Session harpist | London
Valeria is a highly accomplished session harpist, based in London. She has toured live with her harp and also recorded on a number of albums spanning across rock music, house music, pop music, techno, ambient, hip hop and film scores.
Valeria is principal harpist for Kate Simko's London Electronic Orchestra. She has recorded harp for advertising with Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) at Abbey Road Studios, In addition to this she has also recorded an album with renowned UK hip-hop artist and poet Chester P (Task Force), world famous house DJ, producer and Hot Natured record label boss Jamie Jones, Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, the Last Skeptik and for the likes of Boris Grebenschikov (a legend in Russian rock music).
Valeria recently collaborated and recorded on pop star Katy B's album, you can read more about that here.
In addition to that you can catch her live playing harp at festivals and music events across the UK and abroad where she has performed with bands at DJ's at events such as: Glastonbury Festival, iTunes Festival, Bestival, Royal Albert Hall, Boiler Room Ibiza, London Electronic Arts Festival, Wonderfruit Festival (Thailand), Tobacco Docks, British Isles Music Festival and many more.
Valeria also arranges for harp and has composed her own harp parts for a number of pieces for London Electronic Orchestra. She also often records bespoke music for films, short films, tv shows (such as Stranger Things on Netflix), advertising and an even features on an Anime series for Netflix! In addition to this Valeria is also a highly accomplished bollywood harpist - with a large Indian music repertoire.
You can hear some examples of her session harpist work outside of classical music below. Please get in contact on the booking page to find out more.
Video by Spencer Samuel and Sean Robinson http://seanshouse.tumblr.com/ Footage from London Electronic Arts Festival - March 2015 Song = Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra - Mira Vos
Valeria Clarke - session harpist London
London harpist Valeria performs during the live recording session of the acoustic version of the song “Ghosts of Grenfell” with the rapper Low Key and Mai Khalil. Arrangement for harp is done by Valeria
Harp part is composed by Valeria Kurbatova (London Harpist)
Rapper and poet Chester P and his live band featuring harpist Valeria Kurbatova and guitarist Luca Guerniri perform his new song 'The Homeless Song'. Harp part is composed by Valeria Kurbatova
Harp part on the track is composed by London harpist Valeria Kurbatova. Taken from 'This Is Where It Gets Good'
London Electronic Orchestra playing 'Dark Delirium' from their new album
Harp part is composed by Valeria Kurbatova
London Harpist
Harp part performed by Valeria Kurbatova starts at 4.00min
Valeria Kurbatova (Harp) and Davina Clarke (Violin) perform Dmitri Shostakovich's Romance from The Gadfly. The performance took place at The Menier Penthouse
Harp and violin arrangement is done by Valeria Kurbatova
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Alternatively please ring 07805103216
or email: valeria@valeriaclarke.com
Valeria comes with a 5 star rating on Google reviews.