Linda Hedlund ha studiato violino all’Università di Musica e Arti dello Spettacolo di Vienna e ha conseguito il dottorato in violino nel 2010 alla Sibelius-Academy in Finlandia. Ha avuto successo in vari concorsi ed è apparsa come solista al Pacific Music Festival in Giappone con Michael Tilson Thomas e con la Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Linda Hedlund si esibisce come solista e musicista da camera internazionalmente. È anche attivo come insegnante e conferenziere, ha tenuto numerose masterclass negli Stati Uniti, Sud America e Asia e ha insegnato musica da camera. Ha suonato con molte prime parti dei Wiener Philharmoniker, il violoncellista Steven Isserlis e il pianista Oliver Kern. Linda Hedlund si è esibita come solista anche con l’Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, Austrian Chamber Orchestra,  OSUEL Symphony Orchestra Londrina (Brasile) e Lohja Symphony Orchestra (Finlandia). Le sue performance sono state trasmesse alla radio e alla TV in Finlandia (YLE), Radio Classica, Repubblica Ceca (Radio Farda), in Austria (ORF) e negli Stati Uniti (WFMT). Si è esibita con successo in numerosi festival prestigiosi come Helsinki Festival (Finlandia), Honart Festival (Konzerthaus Wien), Grafenegg Festival (Austria) e alla Carnegie Hall di New York.
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Definita artista di eccezionale talento, Floraleda Sacchi è riconosciuta come una delle più interessanti arpiste sulla scena internazionale. Dalla musica barocca a quella contemporanea si rivela sempre convincente, comunicativa ed originale. “Floraleda s’inventa un capitolo affascinante della storia moderna dell’arpa” (La Repubblica), “la miglior arpa che abbiate mai sentito” (American Record Guide) sono solo alcune delle entusiastiche critiche che ha ricevuto.

Floraleda ha ha venduto migliaia di dischi incidendo per Decca, Philips, Universal, Deutsche Grammophon. Dal 2011 cura una collana per Amadeus Arte dedicata a compositori che hanno scritto per lei e amici con cui ama suonare (Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Peter Machajdik, Antonella Ruggiero…).

Ha vinto 16 concorsi internazionali e con la sua arpa ha suonato come solista in importanti sale e festival, tra cui: Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall e Palazzo delle Nazioni Unite (New York), Gewandhaus-Mendelssohn Saal (Lipsia), Konzerthaus-Kleiner Saal (Berlino), Auditorium Binyanei Hauma (Gerusalemme), Sala Verdi (Milano), Matsuo Hall (Tokyo), Prefectural Hall Alti (Kyoto), Salle Varèse (Lione), Gasteig (Monaco), Concerts de la Croix Rouge (Ginevra), Gessler Hall (Vancouver), CBC-Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), River Concert Series (Washington), Società del Quartetto (Milano), Festival Musica no Museo (Rio de Janeiro), Auditorium della Conciliazione (Roma), Festival de Carthage (Tunisia)…

E’ stata solista con numerose orchestre (Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Camerata Portuguesa, Milli Reasurans Oda Orkestrası, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, ecc.) con i grandi classici o con riscoperte di concerti poco eseguiti. È apparsa come solista con l’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana per il Concerto di Natale trasmesso su RAI 3 e in mondovisione. Nel 2014 ha registrato un nuovo concerto per arpa composto da Manuel De Sica con la Filarmonica Toscanini (CD Brilliant Classics).

Nel 2016 sarà solista in Spagna, Cina, Italia, Svizzera presentando un nuovo concerto per arpa e archi dedicatole da Claudia Montero (Grammy Award – Best Composer 2014)  e il suo arrangiamento delle Stagioni di Piazzolla.

Curiosa e vivace, Floraleda ama portare la sua musica in altre forme artistiche come il teatro, il cinema, la danza, l’elettronica… Ha composto le musiche di scena, che esegue dal vivo con Ottavia Piccolo, per il monologo “Donna non rieducabile”. Lo spettacolo ha superato le 150 repliche ed è stato trasformato da RAI 2 in un film presentato con successo alla 66° Biennale del Cinema di Venezia.

