5 eighth notes in Luxembourg's Pizzicato magazine !

"The main theme of French harpist Claire Augier de Lajallet's CD Memories is nature, « and water and desert are the two extremes, » says the soloist, « from Canadian rivers to Arctic icebergs, through the Middle East and homage to the maqamat, a traditional musical instrument, to Turkey with memories of the Hittites. »

Several pieces are by contemporary composers, others by those who lived in the 20th century. There is no music that would be considered avant-garde. All the works are melodic. In accordance with the theme, there is a lot of nostalgia in the program, a lot of thoughtfulness, with positive and negative feelings, which the harpist expresses sensitively. The CD thus provides the listener with a pervasive atmosphere of trust, peace and fulfillment. Especially in our time this is a welcome enrichment."

You can find Remy Franck's article here.

"With a crystalline, luminous sound, but with a certain depth Claire Augier de Lajallet takes us far away, transporting us from the Arctic to the Middle East and continually playing on the edge of emotions."

Read the full Noise article (Jérôme Gillet) here.

Corsican radio station "Voce nustrale" played Giovanni Caramiello's "Rimembranza di Napoli" on August 5 and 8, 2023 in its program 1 2 3. "The piece calls for the virtuosity of the performer".

Click here for the complete program.

"Memories" is disc of the day in the France Musique program "En pistes!" on Radio France!

"Memories is a beautiful, poetic record by a musician alone with her harp. Claire Augier de Lajallet sings of nature through a play of colors and very different works".

Listen to the program for Friday June 16, 2023, featuring Giovanni Caramiello's "Rimembranza di Napoli" and "The River Rimembers", as well as Emilie Munera's presentation of the CD here.

"It's a wonderful journey that the talented harpist Claire Augier de Lajallet carries us on."

You can find Louise Charpentier's Rapsodie in the May 28, 2023 "Symphonie des notes" program here, and Giovanni Caramiello's "Rimembranza di Napoli" in the June 11 program here.

"This is a highly original program, interpreted with such musicality that one almost regrets that she abandoned the piano at an early age to devote herself to the harp...[...] Once again, Claire Augier de Lajallet displays a rare musicality on an instrument that is also very well recorded."

Thierry Vagnet's article is available here.

"This artist plays the harp as well as travels: temporal, interior, musical of course".

Read the full article by Frederick Casadesus published on August 24, 2023 on the Mediapart Blog here.