Origins Duo Kalysta, Lara Deutsch, Emily Belvedere

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 1Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86 (Arr. J. Loman for Flute & Harp)09:44
• R. Murray Schafer (b. 1933): Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp:
• 2Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp: I. Freely, Flowing06:26
• 3Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp: II. Slowly, Calmly04:51
• 4Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp: III. Rhythmic03:45
• Jocelyn Morlock (b. 1969): Vespertine:
• 5Vespertine: I. Twilight06:56
• 6Vespertine: II. Verdigris03:45
• André Jolivet (1905 - 1974):
• 7Chant de Linos (Arr. for Flute, Harp & String Trio)11:05
• Total Runtime46:32

Info zu Origins

The title of this album, Origins, is meaningful to us on many levels. It’s our debut album, recorded in Montreal where we first met in 2012. It reflects our Canadian origins by including music by two of our favourite Canadian composers. It is inspired by the heritage of our instruments, as the traditions of both flute and harp were greatly influenced by French music. And it marks the beginning of our journey towards more recording projects, repertoire commissions, and new collaborations. We hope you enjoy listening to this album as much as we loved making it.

Duo Kalysta:
Lara Deutsch, flute Emily Belvedere, harp

Duo Kalysta
Since then, the recently-formed ensemble Duo Kalysta has been sharing this passion with audiences throughout Canada and is quickly gaining celebrated status as a young duo with an exceptional musical connection. In October 2013, the pair won the esteemed Classical Concerto Competition at McGill University and were featured as soloists with the McGill Symphony Orchestra, where they performed Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp under the baton of Maestro Alexis Hauser. The following spring, Duo Kalysta was invited to perform as part of the Christ Church Beaurepaire Concert Series in Beaconsfield, Quebec.

In addition to their love for performing, Duo Kalysta is also devoted to sharing their music outside of the traditional concert hall boundaries: in classrooms, cafés, as well as through various media platforms. They have completed several recording projects, mostly notably a set of three music videos for noncerto that will be released in the spring of 2015. Recently, Duo Kalysta was awarded the Goyer Canadian Composition Award and, as result, they will be recording the premiere of a new work by Montreal composer Matthias Maute in another set of music videos this summer.

Emily Belvedere
Recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Classical Music Grant for Orchestral Instruments, harpist Emily Mariko Belvedere has been praised for her “crystalline technique” and her “ease in merging lyrical and dissonant sounds”. (MusicWeb International’s Worldwide Concert and Opera Reviews) An enthusiastic competitor, Miss Belvedere has won a number of bursaries and scholarships including claiming third prize at the American Harp Society’s 18th National Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah.

More recently, Emily won the 2013 McGill Classical Concerto Competition as well as the prize for best performance of a Canadian work in the 2013 OSM Standard Life Competition in Montreal. Emily is an avid performer of chamber music and was also a prizewinner in the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In February of 2014, Emily was featured as a soloist with the Mcgill Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Alexis Hauser.

A native of Toronto, Emily has given many solo and chamber performances throughout the GTA, and has been invited to perform for organizations such as the Women’s Art Association of Toronto, the Mooredale Concert Series in Toronto and the Christ Church Beaurepaire Concert Series in Quebec. Although she loves to travel and has had the oppourtunity to perform on stages throughout North America and Europe, Emily also enjoys using music as a way to connect with the people in her own community. She often performs in hospitals, living rooms, classrooms, and other various venues throughout the city. Miss Belvedere is a member and co-founder of two award- winning chamber groups; Duo Novus, a harp duet based out of Toronto with Kristan Toczko and Flute and Harp Duo Kalysta with Montreal resident Lara Deutsch.

Emily holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she studied with internationally acclaimed harpist Judy Loman. In 2014, she completed her Masters Degree in Harp Performance at McGill University under Montreal Symphony’s principal harpist, Jennifer Swartz. Miss Belvedere currently works and performs out of Toronto, Ontario.

Booklet für Origins