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Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Saturday - October 28, 2006 - 8 p.m.
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Grammy Award-winning Sara Sant'Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she won the Eighth International
Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia. As a result of her medal, Carnegie Hall invited Ms. Sant'Ambrogio to
perform a recital that was filmed by CBS News as part of a profile about her, which aired nationally.
The New York Times described Ms. Sant'Ambrogio's New York debut as "sheer pleasure."
Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic,
the Osaka Century Orchestra (Japan), St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle; she has performed throughout the world at major music centers
and festivals including Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Konzert Huset in Stolkholm,
Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Musikverein in Vienna, Ravinia, and Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo. Recently Ms. Sant'Ambrogio collaborated
with the New York City Ballet in seven highly successful sold-out concerts at Lincoln Center performing the Bach Cello Suites.
Ms. Sant'Ambrogio started cello studies with her father John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist of the St. Louis Symphony, and at the age
of 16 was invited on full scholarship to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. Three years later world renowned cellist
Leonard Rose invited Ms. Sant'Ambrogio to study at The Julliard School; within weeks of arriving, she won the all-Julliard Schumann Cello
Concerto Competition, resulting in the first of many performances at Lincoln Center.
Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has won numerous international competitions, including The Whitaker, Dealy, Artists International, and
Palm Beach competitions. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio won a Grammy Award for her performance of Bernstein's "Arias and Barcarolles"
on Koch records. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio is featured on the Manhattan Records album debut of singer Angela McCluskey, which was released in June 2004.
Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has been profiled in Glamour, Vogue, Elle, In Fashion, Bon Apetit, Detour, Strings, Gramophone, Travel
and Leisure, Fanfare and Swing magazines, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CBS, ABC, PBS,
Fox, USA and CNN networks. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio is the subject of a feature length documentary, which has multiple airings nationwide on PBS.
Ms. Sant'Ambrogio is a founding member of the Eroica Trio. The Trio won the prestigious 1991 Naumburg Award, resulting
in an acclaimed Lincoln Center Debut and has since extensively toured the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New
Zealand. In 1997 the Trio opened the "Distinctive Debuts" series at Carnegie Hall, and that year represented Carnegie Hall as the
official chamber music ensemble in concerts throughout the world. While touring around the
world the Eroica has released seven celebrated recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy nominations.
Recent highlights of Ms. Sant'Ambrogio's career are the release of her solo album, DREAMING, on Sebastian Records.
It is a collection of the most beloved pieces in the classical world featuring five of Sara's own arrangements and two
original compositions by frequent collaborator Paul Cantelon, from their improv group Triptych. Sara recently gave the
world premiere of a new concerto by Daron Aric Hagen with The Albany Symphony Orchestra and will be performing in Turkey
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