Anna Astesano

Anna Astesano
After her Bachelor and Master studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Lyon, Anna Astesano joined the harp class at Trinity and Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in the Postgraduate Advanced Diploma course in London.

Between 2014 and 2015 she has been harpist at “Teatro alla Scala” Academy in Milan. In June 2015 she won the audition as first harp at “Luigi Cherubini” Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti. In 2018 she was the harpist of the Future Foyle First Programme, promoted by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2017 she has been awarded scholarships offered by the Turin CRT Foundation, “De Sono” Association and Turin "Lions Club". In 2018 she was awarded the "John Marson Prize for best performer" and the “Featured Young Performer” Award by the London Ear Festival, playing as a soloist and in chamber music concerts with the Uroboros Ensemble. She has collaborated with: the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale (RAI) in Turin, the "Teatro alla Scala'' Orchestra, the "Maggio Musicale Fiorentino'' Orchestra, the Kobolov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, the London Southbank Sinfonia, under the baton of conductors such as Muti, Mehta, Pappano, Jurovskij, Krivine, Gatti, Luisi, Russell-Davies, Coleman. She has performed as a soloist and alongside chamber music ensembles in prestigious London concert halls such as the Purcell Room, the Queen Elisabeth Hall, St. Martin's In-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall and the British Museum. She is a Concordia Foundation and Park Lane Group Artist. Anna Astesano is the harp teacher at the "A. Scontrino" Conservatoire in Trapani.