Nata a Como, Floraleda è stata ispirata dai dischi di Annie Challan a suonare l’arpa. Diplomatasi brillantemente al Conservatorio di Como, Flora ha studiato in Italia, USA e Canada perfezionandosi con Alice Giles, Alice Chalifoux e Judy Loman. Ha vinto l’eccezionale numero di 16 competizioni musicali.
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Linda Hedlund received her first violin lessons with the age of five. She received a scholarship to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with prof. Sergei Kravtchenko and continued her studies at the University for Music and performing Arts in Vienna and Berlin (Hochschule der Künste). In 2002 Linda Hedlund was graduated in Vienna (University of Music and performing Arts) and earned a Doctor of Music degree in violin performance from the Sibelius-Academy. Her academic work has been generously supported by a.o. the Victoria foundation (2008-2011) and the Swedish society of literature in Finland (2010 and 2012).

Dr. Hedlund has been successful in various competitions and has worked as first concertmaster a.o. at the Pacific Music Festival Japan (1999) with Michael Tilson Thomas and with Tapiola Sinfonietta (2004). She has appeared as leader/soloist with Sinfonia da Camera Finlandia, the Austrian Chamber Orchestra and various recording projects.

Dr. Hedlund has performed successfully as soloist and chamber musician at many prestigious festivals including Helsinki Festival (Finland), Musica Nova (Helsinki), Grafenegg Festival (Austria), Honart Festival Konzerthaus Wien and in Carnegie Hall, New York. Her performances have been broadcasted on radio and TV in Finland (Yle), Radio Classic, Czech Republic (Radio Free Europe), in Austria (ORF) and in the US (WFMT).

On her acclaimed debut CD (issued under the Finnish label Fuga in 2008) she collaborated with pianist Oliver Kern. Another CD (with guitarist Otto Tolonen) was released 2011 by Classic Concert Music Group, Salzburg.

In addition to her career as a performing artist, Dr. Hedlund has continued her academic career in the United States, as visiting lecturer at University of Hawaii and is also teaching master classes in a.o. USA and Asia.
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Described as an artist of exceptional musicality, Floraleda Sacchi is regarded as one of the most interesting and original harpist in the international concert panorama. From Baroque music to contemporary, or from Romantic to experimental music, she is always convincing, communicative and original. “Floraleda invents a fascinating chapter of modern history of the harp” (La Repubblica), “the best harp playing ever heard” (American Record Guide) “Floraleda’s harp lends itself particularly well to the minimalist logic of Philip Glass” (The Indipendent) are just some of the reviews she got.

Floraleda sold thousands of copies recording for Decca, Philips, Universal and Deutsche Grammophon. In 2011 she created a series for Amadeus Arte dedicated to composers who wrote and friends with whom she loves to play with her (Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Peter Machajdik, Antonella Ruggiero, Claudia Montero…).

Floraleda performed as soloist in major halls: Carnegie Hall-Weill Recital Hall and United Nations Palace (New York), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Binyanei Hauma Hall (Jerusalem), Sala Verdi (Milan), Matsuo Hall (Tokyo), Prefectural Hall Alti (Kyoto), Salle Varèse (Lyon), Gasteig (Munich), Concerts de la Croix Rouge (Geneva), Gessler Hall (Vancouver), CBC-Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), Società del Quartetto Milano, Musica no Museo (Rio de Janeiro), Auditorium della Conciliazione (Roma), etc.

Floraleda appeared as soloist with many orchestras (Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Camerata Portuguesa, Milli Reasurans Orkestrası, Orchestra Regionale Toscana…) with the classics as well as with rarely performed concertos. She appeared as soloist with the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana for the Christmas’ Concert broadcasted internationally by TV and in 2014 she recorded a new harp concerto by Manuel De Sica with Filarmonica Toscanini (CD Brilliant Classics).

In 2016 she will be soloist with orchestras in Spain, China, Italy, Switzerland… presenting a new harp concerto dedicated to her by Claudia Montero (Grammy Award – Best Composer 2014) and her original arrangement of Piazzolla’s Seasons.

She composed and performed the music for the play “Donna non rieducabile”. The show – which had more than 150 performances including the European Parliament in Brussels and main Italian theaters – was transformed by RAI tv into a movie presented at the 66th Venice Film Festival and published in DVD by PromoMusic.

She regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, the United States and Canada and parallel to music she studied English, French and German. When she was 21, she won the Harpa Award (Prague, 1999) for her book on Elias Parish Alvars (Odilia Publishing). She is still considered the world expert of this Romantic author.

Born in Como (Italy), Floraleda was inspired to play the harp by Annie Challan. She studied at Como Conservatory and with Alice Giles (Frankfurt), Alice Chalifoux (Salzedo School, USA) and Judy Loman (Toronto, Canada).  She won prizes at 16 musical competitions.
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