Carlos Salzedo 卡洛斯·萨泽多

Carlos Salzedo(6 April 1885 – 17 August 1961) was a Frenchharpist, pianist, composer andconductor. He led a multi-faceted career, but his main focus was the harp. His compositions brought a modern sensibility to the harp's virtuoso repertoire. He influenced many composers with his thirty-seven tone colors newly derived from his unique perception of the harp's acoustic nature, and also through through his work establishing and leading theInternational Composers' Guild. He became the most prominent harp teacher of the 20th Century, his many harp students earning teaching positions, and performing in symphony orchestras. His influence was far and wide, through touring in concert, performing on radio and making a number of recordings.

Salzedo started studying at the Paris Conservatory at age nine and won the premier prix in harp and piano when he was just 16, an unmatched feat. He started his solo recital career at age 18, touring Europe in recital playing both harp and piano, and six years later, joining the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He toured extensively with the Trio de Lutèce, where he played with Georges Barrère on flute and Paul Kéfer on cello. After being drafted into the French Army during World War I, Salzedo returned to the United States and continued touring with the trio. He developed a method of using gestures in his harp method, in consultation with the legendary danseur Vaslav Nijinsky. He organized the Salzedo Harp Ensemble with his harp students, which toured the country, and also the Lawrence Harp Quintette, which accepted smaller engagements in place of the Salzedo Harp Ensemble. He performed as a soloist with many orchestras, introducing such works as Maurice Ravel's Introduction et Allegro, Claude Debussy's Danses Sacree et Profane, and other concertos. The Trio introduced new French music to American audiences, with the works of composers such as Debussy, Pierne and Ravel. His ensemble also toured in concert with leading opera singers of the time. He also conducted a tour of Adolf Bolm's Ballet Intime.

He co-founded the International Composers Guild with Edgard Varèse in 1921, which actively promoted new music in New York concerts, particularly that of prominent European composers. He actively participated in other societies to promote harps and new music, establishing the National Harp Association, the first nationwide group for harpists, and led their national conferences.

He maintained an active private teaching studio in New York, training many professional harpists. In concert with Lucile Lawrence, they together built a house in Camden, Maine to accommodate a growing summer harp program which originated in Seal Harbor, Maine, with the help of the Rockefeller Family. He was invited to found the harp department at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1924, where he was a great influence until his demise in 1961, and taught at Walter Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art.

From：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos Salzedo