Marisa Robles, Date of Birth

    

Marisa Robles

Spanish musician

Date of Birth: 04-May-1937

Profession: music pedagogue

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Marisa Robles

  • Marisa Robles (born May 4, 1937) is a Spanish harpist.She was born in Spain, where she studied the harp with Luisa Menarguez, and studied music at the Madrid Conservatory, graduating at the age of sixteen in 1953.
  • She made her concert debut at seventeen, performing with flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
  • The Concerto for Flute and Harp by Mozart which they performed together was to become the piece for which she is best known.
  • She has recorded and performed it with James Galway and with her husband 1968 - 1985 Christopher Hyde-Smith, among others.
  • In 1963 she premiered Sones en la Giralda on the BBC, a wedding present written for her by Joaquín Rodrigo. In 1958 she married, and in 1960 she came to live permanently in the UK.
  • In 1971 she became a teacher at the Royal College of Music. Robles was artistic director for the first two Cardiff World Harp Festivals in 1991 and 1994.

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