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Tatyana Shapiro-Leiste  - Harp

Tatyana is a professional, classically-trained concert harpist from St. Petersburg Russia, devoted to the magic of the harp. She is influenced by the biggest classical composers of the historic Europe, combined with modern and contemporary music styles that range from rock and pop over Middle Eastern and Latin influenced music.

Tatyana grew up in St. Petersburg Russia in a musical family. Her father is a professional tenor opera singer who inspired her until today to pursue a career as a professional creative musician. As a highly gifted musician, Tatyana attended the Ohtinsky Cultural Center Music School and the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and graduated with a Master's degree from the world famous St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory of Music in 1998.

After moving to the United States in 1999, she received her second Master's degree in 2000 and worked on her Ph.D. in Music and Harp at the University of Arizona where she studied under Dr. Carrol McLaughlin.

Tatyana has a number of outstanding experiences. She had a solo performance at the renowned Godunov Concert Hall in St. Petersburg and M. Glinka's Capella Concert Hall Russia. She was the principal harpist with El Paso Opera Company and El Paso Symphony Orchestra. She was part of the World's largest harp touring ensemble "HarpFusion". She performed with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, a Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra, the Jewish Symphony Orchestra, Center Stage Opera in Los Angeles and the Huntington Beach Symphony Orchestra and the New Valley Symphony Orchestra.

 

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