Marisa Robles (born 4 May 1937) is a Spanish harpist and composer.[1][2]
She was born in Spain, where she studied the harp withLuisa Menarguez, and studied music at theMadrid Conservatory, graduating at the age of sixteen in 1953. She made her concert debut at seventeen, performing with flautistJean-Pierre Rampal.
TheConcerto for Flute and Harp byMozart which they performed together was to become the piece for which she is best known. She has recorded and performed it withJames Galway and with her husbandChristopher Hyde-Smith, among others.[3] In 1963 she premieredSones en la Giralda on theBBC, a wedding present written for her byJoaquín Rodrigo. In 1981, she wrote the music for a set of audiobooks[4] of theChronicles of Narnia, narrated bySir Michael Hordern. This was released as herNarnia Suite[2] in 1981, with Robles playing harp and her husband the flute.
In 1958 she married, and in 1960 she came to live permanently in the UK. In 1971 she became a professor of harp in theRoyal College of Music. She now has three children, St. John Harvey, Grania Hyde-Smith and Alexander Hyde-Smith.
Robles was artistic director for the first two Cardiff World Harp Festivals in 1991 and 1994.[5]
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