La fille aux cheveux de soleil (Impressione per organo) (2021)

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) — La fille aux cheveux de soleil (Impressione per organo) (2021)

“La fille aux cheveux de soleil” (The Girl with Hair of the Sun) (2021) is inspired by an ca. 1880 painting entitled “Portrait d’une jeune fille” by the French impressionist painter Berthe Morisot (1841–1895).

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) is an Italian composer. Educated at the Conservatory in Milan, she has composed in many genres, developing a personal language that is concerned with the blend of past and present. Her compositions have been performed frequently around the world. Ferrari’s music appears on several CD recordings, including seven all-Ferrari organ CDs: four recorded by Carson Cooman (2014/16/18) and three by Peter Clark (2015/16/18). She served as chair of music composition at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, China and is currently professor of music composition at the European School of Economics in Florence, Italy.