CURRICULUM VITAE

Marianne Smit (1984) plays the harp since 1995. She got her first harp lessons from her mother Gertru Smit-Pasveer. After one year she became student of Anke Anderson.
As of September 1998 she is a student of Erika Waardenburg, first in the Young-Talent department, later in the pre-music-academy of Amsterdam. She's currently in the fourth year.
Marianne has won various first prices at concours, e.g. the Prinses Christina Concours (1998 and 2002) and at the concours of the SJMN (Dutch Foundation Young Musictalent, 1998, 2002 and 2004).
In 2000 she reached the final at the Dutch National Harpconcours.
Marianne followed masterclasses with prominent harpists such as Daphne Boden, Isabelle Perrin, Maria Graf en Emilia Moskvitina. Additionally she participated in the audtion training by Petra van der Heide.
Marianne performs concerts on a regular basis; thus she participated in the lunch concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in the Nieuwe kerk in Den Haag and in the Provinciehuis in Haarlem.
In july 2003 she performed as solist with the Dutch Youth String Orchestra in three concerts (conducted by Johannes Leertouwer) in St. Petersburg.
World renouned composer Karlheinz Stockhausen recently composed a piece for Marianne and Esther Kooi. This new composition, 'Freude für zwei Harfen', premiered on June 7th 2006 in the Duomo of Milan.