Maria Goudimov

Maria Goudimov was born in 1983 in Moscow. In 1990, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, where her mother holds the position of the principal harpist of the Hamburg Philharmony. This is also when Maria started playing the harp under the guidance of her mother. From 1999 til 2003 Maria had been the first harpist of the Hamburger Jugendorchester. Since 1999 Maria has been taking harp lessons with Prof. Erika Waardenburg. During her final year of high school (Christianeum in Hamburg), she was also a student in the Young Talent class at the "Hochschule für Musik Hamburg" with Prof. Xavier de Maistre. In june 2008, Maria obtained her Bachelor of Music degree at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, the Netherlands, in the class of Prof. Erika Waardenburg. As of 2008 Maria is studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Prof. Maria Graf. Maria was principal harpist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra on their Eastertour 2007 and principal harpist of the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales on their Europetour in January 2008. In 2007/08 Maria held a position at the [a975145].