{"id":31317,"date":"2024-09-25T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/?p=31317"},"modified":"2024-09-26T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T06:02:06","slug":"home-at-last-sophia-whitson-and-the-symphoniker-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/home-at-last-sophia-whitson-and-the-symphoniker-hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Home at Last: Sophia Whitson and the Symphoniker Hamburg."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you work in the world of orchestral music as a freelancer, \u2018home\u2019 is an interesting concept. After all, you have to make your home in whichever orchestra needs your artistry. This concept of making one\u2019s home in changing surroundings runs through my conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophia-whitson-harfe.de\/\">Sophia Whitson,<\/a> who has an enviable career freelancing with all the finest orchestras in Germany, and is first call harpist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.symphonikerhamburg.de\/\">Symphoniker Hamburg.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia prepares for this harp's inaugural concert under maestro Cambreling, with soloist Marta Argerich\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-55x73.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg3-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia prepares for this harp&#8217;s inaugural concert under maestro Cambreling, with soloist Marta Argerich<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Basel to an American violist father (\u201cSo this is why I have my Whitson name!\u201d) and a German violinist mother, Sophia was immersed from her infancy in the sounds of strings and bilingual household. You may be forgiven for thinking she\u2019d want to learn the violin, like her parents? \u201cActually it&#8217;s my mother\u2019s fault, kind of, why I choose the harp.\u201d She laughs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mother had developed a fondness for the harp during her student days in Vienna, but after a stint playing at the opera festival in Verona, the die was cast: \u201cthey had six harps in the orchestra. And so she was sitting right next to these six harps\u2026 she was completely fascinated by this instrument and decided to spend her first earnings on a harp!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing up in Ulm, in a musical household with easy access to a harp, the lure of the instrument was irresistible for young Sophia: \u201cI tried to get sounds out of the harp, just to play on it\u2026really until my fingers bled. I was crazy about the sound. So my mom said \u201cokay, you you can learn.\u201d \u2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite some initial scepticism from her mother\u2019s harpist colleague from the Theatre in Ulm, six-year-old Sophia was completely determined: \u201cI had a Camac Lever harp at home for practising but for my lessons I played on the golden Obermayer from the theatre.\u00a0 So I had to sit on five pillows with a little bench for my feet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies in Berlin with Maria Graf followed, during which time Sophia decided to take a year off and dive headlong into the world of work:\u201cI had my first contract at a theatre in northern Germany when I was 21. It was maternity cover in Schwerin, about one hour from Hamburg.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was after completing the contract and subsequently finishing her bachelor\u2019s degree, Sophia got a portentous call to work with the Symphoniker Hamburg: \u201cAnd it became a very good working partnership. I took the train journey from Berlin to Hamburg\u00a0 three to five times a week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1600px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6.jpg\" alt=\"The Symfoniker Hamburg at home in the the Laeiszhalle.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-1000x770.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-800x616.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-55x42.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg6-250x193.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Symfoniker Hamburg at home in the the Laeiszhalle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sophia was getting ready to take up her Masters in Munich when a friend called and said: \u201cI\u2019m looking for a new roommate in Hamburg and you work here all the time. So maybe you want to live in Hamburg?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the full support of professor Cristina Bianchi,\u00a0 Sophia remained in Hamburg to undertake her work with the Symphoniker, while commuting to Munich for school. Work followed in the Hamburg State Opera, the Hamburger Philharmoniker and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. This was in addition to her regular freelance commitments with orchestras in the South of Germany, including the Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio and the Bamberger Symphoniker (with whom she is also first-call).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many, the key to success in the world of freelance work is about following one\u2019s instincts, and having courage in that conviction. For Sophia, the desire to be in Hamburg had taken root many years before: \u201cI was playing with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, in 2007. The first concert was in Hamburg at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elbphilharmonie.de\/en\/laeiszhalle\">the Laeiszhalle.[\u2026]<\/a> And the hall is so magical, so pretty. And in this moment, I could not know that it would come to be like a second home for me today; this is the place where I spend most of my working time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1024px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31321 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The hall is so magical, so pretty&quot;...  The orchestra's new Art nouveau harp, in its new home in the Laeiszhalle.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-55x41.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The hall is so magical, so pretty&#8221;&#8230; The orchestra&#8217;s new Art nouveau harp, in its new home in the Laeiszhalle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This autumn, during renovations of the Laeiszhalle, the orchestra will travel to Berlin to give concerts in the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berliner-philharmoniker.de\/en\/concert\/calendar\/56145\/\">Berlin Philharmonie.<\/a> For Sophia, this will be extra special: \u201cThe Orchestra\u2019s new Camac Art Nouveau is travelling to the concert hall with me. I&#8217;m very happy to share the stage with this wonderful harp.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, Camac has been honoured to provide harps to a number of major European orchestras, not least in Germany, something which caught Sophie\u2019s attention: \u201cI have been working with around 50 different orchestras in Germany. So, I&#8217;m quite well connected and I know what&#8217;s going on in Leipzig or in Cologne or in Frankfurt; it was interesting to see the rise of Camac.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While travelling for a project with the Luxembourg philharmonic, Sophia took the opportunity to visit our Paris showroom (having given plenty of notice!) with a view to finding a new instrument for the orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31331\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1600px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31331 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7.jpg\" alt=\"Warming up!\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-55x41.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson--sophie--hamburg7-250x188.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warming up!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis was really good because Eric Piron organized a variety [of harps], when I visited the store in March it was like entering heaven!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was one touch in particular that impressed Sophia: \u201call the harps were tuned before I arrived. It was really nice to have this service, just as a little side note!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After trying a number of our finest concert grands, Sophia settled on a stunning Art Nouveau\u00a0 in black and gold; the only harp of its kind that we have made. \u201cI just started tuning and it was like, this is my instrument [\u2026] Eric was very proud that he could offer me a very special harp in black.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31342 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-55x73.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/09\/whitson-sophia7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, it was now on Sophia to convince the management to procure the harp for the orchestra (!) In England, we say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so Camac arranged for her to have the use of this harp for a performance of Ravel\u2019s piano concerto in G in the\u00a0 Laeiszhalle with none other than Martha Argerich as soloist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Art Nouveau won the acclaim of musicians, management, Principal Conductor Sylvain Cambreling and sound engineers alike:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe [the engineer asked] Do you have a new harp? The sound is so round, well balanced and brilliant at the same time, she was really impressed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The harp will also regularly be played at the Elbphilharmonie and also the Hamburg State Opera<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from our pride in providing such an instrument to the Symphoniker Hamburg, we are also delighted that Sophia felt so cared for by us as a company:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Camac service is so professional and supportive and Eric welcomed me into the Camac family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As wrote in my email to you, playing the Art Nouveau is like coming home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you work in the world of orchestral music as a freelancer, \u2018home\u2019 is an interesting concept. After all, you have to make your home in whichever orchestra needs your artistry. 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