Monday 27 September 2010, 16:19
On Sunday the 26th of September, Lavinia was in a short film by the NPS. In this film, she discussed the Dutch Harp Culture and stressed its importance. The film can be seen HERE . This film is part of Prijs Klassiek. The website of Prijs Klassiek can be seen HERE. (Don’t forget to vote!)
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Wednesday 23 June 2010, 12:12
Read here one of the most detailed reviews by MusicWeb International!
“One of the great pleasures of reviewing is the discovery of unfamiliar repertoire and artists. Happily, this new disc from Channel Classics scores on both counts. Featuring the Korean-born harpist Lavinia Meijer – she was adopted by a Dutch family – this recital offers an inspired programme of 20th- and 21st-century pieces recorded in a gorgeous acoustic by Jared Sacks, one of the industry’s foremost producers and engineers. Channel – which has just celebrated its 20th anniversary – has a clutch of award-winning discs to its name, among them a highly regarded Mahler Fourth from Ivan Fischer and his Budapest band. And if that weren’t enough, the company produces some of the most natural-sounding SACDs around. (more…)
Thursday 8 April 2010, 16:26
On Monday April 12th. the Dutch TV will broadcast a new documentary of Lavinia, called “Playing for the past”, in which she returns to her country of birth, South Korea, after 25 years to perform during the New Years Concert. During her stay, she decided to meet her biological father.
Friday 12 March 2010, 8:48
The British magazine Gramophone featured Lavinia in their “One to watch” (April issue). Have a look!
“There may not be many star harpists in the world, but Lavinia Meijer has as good a chance of becoming one as any. Certainly some of the world’s great orchestras and halls have cottoned on to her talent early, as she appears with the likes of the Royal Concertgebouw and the Israel Philharmonic, while her Carnegie Hall debut came – for a solo concert – a little over a year ago. (more…)
Wednesday 10 March 2010, 9:57
The French HAUTE DEFINITION wrote the following review of Lavinia’s CD Visions:
“Without doubt, here is one of the most magnificent recordings devoted to the harp of the past ten years. This monument – for that is what it is – is dedicated to contemporary composers or those from the last century. We can thus listen to Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) in his Suite Op.83 dating from 1969, who at the time declared: “I believe in roots, in associations, in context, in personal relations. I want that my music be for people, that it please them, that it puts their life into value… ;” (more…)
Sunday 21 February 2010, 23:40
ClassicsToday awarded Lavinia’s new CD Visions with two tens (for the second time!), for artistic and sound quality. Have a look at the review:
“What a marvelous, inventive recital this is! One of the great things about harp music is that even the modern stuff usually sounds good. Happily, most of the works here sound good because of their modernity, not despite it. Britten’s Suite is the one piece that may be familiar to some listeners, but the real discoveries are the two works by Paul Patterson. (more…)
Thursday 28 January 2010, 9:54
After Lavinia’s solo performance in Monterrey, Mexico, this review appeared:
Emotional harpist with a versatile menu
After listening to Lavinia Meijer it would be safe to state that the Dutch artist of Korean origin is one of the best harpists in the world.
She demonstrated during her recital, the first concert of the year for Parnassos and the city, that she possesses not only an irreproachable technique, plays with limitless emotion, perfect musicality, but also with charisma, grace, and attractiveness. (more…)
Tuesday 26 January 2010, 15:01
The Dutch newspaper Trouw wrote the following about her new CD “Visions”
“A visionary harpist”
“The Dutch television channel, NPS, is showing a lot of interest in the harpist, Lavinia Meijer, who won the Dutch Music Prize at the end of October. In a documentary, Meijer is being followed in her path to the Dutch Music Prize and during this festive concert she performs the Harp Concerto by Henk Badings and “In Balance” by Isang Yun. (more…)
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