Liska Yamada is available to provide professional solo harp performances at weddings, special events, live performances, and studio sessions. With over a decade of performing experience and a diverse repertoire, Liska will assist you in finding the perfect music to suit your occasion and make your event outstanding and memorable.
Liska was soooo amazing! Highly recommended!!
Liska played beautifully at my wedding ceremony. I wish I could have just sat and listened to her play. What an amazing gift she has I would 100% choose her again!
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Liska was very kind, considerate, and great to work with! She performed a wonderful variety of music for over 100 library patrons of all ages. We really appreciate that she took time at the end to share a bit about her music background and answered questions from the audience. I would highly recommend her!
Liska performed at my wedding and was absolutely amazing! From her kind interactions before the wedding (we talked on the phone about my vision and song requests) to her early arrival and flawless performance, I highly recommend Liska for your next event! Several of our guests said her performance was a special highlight during the ceremony.
Everyone loved having Lisha play for us. She did an excellent job and was super professional. She had everything ready and was squared to go as soon as the event started. I highly recommend her.
Liska was amazing! She made the party so elegant and was so professional. All my guests commented on how amazing and wonderful she was!!
Liska was awesome played beautifully to our needs on our special occasion ! Was very calming and soothing music which I received alot compliments from my family and friends that it was a pleasant and nice touch on this occasion. Thanks much ... Robert E.
She was phenomenal!
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Liska was both a great performer AND Easy to work with. Tons of our friends and wedding guests said that the harpist added elegance, and at the same time — fun and recognizable songs.
Can't wait to have Liska play at a future event.
I hired Liska to play for my walk down the aisle. She was responsive, professional, and really great to work with. Definitely played beautifully and graciously. Would highly recommend!
I hired Liska to play for my walk down the aisle. She was responsive, professional, and really great to work with. Definitely played beautifully and graciously. Would highly recommend!
Liska was so incredibly talented, graceful and ever so kind. We were blessed to have her perform at our event.
Lovely harp for my party everyone loved it. Played the best songs.
Liska did an amazing job at my brother's burial. She came early to set up and was very professional! Liska even stayed extra time for us! Liska is amazing overall very friendly book her for your event you will not be disappointed! Liska made my brother's burial feel serene and peaceful exactly what we wanted. Thank you so much Liska for coming and for making my brothers burial so beautiful for my family. God bless you!
Liska did a wonderful job at my wedding ceremony! So so lucky to have had her!
An amazing Harpist. I would recommend!
Would recommend Liska over and over again! She was elegant, professional and she played beautifully.
Liska is a professional! I hired her several years ago for my son’s wedding and just hired her again for their baby shower. Everyone thought she was ONE CLASS ACT.
Response from Liska Yamada Harp:
Thank you so much for the kind review and for having me perform again! It is always a joy to work with you!
Liska was the perfect compliment to our clients' ceremony. She was timely, professional, and had a great selection of music.
Response from Liska Yamada Harp:
Thank you so much for having me perform, it was a beautiful event!
My guest and I thought she was amazing. Very professional and very nice! She played the Harp with perfection.
Liska is a beautiful spirit. Very poised, professional and has amazing talent.
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Wonderful performance, pleasure to work with. Perfectly classy vibe!
Liska not only plays beautifully, she is a true professional in every sense of the word. You will not regret hiring Liska to play for your event.
Liska was amazing! I couldn't have hoped for someone more professional and talented.
I would highly recommend Liska.
Thanks Liska!
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Price Range: $400 and up
Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
Languages: English, French
Insurance: $2,000,000 - General Liability
Liska Yamada provides professional and elegant harp music, tailored to each client's special event. She is dedicated to providing excellent customer service and helping her clients make their events truly outstanding.
Liska Yamada is a classically trained harpist with a Master of Music in Harp Performance and Pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. She has over a decade of experience in performing at special events around the United States.
In addition to performing, Liska has experience in teaching music lessons and offers private and group harp lessons for all ages and backgrounds.
Some requirements for set up include:
-Flat, hard, dry surface to set up and play on
-If outdoors, must be out of direct sunlight
- For the safety of the artist and the instrument, they cannot perform in temperatures above 90 or below 55
CLASSICAL
Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Air on the G String
- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Prelude in C
- Sheep May Safely Graze Beethoven, Ludwig Van
- Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 Clarke, Jeremiah
- Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy, Claude
- Claire de Lune
- En Bateau
- Premier Arabesque
- Reverie
Handel, G.F.
- The Harmonious Blacksmith
- Pasacaille
- Sarabande
MacDowell, Edward
- To a Wild Rose
Massenet, Jules
- Meditation from Thais Mendelssohn, Felix
- Wedding March
Mouret, Jean-Joseph
- Rondeau from Masterpiece Theatre Pachelbel, Johann
- Canon in D
Purcell, Henry
- Trumpet Tune
Satie, Erik
- Gymnopedie No. 1
Vivaldi, Antonio
- Spring from Four Seasons
- Winter from Four Seasons
Wagner, Richard
- Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
POP / JAZZ / CONTEMPORARY
Aerosmith
-I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing
Andrea Bocelli
- Time to Say Good Bye (Con Te Patiro)
Beach Boys
-God Only Knows
Beatles
- Here Comes the Sun
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Imagine
- Yesterday
Beyonce
- Halo
Bob Dylan
- Make You Feel My Love Bruno Mars
- Marry You
Cat Stevens
- Morning Has Broken
Christina Perri
- A Thousand Years
Coldplay
- Clocks
Ed Sheeran
- Perfect
- Thinking Out Loud
Edith Piaf
- La Vie En Rose
Elton John
- Your Song
Elvis Presley
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
- Love me Tender
Frank Sinatra
- As Time Goes By
- Fly Me to the Moon
- The Way You Look Tonight
George Gershwin
- Embraceable You
Jason Mraz
- I’m Yours
John Legend
- All of me
Josh Groban
- The Prayer (Josh Groban & Celine Dion)
- You Raise Me Up
Leonard Cohen
- Hallelujah
Michael Buble
- Everything
- Feeling Good
Oasis
- Wonderwall
Sam Smith
- Stay With Me
U2
- With or Without You
The Verve
- Bittersweet Symphony
SOUNDTRACK/ BROADWAY
All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
Cantina Band Song (Star Wars)
City of Stars (La La Land)
I’ve Had the Time of My Life (Dirty Dancing)
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Star Wars Main Theme
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
Married Life (Up)
Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast)
When you Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
*more Disney songs also available
RELIGIOUS / HYMNS
Amazing Grace, Traditional
Be Thou My Vision, Hymn
On Eagle's Wings, Michael Joncas
The Lord’s Prayer, Malotte
I provide my own instrument, music stand, and chair as well as any sheet music needed.
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