Grammy Award winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio first caught international attention when she won the Bronze Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Violoncello Competition in Moscow. As a result of her prize, Miss Sant’Ambrogio was invited to perform a recital for Carnegie Hall, which was filmed by CBS News and televised nationally. Sara has performed at all the great music centers of the world on six continents including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, the Forbidden City in China, the Sydney Opera House, the Concertgebouw, Musik Verein and has appeared as soloist with many of the worlds great orchestras including Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Budapest and Royal Philharmonic. Always looking to push the boundaries of classical music, Sara has collaborated with the New York City Ballet- in 6 sold out shows at Lincoln Center, inaugurated a new concert series at the National Arts Club in NYC with Rufus Wainwright, recorded with the rock group VAST, Spanish hip hop singer Beatrice, and had her performances featured on music videos, documentary and feature films.

Sara began her studies with her father John Sant’Ambrogio; principal cellist of the St. Louis Symphony and at the age of 16 was invited to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. 3 years later Leonard Rose invited her on full scholarship to study at The Juilliard School where within weeks she won the Schumann Concerto Competition resulting in the first of many performances at Lincoln Center. While at Juilliard, Miss Sant’Ambrogio founded The Eroica Trio and a few years later they won the Naumburg Competition. The Eroica Trio has recorded extensively for EMI garnering multiple Grammy nominations while touring around the world.

Miss Sant’Ambrogio has always enjoyed teaching and has had residencies at many fine music schools including UCLA, San Francisco State, McDuffie Center for Strings, University of Texas-Austin and University of Wisconsin-Madison most recently.

Recent highlights are a Grammy nomination for the Eroica Trio’s 8th CD, An American Journey, the release of Bach Suites for Solo Cello Vol.I, which Gramophone Magazine called “a miracle of sound” and said “she comes impressively close to the soul of Bach in a profoundly compassionate paean to the human spirit”, a series of Bach concerts in non traditional venues sponsored by Chimney Rock Winery and a Beethoven cycle in 5 cities with pianist William Ransom.