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Coco Agnese
She began studying music at a very early age, taking her harp diploma with top marks at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatoire in Venice.

She went on to study with Cristina Bianchi (professor at the Musikhochschule in Munich) and attended masterclasses with Fabrice Pierre at the Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro and with Susanna Mildonian in Venice.

Si perfeziona con Cristina Bianchi (titolare della cattedra presso l’Università della musica a Monaco di Baviera), segue le masterclass di Fabrice Pierre presso la Fondazione Santa Cecilia di Portogruaro (VE) e di Susanna Mildonian a Venice.

Studies
In 2002 she was chosen to appear as a soloist with the orchestra of the

“Teatro La Fenice” in Venice

. She then joined the

Orchestra Giovanile Italiana , with which she played under Yuri Ahronovitch and Gianandrea Noseda at major institutions.Winner of numerous auditions, she went on to work with the leading Italian orchestras, among them Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, “Teatro Carlo Felice” in Genoa, “Teatro San Carlo” in Naples, “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia”, “Teatro Verdi” in Salerno and the Teatro Lirico di Spoleto orchestra, and abroad with the Maribor Opera in Slovenia. Winner of an international audition, since 2003 she has been principal harp of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome . Alongside her orchestral work, which she has pursued for years under conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, James Conlon, Antonio Pappano, Donato Renzetti, Daniele Rustioni and Daniel Oren, she performs as a soloist: with I Solisti Veneti under Claudio Scimone, with the orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera for the chamber season and with the Children’s Chorus of the Rome Opera. She also appears inchamber groups at renowned Italian venues such as theItalian Senate (the 2015 Christmas Concert, broadcast worldwide), the Oratorio del Gonfalone in Rome and the “Teatro La Fenice” in Venice, and atmajor international festivals (Portogruaro International Music Festival, Orvieto Festival, Romaeuropa Festival, Tuscania Sun Festival). She also teaches, giving masterclasses at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome and the E. F. Dall’Abaco Conservatoire in Verona. (Festival Internazionale di Musica di Portogruaro, Festival di Orvieto, Rome Europa Festival, Tuscania Sun Festival). Si dedica all’insegnamento tenendo masterclass presso i Conservatori di Santa Cecilia a Rome e E.F. Dall’Abaco a Verona.

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On the occasion of La Bohème in Rome, “Seen and Heard International” wrote:

In occasione della Boheme a Rome “Seen and Heard International” scrive:

“Puccini uses the harp almost as a continuo is used in Baroque opera: a few well-placed chords which frequently and unobtrusively waft the music in the right direction when struck with the right touch, or just occasionally, like a well-disciplined, friendly traffic policeman, bring the show to a temporary pause. Conlon drew all this perfectly from the orchestra’s fine harpist, Agnese Coco, whom he had the good sense to bring to the centre of the orchestra and raise on a podium. She was admirable: a soloist who must be clear but so unobtrusive as to never sound like a soloist.""

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