Lunchtime Recital - Sofia Sacco (piano)

Presented by the Royal Academy of Music

London based pianist Sofia Sacco appeared as soloist in festivals such as the Monferrato Classic Festival, Pleyel Festival, Bartolomeo Cristofori, the Beethoven Festival, RAM Festival among many others. She performed with the Pollini Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra delle Tre Venezie and with the Audentia Ensemble. She studied in Italy M. Ferrati, and moved to the UK in 2019 to study at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student with R. Hayroudinoff, where she recently graduated with Distinction, winning the Francis Simms Prize and the DipRAM Award.

She will release her first CD featuring the 24 Preludes and fugues Op 87 by Shostakovich in 2023. She also holds a degree in Physics at University of Padua. Sofia has recently been appointed Hodgson Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.