Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born 1962) is an American cellist best known as a member of the

Eroica Trio The Eroica Trio is an American piano trio consisting of Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; and Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello. The trio take their name from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. They have toured and recorded widely, and released si ...

. She was born in

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and began her studies with her father,

John Sant'Ambrogio John Sant’Ambrogio (born June 12, 1932 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American cellist. He studied music at Lebanon Valley College (B.A., 1954) and at Ohio University (M.M., 1959). He studied cello with Diran Alexanian (1948 to 1950), with ...

, principal cellist with the

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. She was invited to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 16. Three years later,

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invited her to study at the Juilliard School of Music. She immediately won the Juilliard

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Concerto competition and was featured in a

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concert. Her career began when she won the bronze medal at the 1986 International

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Violoncello Competition in

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and was invited to play at Carnegie Hall. This recital aired nationally on

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. Since then she has appeared as a soloist with the

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, Moscow State Philharmonic, Century Orchestra Osaka,

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, Vienna Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and

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orchestras, in addition to touring and recording 9 CDs with the Eroica Trio on EMI and 4 solo CDs for Sebastian Records. She has performed at many festivals including Aspen, Marlboro, Ravinia, Great Mountain, Mostly Mozart and Hollywood Bowl and was featured in 7 sold out concerts of the

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Cello Suites with the

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. She has performed with singers STING, Rufus Wainwright and Angela McCluskey and has recorded with rock group VAST. Tracks from her solo CD Dreaming were featured on the soundtracks for the documentary "Jones Beach Boys", the HBO documentary "A Matter of Taste," and "Kiss The Water." She won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition for Bernstein Arias and Barcarolles on Koch Records. The Eroica Trio's first CD won NPR's Best Debut Recording and their second CD was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards. The Eroica Trio won the Naumburg Competition in 1991. She has premiered works by several contemporary composers, including recording the

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Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Michael Bacon Cello Concerto with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the double concerto ''Romeo and Juliet'' by

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, with flutist Jeffrey Khaner and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She performed and recorded additional works by Bruce Wolosoff for The Montage Music Society's album "Creating Music Inspired by Visual Art," and has a forthcoming album featuring two Wolosoff sonatas for

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. She has premiered new triple concertos by American composers Kevin Kaska and Jay Greenberg. Triple Concertos with bandoneon by Emilio Kauderer and Daniel Binelli Trios by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts and Zhou Tian.

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External links

Sara Sant'Ambrogio
official Web site
Eroica Trio
official Web site {{DEFAULTSORT:Sant'Ambrogio, Sara Living people American classical cellists Juilliard School alumni American women classical cellists 1962 births 21st-century American women