Marianne Smit

Marianne Smit (born 1984) is a Dutch harpist.

Biography Marianne Smit started playing the harp in 1995 when she was nine years old. Initially she was taught by her mother Gertru Smit-Pasveer, the sister of flutist Kathinka Pasveer. After one year she became student of Anke Anderson.

Her aunt's close associate Karlheinz Stockhausen composed a harp duet for Smit and Esther Kooi, Freude, which premiered on June 7, 2006 in the Milan Cathedral. They continued to perform it at many venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2007, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in 2008. Strings Attached, Dutch Youth String Orchestra, conductor Johannes Leertouwer, with Marianne Smit and Giselle Boeters in Concertino in an Old Style by Maciej Malecki (2007)

Awards Prinses Christina Concours: 1st prize 1998 & 2002 SJMN Musictalent Concours: 1st prize 1998, 2002 & 2004 Dutch National Harpconcours: Finalist 2000 Freude (Joy) - Stockhausen: World Premiere Milan 2006 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award (UK): Nomination for performance in season 2008