Melanie Genin
harp

Melanie Genin, a native of France, was noted as a "singular harp virtuoso, with an exquisitely sensitive playing" (Epoch Times) after her recent debut at Carnegie Hall in the International Shining Star series, and as a "very promising soloist to follow"(Classic info) at the Festival des Flaneries, France.

Melanie is very dedicated to gaining a larger audience for the harp and developing its repertoire. Therefore she is developing her contemporary music activity and has commisionned Serafim's Waltz by Jules Matton premiered both in Europe and the US as well as the 2014 revision of Entrapercevoir by Wei-Chieh Lin.

A passionate chamber music player, she performs with the flutist Mathilde Calderini (first prize Kobe competition, Japan) as an ensemble Duet Galilee, as well as with New York flutist Beomjae Kim among other musicians.

Ms. Genin has performed in New York City with various ensembles such as the New England Symphonic Orchestra, Tactus, New Juilliard Ensemble, The Sheep Island Ensemble, Sugar Hill Ensemble, LaGuardia orchestra, DCINY, MSM Jazz Ensemble and currently serves as a member of the Metro Chamber Orchestra and the contemporary ensemble ECCE.

As an orchestral player she has performed in some of the most prestigious halls in the world, including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall London, KKL Luzern, Audi Hall Munchen, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Salle Pleyel, Theatre du Chatelet, Theatre des Champs Elysees, under such conductors as Pierre Boulez, Sir Mark Elder, Alan Gilbert, Pablos Heras-Casado, and Leonard Slatkin.

Ms. Genin received her Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where she studied with Isabelle Moretti and Genevieve Letang. She received a special scholarship from the Bruni-Sarkosy Foundation to study abroad at the Juilliard School with Nancy Allen. She was in 2014 the first harpist ever admitted into the Artist Diploma program at Manhattan School of Music, where she studied under the guidance, Susan Jolles, Mariko Anraku and the regretted Deborah Hoffman.