| Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton Recently hailed by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as a performer that “play[s] with a flair that we are coming to know well”, harpist Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton is one of the most acclaimed soloist, chamber and orchestral musicians of her generation. Most recently, she was awarded first place in the Young Professional Division of the American Harp Society (AHS) National Competition in June 2009. Also named the AHS Young Concert Artist, she will present solo recitals in the U.S. through 2011. In the 2009 – 2011 seasons, recitals are scheduled for Washington DC, Tacoma, Denton, Milwaukee, Syracuse, New York City, Nashville, New Orleans and San Francisco. Ms. Van Hoesen Gorton is Principal Harp with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (Connecticut) and has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with maestros Manfred Honeck, Andrew Davis, Marek Janowski, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Gianandrea Noseda and James Levine. In the 2010 season, Ms. Van Hoesen Gorton was invited by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to perform with the orchestra in subscription concerts in Pittsburgh and at Carnegie Hall, and she will tour with the orchestra on the 10-city European tour in May 2010 with Manfred Honeck, Music Director, all as principal harp. Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton has been a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and was Principal Harp in the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado in 2008. She attended the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy, performed with the Aspen Music Festival and School for six seasons, and has been a member of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony (Idaho) since 2001. In 2000, she was chosen to appear on From the Top, a live Public Radio International Series in Boston, MA and was invited back to do an additional show in 2003 as a harp soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Actively competing in domestic and international competitions, in 2010, Ms. Van Hoesen Gorton won first place in the Anne Adams Awards held in Tacoma, as well as first place in the 2008 Victor Salvi Awards Foundation held in Chicago. She was the winner of the Juilliard School concerto competition in 2005, performing the Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp with the Juilliard Orchestra led by James DePreist. In 2004, she swept two national competitions, the Lennox Young Artist Competition and the American String Teachers Association National Competition, both held in Texas. Ms. Van Hoesen Gorton completed her undergraduate degree in harp performance and will graduate with a master's degree in harp performance (2011), both from the Juilliard School. She is a present student of Nancy Allen, and has studied with Gretchen Van Hoesen and Anne Marguerite-Michaud in Pittsburgh, as well as Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche in France. O1C Performances: Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton |
