Ursula Holliger studied in Basel and Brussels and won the International Harp Competition in Israel before embarking on her career as a soloist with orchestras including the Berlin, Vienna and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra, I Musici di Roma, l'Orchestre de Paris and others under the direction of, for example, Michael Gielen, Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle and Neville Marriner. She has made numerous recordings for labels including Philips, DGG, Archiv, Claves, Novalis, often with chamber partners Aur?le Nicolet, Peter-Lukas Graf, Heinz Holliger. Alongside the standard repertoire for the harp she has emphasized the music of Louis Spohr (making premiere recordings of both his concertos for violin, harp and orchestra) and new music: Elliott Carter, Hans Werner Henze, Witold Lutoslawski, Ernst Krenek, Frank Martin, Isang Yun, Toru Takemitsu and Heinz Holliger are some of the composers who have written music for her. Ursula Holliger can also be heard playing Andr? Caplet's Conte fantastique d'apres une des histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Allan Poe: Le masque de la mort rouge on Volume One of ECM's Edition Lockenhaus series.

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