Running since 2020, “Crescere con la Musica” (Growing Up with Music) is an annual competition organised and promoted by the Arpeggiando Music Association and sponsored by the Italian Suzuki Institute. This year, it will be held in memory of Gabriella Bosio, under the artistic direction of Maestro Tiziana Loi.

The competition is open to all young Italian and international harpists attending a conservatory, music high school, middle school specialising in music, music academy, music centre, or private harp lessons using either the Suzuki method or the traditional method. The panel of judges for the 3rd edition of the International Harp Competition “Crescere con la Musica” will consist of M. Ester Gattoni, M. Tiziana Loi, M. Alessandra Magrini, M. Nicoletta Sanzin, M. Emiliana Sessa. Artistic Director: M. Tiziana Loi.

The competition was created to promote classical music and ignite a passion for the harp in young people. Starting from 2023, the competition will be held in memory of Gabriella Bosio, internationally renowned harpist and harp teacher at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Turin, who authored several books for harp students and was part of the panel of judges in the past years. Professor Bosio was the first to introduce the Suzuki Method for teaching the harp in Italy and Europe and her legacy will never be forgotten.

A good teacher must have in-depth knowledge of the subject matter and be able to explain why things must be done a certain way, breaking down difficult concepts in a way that makes them easy to understand.

“Teaching means knowing in depth why and how one must do this; it means understanding why a certain thing can be difficult and therefore knowing how to make it less difficult and easily understandable