Harp Monologues is an ongoing project which started in 2009 as a personal artistic practice within an interdisciplinary and research frame. It aims at creating interdisciplinary harp performances in which elements from different disciplines are brought together in a collaborative and interactive way, in a holistic approach. The performances developed aim towards an understanding of the nature and  potential of performance when adapting conventional stories and forms, reframing them  to place an emphasis on the interrelationship between disciplinary forms and the generation of emotional ‘narratives’. The project’s starting point forms questions into the nature of ‘interdisciplinarity’ – in particular the relationship between sound, text and action- and  experiments on the manipulation of diverse elements

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 Usually Harp Monologues are solo pieces based on texts (literature, theatre texts and poetry) where the harpist is required to perform on the harp as a character. The harp in this project has a variety of substances: it can become a source of sound, a scenic object, a symbol, or a character itself. Harp Monologues have been presented mainly in the UK in the context of concerts and festivals.

 

 

This is newly formed ensemble which aims at presenting compositions based on the ideas developed since the mid-20th century, around questions pertinent to the notions of notation and  performing. The members of the ensemble come from a variety of different backgrounds. 

This projects aims to present and perform compositions for solo harp which fall under the category of experimental music/concert theatre, or that they are in various way interdisciplinary in their performance. This performance project works in parallel with the relevant research project. 

 

Project leader:

Maria Yerosimou

 

Current performance project: 

'Hsing', by Anne Le Baron.

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* The Cyprus premiere of the work is currently being prepared.