Biography
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.
