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Kristan Toczko is a Canadian harpist known for her versatility in both classical music and contemporary music genres. With an international career as a soloist, arranger, and recording artist, she has an innovative approach to expanding the instrument’s repertoire and integrating genres not traditionally associated with the harp.
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Background information | |
Origin | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Genres | Classical, Orchestral, Classical Crossover, Rock, New-Age, Heavy Metal, Pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Lyon & Healy 85CG, Salvi Delta C |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Touch Co Records, Leaf Music ULC |
Website | https://www.harpistkt.com |
Early Life
[edit]From Moncton, New Brunswick[1], Toczko began playing the harp at age nine. She studied at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University[2] in Montreal, Quebec, where she completed her Bachelor of Music in Harp Performance and Graduate Diploma in Professional Performance. Toczko attended the Yale School of Music at Yale University[3][4], where she earned her Master of Music in harp performance.
Career
[edit]Toczko has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Vancouver Symphony[5], l'Orchestre Francophonie[1], Kingston Symphony[5], and Bathurst Chamber Music Festival. She has performed with orchestras including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jalisco Philharmonia, and the Beijing Symphony on their Canadian tour in 2017[6].
Festival appearances include Ottawa ChamberFest, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Kincardine Summer Music Festival[7], Indian River Festival, Rio Harp Festival in Brazil[8], Aspen Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Orchestra of the Americas[1], Scotia Festival of Music[9][10], Lucerne Festival Academy, and the Banff Centre for the Arts[11].
Toczko has performed with artists Measha Brueggergosman, Peter Oundjian, Matthias Pintscher, Sir Simon Rattle, Barbara Hannigan, Sarah Brightman[12], Josh Groban, Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling, Sarah McLachlan, and Johnny Reid. She has played in venues Carnegie Hall[13], the KKL Luzern Concert Hall, and Roy Thomson Hall.
As a chamber musician, Toczko is a founding member of harp duo “Duo Novus.”[14] The duo has held an artist residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute[15], has commissioned new works[16], and has toured internationally with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts[7].
Toczko joined the social media platform TikTok in 2020[17]. She arranges and records covers[18] of classical[19], pop, rock[20], metal[21], film music[22], video game music[23][24], and creates educational videos about the harp – publishing her own sheet music arrangements[25]. She has collaborated with RØDE Microphones, Peterson Strobe Tuners[26], Soundbrenner Metronomes, EA Games, Microsoft Xbox, Apple Music, EarthQuaker Devices, Musicnotes[25], Bow Brand Strings, and Hollywood Records.
Toczko placed first in the OSM Competition in 2010[27], and has been named a CBC Radio-Canada Young Artist, featured in national broadcast. Her debut album, Rock Echoes (2024)[28], charted on Billboard Classical Crossover[29] for two consecutive weeks (February 24, 2024 and March 2, 2024).
Toczko has taught group masterclasses[30], guest lectures, adjudicates for various competitions[31][32] and music festivals, and maintains a full roster of students from around the world. She now resides in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[33].
Instruments
[edit]Kristan Toczko performs on a Lyon & Healy 85 Concert Grand harp and a Salvi Delta C electric lever harp.
Recordings
[edit]- Zombies Theme (From "Black Ops 2") (2022) (single)
- 'Tis the Season (2022) (EP)
- The Classics: Popular Classical Works for Solo Harp (2022) (EP)
- Jiggle Jiggle (Classical Remix) (2022) (single) (with There I Ruined It)
- They all go 'way – Jackalope Tales (2023) (album) (with Lo & the High Road)
- Memories (2023) (EP)
- Clocks – Coldplay (2023) (single)
- Starlight Horizon (2023) (single)
- Mountain Reverie (2023) (EP)
- Carol of the Bells (2023) (single)
- Drive (2024) (single)
- Rock Echoes (2024) (album)
- Journey to Miklagard (2024) (single) (with Bardr)
- Bitter Bard (2024) (single) (with Bardr)
- Great Fairy Fountain (From "The Legend of Zelda") (2024) (single)
- Prologue (From "Beauty and the Beast") (2024) (single)
- What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish (2024) (single)
- Reflections on Harp (2024) (album)
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri (2024) (single) (with Jeremy Tai)
- Fade to Black – Metallica (2024) (single)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "News | New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, Inc". nbyo-ojnb.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Performance, 4 October 2013 - Archival Collections Catalogue". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Yale Philharmonia by Yale School of Music - Issuu". issuu.com. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Brensilver, David (April 19, 2011). "3 Win Yale Concerto Competition". New Haven Independent.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Evan (March 6, 2020). "Beethoven's Seventh among his greatest pieces". The Kingston Whig Stand.
- ^ "The Beijing Symphony Orchestra | Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 3:00 pm | Southam Hall". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ a b "25th Anniversary Concert Series" (PDF). Concerts Kincardine Summer Music Festival 2016. August 10, 2016.
- ^ Reporter, Contributing (2018-05-10). "Harp Music Festival Returns to Rio de Janeiro This Month". The Rio Times. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Mullin, Morgan. "4 event picks including harp star Kristan Toczko". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Scotial Distancing 2021". Scotia Festival of Music. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "The Secret Garden" (PDF). August 11, 2012.
- ^ "Beautiful New Harp Arrangement of the "Love and Deepspace" Theme Song". Sarah Brightman. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Yale Philharmonia: Concertante by Yale School of Music - Issuu". issuu.com. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "All Canadian award winning harp duo to perform in Wingham". The Lucknow Sentinel. July 25, 2017.
- ^ "General 2". Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Reporter, Megan Dolski Staff (2017-07-02). "Toronto music past and present at Mount Pleasant Cemetery: Local Legends". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Tik-Tok-Pluck | Harp Column". harpcolumn.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Germain, Anthony (February 26, 2024). "From classical to classic rock, this harpist is taking all requests". CBC News.
- ^ "Listen to Canadian harpist Kristan Toczko perform Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune. Just beautiful!". The Uncarved Blog. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Germain, Anthony (February 26, 2024). "Shredding the strings: This St. John's harpist who fuses genres has caught the ears of Metallica". CBC News.
- ^ Millspublished, Matt (2024-06-03). "Watch Dragonforce's Through The Fire And Flames be played on the harp by someone with faster fingers than you". louder. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Harp mashup of 'Carol of the Bells' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - Upworthy". www.upworthy.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Garcia, Alexis (2021-03-16). "How the Harp Got Hip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Craig, Jo (2021-01-07). "Someone Performed The Halo Theme On Harp And It's Incredible". TheGamer. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ a b "Harpistkt Kristan Toczko Sheet Music Downloads at Musicnotes.com". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Kristan Toczko | In-Tune Profiles | Peterson Strobe Tuners". www.petersontuners.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Past Winners". Concours OSM. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Leaf Music and Kristan Toczko Present: Rock Echoes | Leaf Music". 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "TikTok sensation reaches the charts with debut album". Atlantic. 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "MASTERCLASS-APR2024-Kristan-Toczko". Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Our Adjudicators". Pulsar Music. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "2021 Scholarship Winners". www.ontarioharp.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Ballard, Chris (July 19, 2024). "From boredom to Billboard: How a St. John's harpist's TikTok journey helped her skyrocket to success". SaltWire.