Désirée Del Santo

Désirée Del Santo holds a second level academic diploma in flute with full marks and honors at the Conservatory P.

Mascagni of Livorno, Italy, under the guidance of M. Rossi. She specialized with A. Oliva at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, M. Marasco, A. Manco, F. Fabbrizzi.
She also dedicated herself to the study of the piccolo by attending the high-level specialization course at the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and obtaining the 1st level Master in piccolo at the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan with full marks, both held by N. Mazzanti.
She obtained prizes as a soloist in many competitions like the 1st prize at the Tampere Piccolo Competition 2023 (Finland), the 3rd prize at the Gazzelloni International Flute Competition 2022, the 1st prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition “London” with invitation to live performances at the Elgar Room - Royal Albert Hall, the 1st absolute prize at the London Young Musicians Competition, the Grand Prix at the Best Classical Musicians Award, the 2nd prize at the Persichilli Prize 2023, the 1st prize in many other competitions in Italy like the Premio Crescendo Florence, the Riviera della Versilia Competition, the Riviera Etrusca Competition, the Syntonia International Competition Rome, the Bellagio International Music Competition.
Désirée won the Severino Gazzelloni flute scholarship (Florence, 2016) and the Rotary Club Livorno scholarship as a soloist and in chamber music while attending the flute master’s program. After gaining eligibility, she began collaborating with the Orchestra of the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago (Italy) and the Young Talents Orchestra in Rome; she collaborates with the Camerata Strumentale città di Prato and the Arché Orchestra; she has also collaborated with the Orchestra of the National Theater of Rijeka (Croatia).
She has held concerts as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in national and international festivals, including Morellino Classica International Festival, Lucca Classica Music Festival, Fundación Eutherpe León concert series, Francigena International Arts Festival, International Piccolo Festival, Pietrasanta International Music Festival, Festival Virtuosos a l’Escenari in Barcelona.