Anna Loro

Born in Desenzano del Garda, Italy, Anna Loro studied at the Verona Conservatoire with Mirella Vita and at the Académie de Gargilesse with Pierre Jamet. A prizewinner in national and international competitions, she began a career as a soloist while still very young and has collaborated with numerous chamber ensembles. Her recital appearances include the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Piccolo Regio in Turin, Teatro Regio in Parma, Società del Quartetto in Milan, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Settembre Musica in Turin, Asolo Musica and the Musikverein in Vienna. She has also performed at festivals in Dresden, Salzburg, Istanbul, Gargilesse, Thessaloniki, Tokyo and Nagoya, at the European Harp Symposium in Amsterdam, and at the universities of Buenos Aires and San Juan.

Since 1976, she has appeared as a guest harpist with leading orchestras in Italy and abroad. She was principal harpist at the Arena di Verona from 1980 to 1990 and has played with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Turin, the Hessischer Rundfunk orchestra in Frankfurt, the NDR orchestra in Hamburg and the Bayerischer Rundfunk orchestra in Munich. Conductors with whom she has worked include Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Donato Renzetti, Luciano Berio, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Salvatore Accardo, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alexander Lazarev, Eliahu Inbal, Georges Prêtre, Mariss Jansons and Neville Marriner.

She collaborated with the Carme chamber ensemble, performing Debussy’s Danses under Jean-Pierre Rampal, and recorded a duo album with violinist Anahi Carfi devoted to Donizetti, Spohr and Saint-Saëns. In 1998, she performed Mozart’s Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K. 299, with Patrick Gallois and the Lugano radio orchestra conducted by Alain Lombard. Her teaching work includes the Brescia Conservatoire and masterclasses in Italy and abroad, including Trinity Laban Conservatoire, the Guildhall School in London, Manchester, Zaragoza, Monte Carlo and Strasbourg.

Pierre Jamet praised her ability to move listeners through the charm of her sound and the musical intelligence of her interpretations, together with a powerful touch and an exceptionally secure technique.