Saskia Giorgini

All of Saskia Giogini’s latest albums on Pentatone – Images (Debussy), Consolations (Liszt) und Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses (Liszt) – have been highly praised by the international music press. Among other awards, she received two Diapason d'Or, an Editor's Choice award in Gramophone, two Critics' Choice awards (2024) in Gramophone, Instrumental Choice of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, and Recording of the Month in International Piano:

„A superb recording… a miraculous experience… a major voice in the world of Liszt.“ (International Piano) „La noblesse incarnée. Après l’ascétique Ciccolini, après le rayonnant Kempff, Saskia Giorgini nous offre la grande version moderne de ces trois recueils lisztiens.“ (Diapason)

Further recordings with Pentatone include a highly acclaimed Schöne Müllerin (2020), Respighi Songs (2021) and Schumann Songs (2025) with tenor Ian Bostridge. Her latest project – works by Mozart and Shostakovich, together with the Trondheim Soloists and trumpeter Per Ivarssen – will be released in November 2025.

As winner of the 2016 International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, Saskia Giorgini has performed in numerous renowned concert halls and at major festivals, including the Teatro La Fenice (Venice), the Concerti del Quirinale (Rome), the MiTo Settembre Musica Festival, the Unione Musicale Torino, the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Meistersingerhalle (Nuremberg), the Liederhalle (Stuttgart), the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg), the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein, the Philharmonia St. Petersburg, the Vancouver Summer Festival, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Katowice Radio Hall, the Seoul Arts Centre, the Cairo Opera House, Toppan Hall and Suntory Hall (Tokyo), and Wigmore Hall (London).

She is also extremely active in chamber music and performs with renowned partners such as Ian Bostridge, Julian Prégardien, Vilde Frang, Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Gilles Apap, Mario Brunello, Thomas Demenga and many others.

Her most significant projects, both past and future, include: a residency at the Auditori Barcelona (2026/27 season), Chopin's Concerto No. 2 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the National Belgian Orchestra, the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with the Athens State Orchestra under Stefanos Tsialis, Mozart concerts with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and Christian Øland, Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino under Hannu Lintu, Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Marc Soustrot, Signe Lund's Piano Concerto with the Württemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen under Cathrine Winnes, Schumann's Concerto Op. 54 with the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester and Simon Gaudenz in Germany and Denmark, as well as solo recitals at the MiTo Festival, the Unione Musicale, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall (London), the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Wiener Konzerthaus, and in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Lithuania.

Saskia Giorgini studied at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola with Leonid Margarius, at the Accademia di Pinerolo with Enrico Pace, at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with Elissò Virsaladze, and at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Pavel Gililov. She is a professor of piano at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz and serves as a juror at renowned international piano competitions, including the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (2025) in Bolzano and the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (2026) in Utrecht.

She is a Bösendorfer Artist.

Translated by Daniel Höhr