Floraleda Sacchi
- Actress
- Composer
Floraleda Sacchi is a harpist. Floraleda recorded for the major
music companies (Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon) and for
Tactus, Brilliant Classics, Musika Slovaka. She created a series for
Amadeus Arte dedicated to composers who wrote and collaborated with
her. Floraleda performed as soloist all over the world in major halls
and festivals: Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall (New York), United
Nations Palace (New York), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Konzerthaus (Belin),
Auditorium Binyanei Hauma (Jerusalem), Sala Verdi (Milan), Matsuo Hall
(Tokyo), Prefectural Hall Alti (Kyoto), Salle Varèse (Lyon), Gasteig
(Munich), Concerts de la Croix Rouge (Geneva), River Concert Series
(Washington), Gessler Hall (Vancouver), CBC-Glenn Gould Studio
(Toronto), Società del Quartetto Milano, Festival Musica no Museo (Rio
de Janeiro), Auditorium della Conciliazione (Roma), etc. Floraleda
appeared as soloist with several orchestras (Filarmonica Toscanini,
Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Camerata Portuguesa, Milli Reasürans Oda
Orkestrasi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, etc.). Recently, she appeared
also as soloist with the OGI in for the Christmas' Concert broadcast
internationally. She composed the music she performs live with Ottavia
Piccolo in the monologue "Donna non rieducabile".The show was
transformed by RAI TV into a movie presented at the 66th Venice Film
Festival. Born in Como (Italy), Floraleda was inspired to play the harp
by Annie Challan's recordings. She studied with Lisetta Rossi, Alice
Giles, Alice Chalifoux and Judy Loman. From 1997 to 2003, she won
prizes at 16 competitions.