Maria Palatine

German virtuoso vocalist and harpist Maria Palatine was blessed with extraordinary creativity.

The third generation of harpists in her family, and the rightful heir of her grandmother, a traveling theater director, Maria left the orchestra pit right after her classical studies of the harp, piano and composition in Mannheim, to perform her original repertoire of compositions, singing, playing, and dancing with her own band in Europe, Russia and the US.

Ms. Palatine established the “Harp Center Brussels” in 2008 in Saint-Gilles (Brussels), where she shares her passion for her instrument with international students. Besides teaching there, as a guest professor at IMEP Namur, and in several renowned masterclasses, she keeps performing internationally.

Her music has been defined as “a soundtrack composed by Björk, Kate Bush and Loreena McKennit” (GTB Agenda Brussels), “Sounds with a feline elegance steering an extremely original course where moments of enchantment and excentricity alternate…”, and “in Maria Palatine’s hands, the harp sounds mysterious, dynamic, erotic, radiant as if it had been invented for her only” (Hildesheimer Algemeine Zeitung).

Maria Palatine’s musical universe is a unique one, where her crystal clear voice and virtuoso harp playing are the paint-brushes she uses effortlessly to convey her take on our world, its utter beauty and desolation, where humans experience extreme joys and heartbreaking pains, and where her love for mother earth is shared by her: a strong voice of 21st century womankind – without compromise or corruption. Like her music: pure and universal.

“My Voice is My Plea is somewhere between jazz, Chamber music, Peter Gabriel, and Sting!” Bastien Gilson, multi award-winning sound engineer

Maria Palatine was awarded the 2017 Brukmer Golden Artistic Award of the Female Artist of the Year for the ensemble of her artistic career, from the hands of Ms. Maria Arena, a member of the European Parliament.

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