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ABOUT ASNI
Asked what made her want to play the harp, Asni’s answer is spontaneous: “Reading too much Tolkien!” Disappointed with the decidedly un-elfish unwieldiness of the modern pedal harp, which she had studied since a teenager, she became involved in the revival of medieval and baroque harps after finding out about the fascinating varieties of the instruments that had existed in older times, and soon established herself as one of the leading modern performers on early harps.
After an international career that took her to most European countries and across the United States, she decided to settle in Wellington after coming to New Zealand for a tour, and took up a position as Artist Teacher at the New Zealand School of Music. She has toured for Chamber Music New Zealand in 2005, and went back to Europe in 2006 to perform and teach at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, as well as recitals in the Czech Republic, Sweden and her native Germany. She has performed with a wide range of musicians both in New Zealand and abroad, ranging from alternative pop to traditional Maori music.
Since coming to New Zealand, she has been able to more fully explore the other side of her creativity in visual arts - painting, photography, and more recently, video production and animation. Earlier this year she completed the Diploma of Multimedia at Natcoll. Since 2002, she has been running her own website, www.asni.net, where she sells her CDs, photography, artwork and a range of sheet music edited from historical sources.
Asni holds an MA in music history and theory from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. She is a member of APRA and of WIFT- Women in Film and Television.
ABOUT ALISTAIR FRASER AND TAHU
Of Katimana and Kati Pakeha descent, Alistair Fraser was born in Dunedin, NZ, now lives in Wellington, and specialises in building, performing and teaching taonga puoro (Maori traditional musical instruments).
With Henare Walmsley and Mike Hogan, he has founded Tahu, an ensemble specializing in the revival of ancient Maori musical traditions. This Matariki, Tahu has released their first cd recording.
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