Elena Borelli
Elena is Lecturer of Italian at King’s College London. Her research focuses on the long nineteenth century and on the European Decadence. She has authored two books and various articles on Giovanni Pascoli and Gabriele D’Annunzio. She is also a translator, and the co-author of Convivial Poems, the complete English translation of Giovanni Pascoli’s Poemi Conviviali.
James Ackhurst
James Ackhurst is a writer and translator based in Wellington, New Zealand. He has published translations in Journal of Italian Translation, Poetry New Zealand, Snorkel, Pericles at Play, Poetry Salzburg Review, Quadrant, and The Pantograph Punch. He has co-authored the complete English translation of Poemi Conviviali with Elena Borelli.
Giovanni Tardini
Giovanni Tardini graduated with honours in piano from the Orazio Vecchi Music Conservatory in Modena. He then studied jazz piano at the Francesco Venezze Conservatory in Rovigo.He was the artistic director of the Muppets’ Choir in Modena and various musical companies, including La Compagnia delle More. Currently residing in London, he is a member of Coro and the Crouch End Festival Chorus, choral ensembles with prestigious performances at the Royal Albert Hall.
Arianna Mornico
Arianna Mornico graduated with honours in classical harp from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Como. After further refining her skills with some of the most important harpists on the world stage, she has performed both as a soloist and in orchestras. Subsequently, she studied the baroque harp, the Celtic harp, and the electric harp, with which she recorded the CD "Rêve Bleu." She has participated in some of the most important international harp festivals, such as those in Ancenis and Celtica Valle d'Aosta. She is the co-founder of Camac Italia Harps.
Marianne Gubri
Marianne Gubri, harpist, composer, music therapist, researcher in musicology and music therapy, speaker, writer, and teacher, combines an original and unique musical journey with a quest for personal development.
She has released more than 10 albums and a book on historical music therapy: Una melodia per l’aere luminoso (OM editions), along with several harp teaching courses. As the director of the Arpeggi harp school and the Bologna Harp Festival, she regularly participates in numerous conferences, TEDx talks, and teaches courses both in Italy and abroad.
Joanna Strafford
Joanna studied Drama and English at the University of Birmingham and then trained at Mountview on the MA Acting course. Since graduating, she has performed in From This Day Forward (Rare Fortune Productions), Sweet (Dark Eye Theatre) and Murder by the Book (Rare Fortune Productions). She has also acted in five short films and recently wrapped on a fantasy feature film. Joanna has performed in various rehearsed readings with Actors & Writers London, The White Bear, Players Playwrights, Barons Court Theatre and the OSO.
Born in Dublin but with American roots and trained in London, David can produce a wide range of accents with ease, especially American and UK accents as well as his own resonant and warm natural Irish accent. Experienced with video games, prose, poetry, and film VO, David is an up and coming voice artist to listen out for.
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George Sharpley
George is the founder and editor of The Latin Quarter, a association supporting the learning of Latin and the enjoyment of classical culture. George has organised and participated in many theatrical adaptations of Latin plays, such as The Song of Arms and a Man, and he is part of the ensemble Latin Voices, a group of actors bringing classical texts to life.
Temple Road Studio is a recording and producer studio in NW London equipped with some of the most coveted hardware equipment and the most advanced software technology available. It is managed by Federico Milanesi, sound engineer and composer. Two years ago, the studio became one with Harp Shop London. From then on, it became a reference for any harpist looking for an instrument, new or second-hand, or wanting to record their latest album with the most professional result.
