Emily Sanzaro - Hire Keynote and Guest Speaker

Emily Sanzaro

Tasmanian harpist

Emily is an innovative contemporary harpist, vocalist, violinist & electronic loop artist based in Launceston, Tasmania.

Emily specialises in creating original compositions, contemporary covers, improvisations and experimentation. She also enjoys playing a wide range of musical genres on the harp, harnessing the versatility of the instrument. Emily relishes any opportunity to depart from the type of music audiences expect to hear from a harp. Emily combines harp, vocals, violin, percussion and pedal effects into her solo performance creating a complex, multi-layered sound.

Emily is a versatile performer, with experience in numerous solo and collaborative performance contexts within Tasmania and beyond. Emily released her debut solo album of original music ‘AWAKEN’ in 2021, performed for TEDxHobart in 2022 and has recently completed a solo residency at MONA.

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Key Points for Emily Sanzaro

Emily Sanzaro is a Tasmanian harpist who did a solo performance at TedXHobart 2022.
She had 5 sold out shows of her debut solo album of original music ‘Awaken’ at MONA FOMA 2022.
Emily was a recipient of the MONA scholarship for the Australian Art Orchestra ‘Creative Music Intensive’ 2019.
She was a contributing recording artist on Holy Holy’s ARIA nominated album ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ in 2021.
She is a regular performer at Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), MONA FOMA, Dark Mofo, Beaker Street Science Festival, ECHO Festival, Junction Arts Festival, Ten Days on the Island Festivale, Festival of Architecture & Sound, Taste of Tasmania & live broadcasts on ABC Radio.
Emily is the principal harpist for the Launceston Philharmonic Orchestra.

Topics for Emily Sanzaro

Feature concert performance
Background musical performance
Meditative harp sessions
Emily's Journey
Emily can speak about her experiences and journey to becoming a professional musician as an adult, particularly her journey in following an unusual path and breaking the stereotype.

Testimonials for Emily Sanzaro

Emily has single handedly created a uniquely Tasmanian musical world using an old world instrument- the harp. Her music communicates easily with an extremely wide range of people.
Curator – MONA FOMA
Music Curator – MONA
Bassist - Violent Femmes

You are simply wonderful, thank you for your magic.
Kate Ceberano