DVDs for her indy label . She is also responsible for the compositions and film recordings of these productions. She has been assigned also for composition projects.[2]

The composition "Streetlife" has been selected from many submissions for the 60x60 project in 2006–2007, of composer and musician Robert Voisey.[3]

Several compositions could be heard on (inter)national radio stations and podcasts. Radio Indy has honoured Vanschothorst with the Gold Artist award for the CD I am a Dreamer.[4]

She participates with poets, musicians and composers. With the Swedish composer , the English singer , the American flutist and Swedish pianist she is creating the CD Pink Anacondas. They work and participate together via internet and Myspace.

Style[]

The compositions are related to minimal music; influences of composers as Philip Glass and Yann Tiersen can be heard in her work.[citation needed]

The compositions of the CD Aarden (2007) can be characterised as meditative and even mystical and are being compared with a mantra.[5] The music is acoustical and instrumental.

Her improvisation techniques (CD I am a dreamer, 2008) are influenced by jazz music, classical music and the celtic music tradition.[5]

The addition of soundscapes and spoken poetry to her recordings are a part of her work method too.

Vanschothorst adds also film as an addition to her compositions. The artistic images are photografical taken or post processed with filters.

Discography[]

  • Aarden – CD of meditative music for harp solo (H&S Productions 2007)
  • I am a Dreamer – CD of improvisations, harp solo (H&S Productions 2008)
  • De huizen van Dordrecht – EP of harp music and spoken poetry; poems by well known Dutch poet Jan Eijkelboom. (H&S Productions 2008)
  • 60x60 (2006–2007) – CD of electronic music, composition "Streetlife" has been selected for international edition, initiater Robert Voisey (Vox Novus 2008)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Voisey, Robert. "60x60 CD (2006–2007) – Vox Novus – the new voice in contemporary music". www.voxnovus.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Anne Vanschothorst". Anne Vanschothorst. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2019-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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