Sara Amoresano

Sara Amoresano
Trained at the prestigious ‘neapolitan piano school’, Sara Amoresano graduated with top marks, honours and special mention at the “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatory in Naples, having been mentored by pianists Giovanna Gullo, Davide Costagliola and Francesco Mariani.

Her artistic career was subsequently enriched by the advice of musicians of the calibre of Yves Henry, Andreas Staier, Benedetto Lupo, Giuseppe Devastato, Florian Uhlig, Tobias Koch and Rena Shereshevskaya, as part of masterclasses held in internationally prestigious venues such as the Beethoven Haus in Bonn, the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, the Schumann Haus in Zwicau, among others.
An important moment in her artistic development was her encounter with the internationally renowned musician Andreas Staier, who sparked her interest in historical keyboards during his lessons held at the Cini Foundation in Venice and the Beethoven Haus in Bonn.
Sara has received recognition thanks to her victories in both national and international competitions. At the young age of 16, she was awarded the title of ‘Excellent Young Pianist’ by “Fondazione La Sapienza” in Rome. In 2025, she received a scholarship from the Campania Region, an award given to outstanding young talents from the territory.
Among her main achievements in competitions, are the First Prize at the “Maggio del Pianoforte” (2023), the First Prize with Special Award at the “Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso”, the Second Prize at the “Clara Schumann International Competition” (2023), the Third Prize at the “Mozart Vienna International Competition” (2023).
She has performed in prestigious venues such as the Kammermusiksaal of the Beethoven Haus (Bonn), the Gesellschaft für Musiktheater and the Amtshaus Margareten (Vienna), Sala Eutherpe (León, Spain), the Shigeru Kawai Center (Madrid), the Victoria Music Center (Barcelona), Villa Pignatelli and Palazzo Zevallos-Stigliano (Naples), Teatro di Marcello (Rome), the University of Naples “Federico II”, the Early Music Center “Fondazione La Pietà de’ Turchini”, the “Istituto Italiano dei Castelli”, and in festivals such as Carloforte Music Festival, the Scriabin Concert Series (Grosseto), Roma Tre Orchestra.
Attentive to the cultural aspects of music and its dissemination, Sara is also dedicated to musicology. After graduating in Classical Humanities with a thesis in Aesthetics, she was awarded a postgraduate scholarship at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici to research on the relationship between philosophy and music. She collaborated also with musical magazines and journals and participated in national and international conferences in the field of musicology. Sara is also a member of the scientific editorial board of the journal Poliorama Musicale, published by the Early Music Centre Fondazione “La Pietà de’ Turchini”.