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Heidi Krutzen

Heidi Krutzen is a harpist. She is the principal harpist for the Philharmonia Orchestra,[1] a member of the Turning Point Ensemble,[2] and a chamber musician and soloist. She is the former principal harp at the CBC Radio Orchestra[3] and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.[4]

Career

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Krutzen joined the Philharmonia Orchestra as the principal harpist in 2015.[5] At the time, she was based in Vancouver and a member of three chamber music groups: the Krutzen/McGhee Duo, Trio Verlaine, and Couloir.[5] Since then, she has continued to perform with chamber groups, including Couloir and Trio Verlaine.[6][7]

Flutist Lorna McGhee and Krutzen met in 2001 as soloists at a concerto,[8] and in 2004 released the CD Taheke: 20th-Century Masterpieces for Flute and Harp as the Krutzen/McGhee Duo.[9] With the Turning Point Ensemble and mezzo-soprano Judith Forst, Krutzen released the CD Disasters of the Sun: Music of Barbara Pentland in 2006.[10] Trio Verlaine is composed of Krutzen, McGhee, and violist David Harding, and they released their first CD Fin de Siècle – Music of Debussy and Ravel in 2008,[11] and Six Departures in 2014.[12][13] Couloir formed in Vancouver in 2010, and consists of cellist Ariel Barnes and Krutzen.[14][15] Couloir released the CD Wine Dark Sea in 2013[16] and Maxwell, Muhly & Couloir in 2016.[17] Couloir was also featured on the 2019 album New Jewish Music Vol.2, with Krutzen and Barnes each performing as soloists.[18]

In a 2016 Bachtrack review of a Philharmonia performance of Orpheus, Dominic Lowe writes, "Heidi Krutzen's performance on the harp was technically excellent and emotionally touching."[19] In a 2016 review for The Arts Desk, David Nice writes, "The core of Orpheus is his dance-song for Hades' tormented inhabitants, a homage to Bach's cantatas and passions which is typically spare – perhaps the reprise shared between Jill Crowther's cor anglais and harpist Heidi Krutzen, the dominant colourist of the work, was even more ineffable than the initial duet for two oboes".[20]

A 2017 Bachtrack review by Mark Valencia of a Philharmonia performance includes, "Luke Whitehead's mellow contrabassoon and Heidi Krutzen's expressive harp playing were beacons along the way to the work's widescreen finale",[21] and a 2020 Bachtrack review by Cameron Kelsall of a Philharmonia performance states "Heidi Krutzen supplied gossamer chords on the harp."[22] In a 2022 Musical Opinion review of a Philharmonia performance, Edward Clark writes, "I choose to celebrate: Heidi Krutzen, harp; Elizabeth Burley, celeste; Samuel Coles, principal flute; the horn section and the vigorous cello principal, Karen Stephenson."[23]

Philanthropy

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After visiting Zambia in 2011, Krutzen formed the Malambo Grassroots organization with Jocelyn Banyard to collect and send donations of musical instruments to Africa, and 126 instruments were sent to Zambia in 2012.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Heidi Krutzen". Philharmonia Orchestra. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ "The Ensemble". Turning Point Ensemble. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Heidi Krutzen". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. ^ MacMillan, Rick (February 2008). "Classical". Toronto Life. ProQuest 214370415
  5. ^ a b Varty, Alexander (December 9, 2015). "Local harp star Heidi Krutzen puts strings to the solstice". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Inside Music: Blend And Colour With Harpist Heidi Krutzen". BBC.com. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. ^ Duke, David Gordon (2022-11-02). "Classical: Sterling works from Couloir, Radvanovsky's Tosca prime musical events for fall". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. ^ Conner, Shawn (9 April 2003). "Classical duo takes a walk on the wild side". Vancouver Courier. ProQuest 359536912
  9. ^ Jordan, Robert (15 December 2004). "Harp/flute duo steps out from tradition". Vancouver Courier. Perhaps it's not a huge step from the original guitar, but Krutzen's reworking for harp loses none of the spirit of Piazzolla's original and adds a bracing freshness of its own. ProQuest 359504571
  10. ^ Jurkowski, Edward (2007). "Disasters of the Sun (CD Review)". CAML Review. doi:10.25071/1708-6701.2760. Retrieved 28 January 2023. The virtuosic eight-minute Commentia requires a performer who can respond to the work's substantial variety of textures and registral changes, as well as the extensive number of extended harp techniques. Harpist Heidi Krutzen tackles these passages with utmost aplomb.
  11. ^ Reviews of Fin de Siècle – Music of Debussy and Ravel
    • Dykk, Lloyd (10 March 2008). "Splendid Trio Verlaine performs flawlessly; REVIEW I Combination of beautiful playing by flutist, harpist and violist and skilful arrangement by local composer produces rapture". The Vancouver Sun. ProQuest 243871775
    • Bigio, Robert (June 2009). "Fin de siècle: the music of Debussy & Ravel". Pan: The Flute Magazine. 28 (2). The British Flute Society: 50–51 – via Academic Search Complete.
  12. ^ Olds, David (31 October 2014). "Editor's Corner - November 2014". The WholeNote. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ^ Reviews for Six Departures
    • Rees, Carla (December 2014). "Six Departures". Pan: The Journal of the British Flute Society. 33 (4): 56 – via Academic Search Complete.
    • MacKinney, Lisa (May 2015). "Six Departures". Limelight: 77 – via MasterFILE Complete.
  14. ^ Shulman, Michael (28 September 2016). "Maxwell, Muhly & Couloir - Ariel Barnes; Heidi Krutzen". The WholeNote. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  15. ^ Varty, Alexander (January 30, 2019). "Couloir's Heidi Krutzen and Ariel Barnes return home for border-crossing VSO concert". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  16. ^ Moore, D (January 2014). "Wine Dark Sea". American Record Guide. 77 (1): 210 – via Academic Search Complete. ProQuest 1493811337
  17. ^ Reviews of Maxwell, Muhly & Couloir
  18. ^ Scime, Adam (27 November 2019). "New Jewish Music Vol.2 - Lara St. John; Sharon Azrieli; Couloir; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Boris Brott". TheWholeNote. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. ^ Lowe, Dominic (27 September 2016). ""Sing O Muse": Salonen explores Stravinsky inspired by Greek myth". Bachtrack. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  20. ^ Nice, David (26 September 2016). "Stravinsky: Myths and Rituals 4, Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  21. ^ Valencia, Mark (10 November 2017). "Kindred spirits: Holst and Vaughan Williams paired by John Wilson and the Philharmonia Orchestra". Bachtrack. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  22. ^ Kelsall, Cameron (29 October 2020). "An anniversary and a departure: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia". Bachtrack. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  23. ^ Clark, Edward (April 2022). "More than The Nutcracker". Musical Opinion: 34 – via Academic Search Complete. ProQuest 2642457781
  24. ^ Read, Nicholas (6 February 2012). "Harpist sends instruments to Africa; Eager to learn, but lacking equipment, students in Zambia to benefit from donation". The Vancouver Sun. ProQuest 920350565
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