Arizona State University
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Presents:

María Luisa Rayan,
Harp
ASU School of Music
Katzin Concert Hall,
January 23, 2015
7:30pm
Rhapsodie
Fugue from Etudes for Harp by M. Grandjany
Clair de Lune
Variations on a Theme in an Ancient Style
Spanish Dance No.2 Oriental
Spanish Dance No.5 Andaluza
Otoño Porteño
Invierno Porteño
Muerte del Angel
Libertango
Viejo Zortzico

Marcel Grandjany
(1891-1975)
J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Carlos Salzedo
(1885-1961)
Enrique Granados
(1867-1916)
(Arr. McDonald/Wood)
Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
(Arr. María Luisa Rayan)
Jesús Guridi
(1886-1961)

Please join us in the lobby for a reception following this evening’s concert.
For more information about the music program and harp department at Arizona State
University, please visit www.asu.edu.

Internationally renowned harpist, María Luisa Rayan has performed to critical acclaim in
the USA, Europe, Latin America, China, Japan, Korea and Australia. Described by the New
York Concert Review as “Clearly an extremely talented, accomplished, experienced
performer who can keep an audience listening with rapt attention”, Ms. Rayan has been
performing all over the globe for the past twenty years, bringing to audiences a sense of
musicianship and poetry in her playing.
Since making her first international appearance at the age of eleven in a concert organized
by UNICEF at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ms. Rayan has come to
be recognized as one of today’s highly sought-after harpists as a recitalist, chamber
musician, soloist with orchestra, teacher and arranger of music for the harp.
Ms. Rayan has performed in major venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Libby
Gardner Hall, Geary Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, Lyon & Healy Hall, Musikgebouw
in Amsterdam, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Royal Academy of Music in London,
University of Adelaide, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Seoul Arts
Center in Korea, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo
Domingo in Bogotá.
Highlights of her chamber music performances include the University of Chicago Presents,
Cartagena Music Festival, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Tanglewood Music Center and
Brevard Music Festival. Her performances with orchestra include the National Symphony
Orchestra of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos Symphony, Córdoba Symphony, Puerto Rico
Symphony, Houston Symphony and other orchestras in the USA.
A consistent prizewinner at competitions internationally, Ms. Rayan was awarded the Silver
Medal at the USA International Harp Competition in both 1998 and 2001. Besides her busy
concert schedule, Ms. Rayan has a strong passion for teaching. She has taught masterclasses
at the Curtis Institute, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, National University in Bogotá, the
Royal Academy of Music and the Cartagena Music Festival. She is currently on the faculty
at Indiana University and is co-director of the Saratoga Harp Colony.
Having performed most of the harp literature, Ms. Rayan’s keen interest in expanding the
repertoire for the harp has taken her to research and transcribe music. Her publications
include arrangements for solo harp of Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, Serie del Angel and
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, Partitas BWV 825-827 by J.S. Bach, Sonata in F K332 and
Fantasy K397 by W.A. Mozart and Prelude from Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 by Heitor
Villa-Lobos.
Ms. Rayan has recorded two CDs, “Latin Fire” and “From Bach to Piazzolla.” For more
information on María Luisa Rayan, visit her website at www.rayanforero.com, or find her
on facebook at www.facebook.com/rayanforero.