It was in use by Lyon and Healy until 1916. This landmark building, flying the Lyon & Healy banner, was often referred to as the Union Park Factory. Lyon & Healy Factory at Randolph Street and Bryant Place, across from Union Park, circa 1900. Previously, most harps were imported to North America from France, England, Ireland, or Italy by smaller groups of craftsmen. They succeeded in producing a harp notable for its strength, reliability of pitch, and freedom from unwanted vibration. Healy was interested in developing a harp better suited to the rigours of the American climate than the available European models. Lyon patented his cottage upright in 1878 and it was sold under the Lyon and Healy name. Lyon & Healy evidently began manufacturing these instruments around 1876 in its factories in Chicago and nearby cities. Other instruments the company is known to have made include reed organs and pianos. The company won recognition for another first in 1889–building the first American- made harp. Healy, who moved from Boston to start a sheet music shop for music publisher Oliver Ditson. The Chicago-based company, founded in 1864 by George W. She also likes to devote herself teaching and researching new and unexplored repertoires.Īnaïs Gaudemard plays on a ‚Style 23 Gold Concert Grand Harp‘, offered by the harp maker Lyon & Healy at the 18th International Contest in Israel.It was the first to sell Thomas Edison`s wax-cylinder records, Edison`s and Columbia Co’s Morning Glory Horn phonograph models and the first to promote Victor`s famous Victor Talking Machine Company dog listening to “His Master`s Voice.
Her latest recording « Solo » released on Harmonia Mundi is a recital program by Scarlatti, Bach, Fauré, Renié, Hindemith and Hersant to great acclaim.Īs a chamber musician, Anaïs regularly works with Joséphine Olech, Sindy Mohamed, Ambroisine Bré, Mairéad Hickey, Philippe Bernold and Kaspar Zehnder at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nantes’ Folle Journée, Frederiksvaerk festival, Heidelberger Frühling Festival, Reims’ Flâneries Musicales, Hindsgavl festival, Musée d’Orsay Auditorium.Īnaïs is a recipient of the Banque Populaire Foundation and the dedicatee of works by Pierre-Adrien Charpy, Esteban Benzecry and Camille Pépin composers. Her debut album « Harp Concertos » dedicated to Debussy, Boïeldieu and Ginastera on Clavès Records has been nominated at the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards). The upcoming highlights will also include the debut performances of Concertino for harp by Leo Smit with Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Harp Concerto Op.74 by Reinhold Glière with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Harp Concerto Op.182 by Carl Reinecke with Thüringer Symphoniker, Nü Shu by Tan Dun with Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, as well as with Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, Cannes Symphony Orchestra Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra and a concert tour with Pygmalion Ensemble.Īnaïs’ recordings has been warmly welcomed by the press. The 2021/22 season will see Anaïs Gaudemard recitals debut at Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, Montreal’s Salle Bourgie, Pistoia’s Bolognini Theater, Philharmonie de Paris. under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Leonard Slatkin, Kazushi Ono, Mariss Jansons, Ton Koopman, amongst others. In 2015, she received the ‚Thierry Scherz Preis‘ at the Sommets Musicaux Festival in Gstaad.Īnaïs Gaudemard stands out again by becoming « ECHO Rising Star » 2018/19 which embarked her on a fast-paced career, with regular appearances at major venues, such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Kölner Philharmonie, Barbican Center London, Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, BOZAR Brussels, Palau da Musica Catalana, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Casa da Musica Porto, Konserthuset Stockholm and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw among others.Īnaïs was recently on tour with Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra as artist in residence and had also the privilege to collaborate with orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Münchener Kammerorchester, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Musicum Basel, WKO Heilbronn, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Ensemble Resonanz, Orchestre National d’Auvergne, etc. The French harpist has garnered several important prizes including the 1st Prize at the prestigious International Harp Contest in Israel 2012 and the 2nd Prize & Münchener Kammerorchester Prize at the ARD Munich Competition 201 6. An internationally recognized soloist, she is high valued for her generosity and charisma on stage, the great sensitivity of her playing and the richness of her sound. Anaïs Gaudemard is currently considered one of the best harpists and brilliant musicians of the new generation.