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We are very proud to have created a special\u00a0Big Blue<\/a>\u00a0electroacoustic concert harp for\u00a0Caroline Lizotte<\/a>\u00a0– with a pure chrome, mirrored finish. When the harp arrived in Montreal, Caroline wrote to Jakez: “I have been gazing at its reflections for three days now, and reflecting too that I was really spoiled in being able to collaborate on this crazy project with you\u00a0! You should be proud of it too, I have every respect and admiration for you. This harp is a perfect image of our friendship, determination, audacity and our freedom!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jakez<\/a>

Jakez and Caroline outside our ateliers in Mouzeil<\/p><\/div>\n

We have been making chrome-plated harps for a while, but Caroline’s harp finish presented a particular challenge because of the very clear mirror effect we all wanted. Before we started, we had to research and seek specialist advice about this process. We would be lying if we said this was also the quickest project we have ever brought to fruition, but the results have been worth the wait. Caroline continues: \u201cYou well know that before connecting it, I couldn\u2019t resist exploring it acoustically and I must say I am very impressed by the sound. The bass is deep and has great soul, I love the middle register \u2013 it is absolutely exquisite \u2013 and I find the top subtle, with the flexibility that will take sound processing well.<\/p>\n

And then, connecting it up! In these few days I have rediscovered the intense joy that I experienced in Vancouver in 2011 \u2013 I am finally back with such a powerful harp, which could fill the Forum de Montr\u00e9al all by itself!<\/p>\n

Now I am familiarizing myself with its electric side, with the incredible possibilities afforded by its four outputs. I have a life\u2019s work ahead of me unlocking its technical and its physical potential, and there you have it, I am happy!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The “Mirror Harp” safely arrived in the Maison Symphonique, Montreal<\/p><\/div>\n

Caroline has been dreaming of a harp like this ever since she was seventeen. In the 90\u2019s, she joined her brother’s rock group Mange l\u2019Ours Mange, and amplified her acoustic harp herself as best she could with all kinds of pickups. If you have ever tried to do this yourself, had a sound engineer crying as he or she tries to do it for you, or if you have read Jakez’s\u00a0Blue Dictionary<\/a>\u00a0– you will know that it is not easy to amplify an acoustic harp successfully. Especially not for rock, where everything is highly amplified, including problems. “Nonetheless, I knew this was a musical direction I wanted to continue”, Caroline says, “and all the experiements I had to do with microphones and sound effects also influenced my compositions.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the noughties, I started playing with the techno group Eden 106. This inspired me to write my Concerto Techno for harp, live techno and orchestra in 2003, which techno parts were created and performed by Guy Pelletier, founder of Eden 106. And of course it also widened my experience with the amplification of a harp. It was also during my techno phase that I started to dream of a chrome-plated harp. I covered my black, acoustic harp with chrome-finish Mactac, which was better than nothing.<\/p>\n

\"Caroline's<\/a>

Caroline’s harp covered in mirrored contact paper<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2008 I was invited to perform at the World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, and while I was there, I also heard Edmar Castaneda give an extraordinary concert on the Camac blue harp (in silver finish). The next day, I went straight to the Camac exhibition. I was bowled over by the blue harp – it was exactly what I had been searching for, for so long.<\/p>\n

When the next WHC came around, this time not so far from home, in Vancouver, I was able to borrow a blue harp for the performance of my Concerto Techno. That settled the matter – I had to have one, and I ordered it mirrored. Fortunately, Jakez was willing to collaborate with chromeurs to realize the idea. It’s the first mirrored electro-acoustic harp in existence!<\/p>\n

Performances, compositions and developments in instrument manufacture all support and energize each other, and I feel rejuvenated\u00a0by the arrival of my new instrument. I\u2019m currently working on my compositions specifically written for electroacoustic harp, and on the new possibilities I have with it as opposed to an amplified acoustic harp.<\/p>\n

\"Caroline<\/a>For example, in April 2015, I will give a concert of my own compositions – “Lizotte plays Lizotte<\/a>” \u2013\u00a0 among them I will give the world premiere of my\u00a0Danses M\u00e9tales<\/em>\u00a0opus 47 for electroacoustic harp, a series of miniatures that I have composed in the 90s\u00a0 on an amplified harp; my husband and multi-instrumentalist \u00c9tienne Ratth\u00e9 and I will also perform the chamber version of the\u00a0Concerto Techno<\/em>\u00a0opus 40\u00a0; harpist \u00c9veline Gr\u00e9goire-Rousseau will join me for\u00a0Stellae Saltantem\u00a0<\/em>opus 49 for acoustic harp and electric harp, a recent commission from the\u00a0Atlantic Harp Duo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am very interested to expand the repertoire of the electric harp, and I can finally make it since I have now the instrument in hand!<\/p>\n

I still have to pinch myself to check that this great dream of mine, which I have had for more than twenty-five years, has finally become real.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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