life
and work
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1968
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22/5 - Born to Joy Fitzpatrick and Archie Swan
22/5-9/7 - Fostered by Margaret and
Ken Gordon
9/7 - Adopted to and raised by Arfor and Eileen Jones
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| 1972 |
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First Piano Lessons |
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| 1975 |
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First Harp Lessons |
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| 1986
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Moved to London to study
Piano and Harp at the Royal College of Music with Marisa Robles
First Concert at the Royal Festival Hall |
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| 1989
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Graduated from the Royal College of Music with a
Degree in Music and Teaching Diploma
First concert as orchestral harpist with English
Symphony Orchestra
Two years of freelancing as harpist
in the UK
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| 1991
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Moved to Amsterdam. Continued studying the harp at the Koninklijk
Conservatorium in the Hague with Edward Witsenburg
Representation by EMJ Art et Musique in Madrid. Regular concert tours
as chamber musician and soloist throughout Spain and France
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| 1994
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Graduated from Koninklijk Conservatorium with performance diploma
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| 1996 |
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Moved to Gothenburg to assume position of Co-Principal
Harpist with GöteborgsOperan
and GöteborgsSymfoniker |
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| 1998 |
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Moved to Stockholm to assume position of Principal
Harpist with Sveriges Radio
Symfonieorkester |
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| 1999 |
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Moved to Berlin to assume position of
Principal Harpist with Deutsche
Staatskapelle Berlin under the leadership of Daniel Barenboim |
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| 2004 |
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Appointed Professor of Harp at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory of Music in
Seville |
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| 2007 |
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Appointed Member of Bayreuther Festspielorchester |
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| 2008 |
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Appointed
Teaching Position at Hanns Eisler Music Academy, Berlin |
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His playing, of a very high technical standard, shows
beauty, sensitivity and imagination. He is rhythmically very strong and
is capable of great intensity...
DANIEL BARENBOIM |
Stephen Fitzpatrick
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