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Cecilia Chailly (born February 2, 1960) is an Italian harpist, composer, singer and writer. ==Biography== Chailly was born in Milan, Italy into a family of Romagnol and French descent. She is the daughter of the composer Luciano Chailly, and sister of the conductor Riccardo. She studied musical composition with Azio Corghi at the musical conservatory in Milan. At the age of 19, she became first harp at La Scala. Afterwards, she collaborated with Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro and played in many concerts, culminating with her debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Along her career, she collaborated, among others, with John Cage, David Parsons, Mina, Andrea Bocelli, Fabrizio De André, Teresa De Sio, Giorgio Conte, Lucio Dalla, Ron, Morgan, Planet Funk, Gianni Morandi, Le Vibrazioni, Alex Britti, Hector Zazou. She pioneered the use of the electric harp in Italy, performing the album ''Stanze'' (BMG Ricordi, 1992), composed by Ludovico Einaudi. Some of the tracks in the album were later used for the soundtrack of the film ''Fuori dal mondo'' (1999) by Giuseppe Piccioni. In 1997, Chailly was awarded the ''Premio De Sica (De Sica Prize)'' for her album ''Anima'' (Warner, 1996), recorded in California in collaboration with David Darling, Andrea de Carlo and Mike Marshall. The same album was also played as the introduction to the concerts of Fabrizio De André's ''Anime Salve'' tour. In 1998, Chailly published the novel ''Era dell'amore'' (Bompiani), later translated to German (Litz), for which she was awarded the ''Pisa'' (1998), ''Calabria Opera Prima'' (1998), ''Rapallo'' (1999) and ''Procida Elsa Morante Opera Prima'' (1999) prizes. In 1999, Chailly played in Milan in honour of the Dalai Lama. In 2003, she played in front of Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the ''XVIII World Youth Day''. Some pieces played by Chailly were used in the soundtracks of the films ''Non ho sonno (2000)'' by Dario Argento and ''Mai più come prima'' by Giacomo Campiotti, and in several theatrical performance, as ''Felicità di una stella'' by Dario Moretti. On March 12, 2000 Chailly took part in the concert ''Faber, amico fragile'', held in memory of Fabrizio De André at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, playing ''Inverno'' (from the album ''Tutti morimmo a stento''), which also marked her debut as a singer. In October 2001 she produced the album ''AMA'' (Sony Columbia), for which she wrote music, lyrics and arrangements. In 2006, she accompanied Ron at the ''Sanremo Music Festival'' with the song ''L'uomo delle stelle''. In 2007 she recorded the album ''Alone'' (Emi), in which she played several acoustic instruments with the participation of Ludovico Einaudi at the piano. In 2009 Chailly published ''Istanti'' (Egea), a crossover album mixing opera influences, Mediterranean melodies and blues inflections. In the same year, she played at the Teatro di Reggio Calabria four of her compositions for harp and orchestra. In 2010, she was awarded the ''Profilo Donna international'' prize, whereas in 2012 she won the ''Rotary Donna'' and ''Harpo Marx'' prizes. Invited by conductor Claude Nobs, she played at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2013, she was a member of the quality jury at the ''Sanremo Music Festival''. In the month of October of the same year, she published the album ''Le mie corde'' (Sony Classical), which contains a selection of her best acoustic harp songs in addition to the piece ''Varianti sulla scala enigmatica'', composed by her father Luciano in 1995 and dedicated to her. In 2014 "Stanze", the result of a close collaboration with Ludovico Einaudi, has been republished worldwide by Decca. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecilia Chailly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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