Savourna Stevenson - Full biography
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SAVOURNA STEVENSON has been called "a composer who is a national treasure" (Glasgow Herald) and "Mother of Invention" (Scotsman). In her music she identifies strongly with her Scottish musical roots while breaking through stylistic barriers between classic, folk, world music and jazz.
Savourna is known as one of the leading figures in the renaissance of the Celtic harp in Scotland over the last 20 years, inspiring audiences and musicians alike with her fresh approach to traditional music.
An outstanding virtuoso and composer, she has pushed the boundaries of the harp almost beyond imaginable belief with thrilling results. Her free spirited creative approach to music has won her the admiration of many acclaimed colleagues and has resulted in several fruitful collaborations with distinguished musicians including the legendary bassist Danny Thompson, singer Eddi Reader and June Tabor, Aly Bain, Fairport Convention and Davy Spillane from the traditional world and more recently with Internationally renowned world music artists including The Bhundu Boys, Toumani Diabate and many more at Peter Gabriel’s Real World recording studios and internationally renowned World of Music Art and Dance festivals.
Savourna’s prolific output as a composer shows great versatility and a keenness for cross art collaboration, writing for theatre, (including the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, Dundee Repertory and Manchester Library Theatres), for film, TV and dance. She has eight CD recordings the latest "touch me like the Sun" includes her acclaimed String Quintet and a song written for and performed by renowned Scottish singer Eddi Reader. The album has been hugely successful both at home and in Japan, and has been licensed to an American publisher for use in the popular TV series "Sex in the City".
Highlights from Savourna’s recent work include an inspired performance for WOMAD in the Temperate Dome at the Eden Project and playing for the ceremony of Peter Gabriel’s wedding on a beach in Sardinia.