Harp Festival: Teodora Cotuna Recital
- 6.30pm
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- Category:
- Classical Music | Harp Festival
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Location:
- Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
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Join us to enjoy this recital by Teodora Cotuna, first prizewinner at the 2nd Ceren Necipoglu Istanbul International Harp Festival Competition 2025.
Harpist Teodora Cotuna is a rising talent on the international stage, known for her expressive playing and impressive musical achievements, earning top prizes across Europe and performing in prestigious venues such as Madrid’s National Auditorium and the Opéra de Lausanne.
This beautifully varied programme showcases the harp’s expressive range, intertwining Romantic lyricism, impressionist delicacy and bold modern textures in a journey through solo harp repertoire.
Part of the 2025 Guildhall School Harp Festival, two days of exciting events celebrating the instrument.
View the Harp Festival programme
The 2025 Guildhall Harp Festival is generously sponsored by Salvi Harps London
Free, no tickets required
About Teodora Cotuna
Scarlatti Sonata K.466 in F minor
Renié Pièce Symphonique
Debussy Rêverie
Salzedo Variations sur un Thème dans le Style Ancien, op. 30
Houdy Sonata for Harp
Kalen Smith Bioluminescence
Debussy Images Oubliées, II. Sarabande
Caplet Divertissement à l’Espagnole
Teodora Cotuna Rizea was born in Spain in 2004. She started playing the harp at the age of 6 and was a student of Ana Martínez Cano at the Professional Conservatoire of Music in Valencia, where she received Professional Prizes in Harp and Chamber Music upon completing her studies, as well as the RSEAPV Ricardo Callejo Scholarship Award. From 2020 to 2022 she continued her education with harpists Gabriella Dall’Olio and Tiziana Tagliani.
She is a prize-winner of several national and international competitions, such as the International Harp Contest “Suoni d'Arpa” (Italy), International Music Competition “Petar Konjovic” (Serbia), "ArpaPlus" Competition (Spain), and International Competition for Young Performers “Ciutat de Llíria” (Spain).
Between 2016 and 2020 she was a member of Madrid Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Proyecto Talentos’, performing regularly at the National Auditorium of Spain in various chamber and orchestral formations.
Teodora is currently finishing her Bachelor’s degree with Letizia Belmondo at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne. She has also been principal harpist of the Youth Orquestra of Valencia (JOGV) since 2019, and enjoys taking part in many orchestral projects in Spain and Switzerland. This season she has appeared at the Opéra de Lausanne during the finale of the Kattenburg Lyric Competition. In 2025, Teodora won the 1st Prize at the Ceren Necipoglu Istanbul International Harp Festival in Turkey, part of the prize including this recital.
Venue information
Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G.
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Silk Street
Barbican
EC2Y 8DT
