Anna Maria Mendieta enjoys a busy career as a soloist, orchestral musician, recording artist and teacher. She has performed for many symphony orchestras and chamber music groups in the U.S. and abroad including the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera & Ballet, Russian National Orchestra, Russian State Ballet, LA Philharmonic, and others. Ms. Mendieta is often featured performing the harp concerti of Joaquin Rodrigo as well as special tango arrangements created for her for harp & orchestra. She has received international recognition as a pioneer and"exceptional soloist" by the League of American Orchestras for her premiere of the tango music of Astor Piazzolla making history with the unique programming and creating a new genre for harp in this musical style. Her Harp-Tango project is an international touring concert-show called “Tango del Cielo” (Tango of Heaven), it is also an award-winning album and the focus of a documentary film. The show was the featured show for the 2019 World Tango Festival in Victoria, Canada. Her Tango Del Cielo album has won numerous international awards and reached #2 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover Charts.

Ms. Mendieta has served a long tenure as the principal harpist with the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera and previously was the principal harpist with the nationally acclaimed Women’s Philharmonic. With family roots in Flamenco, she was a featured instrumentalist for several seasons with Theater Flamenco of San Francisco. She is a frequent winner of the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program and continues to perform innovative outreach programs for the symphony. Ms. Mendieta has performed for motion pictures, television, radio, and Emmy Awards. More