The harp, by choice

The harp was always my first choice. My older sister had one on loan, standing in the living room, and growing up beside it I fell in love with the instrument. I was eleven when I auditioned for the Conservatorio di Musica di Cagliari, and it decided the rest of my life.

Nine years of study with Annamaria Melis followed at the Conservatorio "G.P. da Palestrina", and I graduated in February 2016 with full marks and honours. Sitting in on an orchestra rehearsal at the conservatoire, I heard from the inside the sound I had spent nine years learning to belong to. The orchestral life itself began in 2017, when I won a place in the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana.

I heard from the inside the sound I had spent nine years learning to belong to.

After my diploma I continued my studies in Italy, with advanced courses with Susanna Bertuccioli at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and with Anna Loro at the Conservatorio "Luca Marenzio" in Brescia. In 2019 I moved to Brussels to study at the Conservatoire royal with Annie Lavoisier, solo harpist of the Belgian National Orchestra and an heir of the French school of Pierre Jamet. There I completed a master in harp (2019–2021) and a specialised master (2021–2022), both with grande distinction; in the specialised master I focused on Ginastera's Concerto Op. 25 and its extended techniques.

Belgium kept me. After spending six months in 2024 as artistic coordinator at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, I now sit on the management side of the music department at La Monnaie as assistant orchestra manager, coordinating the chamber music activities and supporting the running of the orchestra. Alongside this, I play as a guest harpist with the Belgian National Orchestra. Around all of that runs everything else: contemporary ensembles, four chamber projects and the Pop'Harpe. I am especially drawn to where the harp can go next, and to what happens when its sound meets electronic music.

I am especially drawn to where the harp can go next.