Fabius Constable

Fabius Constable is an Italian celtic harp player, and director and founder of the Celtic Harp Orchestra, a successful orchestra made of 24 celtic harps, with 70 or more official concerts every year.

Career 

He started playing music at the age of 4, studying piano at Milan Academy "G. Verdi". He could learn the secrets of the harp thanks to the experiences with the harpers Myrdhin, Harbison, Euron and many others, studying in Ireland and in Brittany. In his professional career he performed in notable venues of Europe and Asia, such as Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, the Trinity College of Dublin, Naples Conservatory of Music, the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, the St. Patrick Parade in Munich, Villa Erba, Villa Olmo, Villa Balbianello, many major theaters around Italy and the Xebio Arena in Sendai, Japan, on a national broadcasting live show.
He has been interviewed by several major TV channels, including RAI (Italy), RTSI (Switzerland), CCTV3 (China), and NHK (Japan). He published 8 official CDs and his music has been published on 28 discographic issues and anthologies (some of them produced and distributed by Warner/Chappell Music, Sony BMG). He worked for cinema soundtracks in the majors distribution ring.

He lectured and played the celtic harp in music academies and universities such as the Tianjin Music Academy (China), the NHK Music Hall (Japan), Madras University (India), the Trinity College (Ireland), Conservatorio di Napoli (Italy).

He currently organizes charity initiatives, among them a program for playing in hospitals, prisons, and emergency shelters. He was the first western artist to perform in the Tohoku area after the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, in 23 concerts.

Fabius received a medal from the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano for his charity initiatives. Official appreciation has been received by the Royal Highnesses Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the Japanese First Lady, Akie Abe. In 2014 Fabius performed with Kento Masuda at the Associazione dei Cavalieri di San Silvestro celebration of Monumentalis Ecclesiae Sancti Silvestri Societas in Tivoli, Italy which has been awarded with the Knighthood title of the Order of St. Sylvester. He performed on stage with many important artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Arnoldo Foà, Ron, Carlos Nunez, and many others. He also met on stage the famous architect Tadao Ando, composing and playing the music for his lecture at the University of Bologna in 2012.

Discography

Studio albums 

'’Celtic World'’ (2003)
'’Keltic'’ (2004)
'’Got the Magic'’ (2004)
'’Anphisbena'’ (2005)
'’The Myst'’ (2005) 
'’Tale of the Fourth'’ (2008) 
'’Three Letters to the Moon'’ (2010) 
'’Best of Celtica, Vol.2'’ (2012)
'’Best of Celtica, Vol.3' (2012)
'’Three Letters from the Sun'’ (2014)

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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Italian composers
Category:20th-century classical composers
Category:21st-century classical composers
Category:Italian harpists
Category:Italian classical composers
Category:Italian male classical composers
Category:Italian film score composers
Category:Male film score composers
Category:Recipients of the Order of Culture
Category:20th-century Italian male musicians
Category:21st-century male musicians