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Winner of the unanimously 1st Prize<\/strong> in the XII Edition of the \u201cTorneo Internazionale di Musica\u201d <\/em>(Rome, 2006) and the unanimously 1st Prize<\/strong> in the International Harp Competition \u201cV. Bucchi\u201d <\/em>(2009), <\/em>Cristina Montes Mateo is recognized as one of the leading harpists of her generation throughout the world. She has also won top international prizes at the \u201c<\/strong>Arpista Ludovico\u201d<\/em> International Harp Competition (Madrid, 2005), the \u201c<\/strong>International Nippon Harp Contest<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> (Tokyo, 2007), and the prestigious Concours International de Harpe<\/em> \u201cLily Laskine\u201d \u00a0<\/em>(Paris, 2011); as well as numerous national harp solo competitions like the \u201cJeunesses Musicales\u201d<\/em> Competition (2003) or \u201cVictor Salvi\u201d <\/em>Special Prize at the \u201cArpa Plus\u201d<\/em> Contest (2001).<\/span><\/p>\n She follows an intensive career as a soloist<\/strong> with a great success around the world. She usually appears with major orchestras like the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Philharmonic Orchestra of M\u00e1laga, Francisco de Miranda Orchestra in Venezuela, Orchestra of the Theatre f\u00fcr Niedersachsen Hannover in Germany, or the Santiago de Chile Orchestra; under the direction of B. Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, G. Pr\u00eatre, P. Boulez, or D. Barenboim. She performs at many world leading festivals like \u201cLes Fl\u00e2neries Musicales de Reims\u201d (France, 2010), the \u201c7th International Harp Festival\u201d in Rio de Janeiro (Brasil, 2012), or her most recent success at the Royal Palace of Madrid (Spain, 2015), in a concert offered for the King and the Queen of Spain<\/strong> and the President of the United Nations and broadcasted internationally. She has also played at the Berlin Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall of London, Tonhalle in Zurich, Th\u00e9atre du Ch\u00e2telet of Paris or the Carnegie Hall of New York.<\/span><\/p>\n She is currently Solo Harpist at the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana<\/strong> in the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sof\u00eda<\/em>, an orchestra created by Lorin Maazel and conducted also by Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev and Riccardo Chailly. She has also been Principal Harp with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n A sought-after teacher, she is also head of Harp Department at the Conservatorio Superior<\/strong> de M\u00fasica \u201cJoaqu\u00edn Rodrigo\u201d of Valencia (Spain). She also gives Master classes at the renowned institutions of Berklee College of Music (2014, 2015, 2016), the Birmingham Conservatoire (2015), or the Musikhochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz in Cologne (2016).<\/span><\/p>\n Cristina Montes Mateo also serves as adjudicator of main Harp Contests. She has been one of the jury members of the 12th and 17th Edition of the famous \u201cArpa Plus\u201d Competition held in 2010 and 2015, as well as a permanent jury member of the harp auditions at the National Youth Orchestra of Spain since 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n In the words of Lorin Maazel<\/strong> (2009), \u201c\u2026 she is a virtuoso harpist and extremely musical\u2026\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0in the Daniel Barenboim<\/strong>\u2019s words (2009), \u201c\u2026 I consider her playing to be of a very high technical level and to be a very fine musician. I am delighted\u2026\u201d, <\/em>or in Pl\u00e1cido Domingo<\/strong>\u2018s words (2016), \u201c\u2026 I\u00a0have met and heard thousands of musicians but I can highlight only one of them in the harp world: Cristina Montes Mateo.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Top newspapers<\/strong> and magazines like the well-known \u201cMagazine\u201d<\/em> (2007) have echoed her whole career and success, together with other classical music international magazines like \u201cRitmo\u201d<\/em> (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n One of her most important works is her solo CD<\/strong> \u201cObras para arpa\u201d<\/em> (2012), with eleven premi\u00e8res by Spanish women composers.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Texto” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”] Descargar BIO en PDF<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Texto” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”] Download BIO PDF<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_social_media_follow admin_label=”Seguir en medios sociales” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ link_shape=”rounded_rectangle”][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”facebook” url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cristina.montesmateo?fref=ts” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_color=”#3b5998″ bg_color=”#3b5998″ link_shape=”rounded_rectangle” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”] Facebook [\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][et_pb_text admin_label=”Texto” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n