Piano
Italian born pianist Sofia Sacco begun playing the piano at six years old, before furthering her skills at “Conservatorio Pollini” in Padua. Solo recitals at prestigious venues include Sale Apollinee of Teatro la Fenice, Cappella dei Mercanti in Turin, Velletri Auditorium, Duke’s Hall in London, Academic Theatre in Castelfranco Veneto, and she appeared as soloists in festivals such as the Monferrato Classic Music Festival, Missione Musica Music Festival, Pleyel Music Festival, Bartolomeo Cristofori Music Festival, the Beethoven Sonata Piano Festival, Royal Academy of Music Summer Festival among others. Her performance of Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto with the Pollini Symphony Orchestra was a notable highlight.
Sofia is an enthusiast chamber musician, playing regularly in ensembles as well as an avid contemporary music performer. She had the chance to perform Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in Auditorium Pollini, Padova and she premiered works by L. Callen, A. Abate, E. Sener. She was part of the composer in residence scheme at the Royal Academy of Music where she premiered T. Davies “Undertow” with chamber ensemble and “Metousiosis” by I. Maroulis with the contemporary music orchestra “Audentia Ensemble”. Sofia placed first at various competitions, including the “Crescendo International Piano Competition”, “A. Baldi International Piano Competition”, and “Piove di Sacco National Piano Competition”, she won the Francis Simms Prize at the Royal Academy of Music and she has attended masterclasses with professors B. Lupo, S. Osborne, L. Zilberstein, B. Petrushansky, E. Krakovsky, K. Bogino among others.
Deeply passionate about J. S. Bach and D. Shostakovich, she will release her first CD featuring the 24 Preludes and fugues op.87 by D. Shostakovich in 2023 with the KNS classical. Graduated summa cum laude in 2016, Sofia was awarded a Scholarship in recognition of her full marks, which allowed her to continue pursuing her musical studies with Massimiliano Ferrati. Inquisitive and widely curious, she also graduated in Physics at University of Padua. Sofia is currently based in London, where she graduated with Distinction and DipRam Award for outstanding achievements at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student under the mentorship of Professor Rustem Hayroudinoff. She has recently been appointed Hodgson Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music for 2022-2023.
