Yolanda Kondonassis

Yolanda Kondonassis is an American harpist, born 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.. She is one of the world's foremost classical harpists. She first began playing the piano, then switched to harp at age nine. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She won the first prize in the 1987 Ima Hogg International Instrumentalists Competition. Kondonassis has released more than ten CDs (most on