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A brilliant Quebec harpist and composer, Caroline Lizotte is named Composer of the Year at the Prix Opus 2023 <\/strong>and stands out internationally as one of the leading harp composers of her generation. Her works, often awarded prizes and imposed in competitions, are played and recorded by harpists around the world and are listed among the most influential of the late 20th and 21st centuries for the instrument.<\/p>\n Caroline Lizotte will be the central composer at the One Harp World<\/strong> in Toronto from July 28 to August 3, 2026. This joint event between the 15th World Harp Congress<\/strong> and the American Harp Society<\/strong> will award her the Ann Stockton Memorial Award for New Music<\/strong> for her important contribution to the harp repertoire.<\/p>\n In February 2024, Lizotte was invited to California<\/strong> (Los Angeles, San Diego) for an artist residency<\/strong> including concerts, workshops and masterclasses for harpists and composers.<\/p>\n The world premiere of her new opus \u201cPartita\u201d<\/strong> opus 52 for violin and harp, commissioned by harpist Lori Gemmell and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, will be presented on April 12, 2024 as part of the Ontario Harp Society<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0concerts at the Toronto Heliconian Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Most recently, in June 2023, Caroline Lizotte was featured artist at the American Harp Society Summer Institute in Los Angeles<\/strong> and the Young Composers Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Caroline is dedicated to sharing her art through her creations, editions, concerts, mentoring and the recording of her entire works. She founded with her husband \u00c9tienne Ratth\u00e9\u00a0Roug\u00e9bLeu\u00eb Productions<\/strong>\u00a0and produced in 2022 her first album\u00a0Lizotte Plays\/Joue Lizotte<\/strong><\/em>, which collects several of her best known works written for harp from 1990 to today. This recording, nominated at l\u2019ADISQ 2023<\/strong> in the category Album of the Year – Classical, received critical acclaim and ten stars from Harp Column<\/strong> Magazine.<\/p>\n Caroline Lizotte performed in July 2022 for the 14th\u00a0World Harp Congress<\/strong>\u00a0in Cardiff, UK. Her performance of \u201cStellar Sonata\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for electroacoustic harp was highlighted and acclaimed by her peers. She has been a regular guest as a soloist and chamber musician at the harp major events: World Harp Congress, Dutch Harp Festival, World Harp Competition, American Harp Society, Ontario Harp Society, Harpenning, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Harpistes de Montr\u00e9al and Women in Music Festival.<\/p>\n An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, Caroline Lizotte began composing at an early age and has an extensive catalogue of works, original transcriptions and arrangements for various ensembles. A frequent recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec, several harpists have commissioned works from her, including Judy Loman, Jennifer Swartz, Val\u00e9rie Milot, Heidi Krutzen, Marta Power, Elizabeth Jaxon, Jasmine Hogan and Lori Gemmell.<\/p>\n