P.I. Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale (Olga Erdeli, harp)

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale. Olga Erdeli, harp
This recording was taken at a concert on November 1992, at Small Hall of Conservatory, Moscow, Russia.
this was the last public recital Olga Erdeli played.

Born in 1927, Olga Erdeli is among the most respected harpists in Russia. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where she studied with her aunt, Ksenia Erdeli - herself a famous harpist. A key moment in her career came in 1946, when she became a soloist with the Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Soviet Union Radio and TV; in 1949, she began to give solo recitals and to perform in various chamber ensembles. In the same year, she won First Prize at the Second International Youth Festival (Russia). Since then she has performed in the finest halls in Russia, and toured extensively abroad. Ms. Erdeli is a People Artist of Russia, and since 1953 a highly esteemed professor at the Moscow Conservatory. She has had the great pleasure of teaching harp at the Conservatory to both her daughter Tatyana and her granddaughter Ksenia. As these recordings demonstrate, Ms. Erdeli possesses a brilliant technique, and an outstanding knowledge of the potential of the harp - having authored arrangements for harp of works by Rodrigo, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, and others.

П. И. Чайковский: "Сентиментальный вальс". Ольга Эрдели, арфа. Малый зал Kонсерватории, ноябрь 1992 г.

Ольга Георгиевна Эрдели (род. 1927) — советская арфистка, профессор Московской консерватории. Племянница и ученица профессора Ксении Александровны Эрдели. Более 40 лет была солисткой Большого Симфонического Оркестра Радио и Телевидения имени П. И. Чайковского. Родилась 1 апреля 1927 года в Москве. В 1945 году окончила Центральную музыкальную школу, в 1950 — Московскую консерваторию (класс К. А. Эрдели), в 1954 году — аспирантуру.
В 1949 году, будучи студенткой Московской консерватории, завоевала первую премию на конкурсе Всемирного фестиваля демократической молодежи и студентов в Будапеште. 23 апреля 2007 года в Малом зале консерватории состоялся концерт, посвященный 80-летнему юбилею народной артистки России, профессора Ольги Георгиевны Эрдели.

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