Italian pianist Sofia Sacco played extensively throughout Europe and Asia.
She appeared as soloist in more than 80 recitals in Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and China with latest
appearances at prestigious venues including Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Gohliser
Schlösschen in Leipzig, Pushkin House in London, Villa Reale in Monza, Fazioli Concert
Hall, Centro Cultural Retiro in Madrid among others. She recently toured China giving
recitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Changsha, Changchun, Hangzhou, Shenzhen.
She appeared with the Pollini Symphony Orchestra, the Audentia Ensemble, Orchestra
delle Tre Venezie and the Timía Chamber Orchestra under the baton of G. Medeossi,
Ryan Bair, Otis Lineham. Sofia is the recipient of the Francis Simms Prize and first prize
winner of the Bach International Music Competition and A. Baldi International Piano
Competition. Passionate about Baroque music and polyphonic music, she will release her
first CD featuring the 24 Preludes and fugues op.87 by Dimitri Shostakovich in 2025. She
has also been recently nominated Artist in Residence at la Società del Quartetto di
Bergamo, where she will perform the opera omnia for piano by Shostakovich in the
coming years.
Sofia began playing the piano at the age of 6 in Padua with A. Silva and M. Ferrati, and
moved to the UK in 2019 to study at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student
with R. Hayroudinoff. After completing her Master of Arts and Professional Diploma, Sofia
was appointed Hodgson Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music for two consecutive years,
and was awarded the Aud Jebsen Fellowship for 2024/2025. She is generously supported
by City Music Foundation and was recently nominated CMF Artist 2024.
Inquisitive and widely curious, she also graduated in Physics at the University of Padua.
Alongside her performing career, Sofia is an enthusiastic teacher, and she currently holds
a teaching position at Trinity Music School and Queen’s College in London as well as
teaching at the Royal Academy of Music as part of her fellowship.