Biography

“Thrilling … flawless”

All of Saskia Giorgini’s recent albums for Pentatone  — Images (Debussy), Consolations (Liszt), and Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses (Liszt) — have been highly acclaimed by international critics. They have received two Diapason d’Or, an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, were twice selected as Critics’ Choice (2024) in Gramophone, named Instrumental Choice of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, and chosen as 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)

She has also recorded an album with Enescu´s piano music and a Szymanowski album with violinist Francesca Bonaita for Brilliant Classics, and for Pentatone an acclaimed Schöne Müllerin (2020), Respighi Songs (2021), and Schumann Songs(2025) with tenor Ian Bostridge. Her most recent project, dedicated to Mozart and Shostakovich with the Trondheim Soloists and Per Ivarssen, will be released in November 2025.

Winner of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg (2016), Saskia Giorgini has appeared in acclaimed recitals and live radio broadcasts in prestigious halls and festivals including Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Concerti del Quirinale (Rome), MiTo Settembre Musica Festival, Unione Musicale Torino, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Meistersingerhalle (Nürnberg), Liederhalle (Stuttgart), Großer Saal Stiftung Mozarteum (Salzburg), Konzerthaus and Musikverein (Vienna), Philharmonia (St. Petersburg), Vancouver Summer Festival, Warsaw Philharmonia (Filharmonia Narodowa), Katowice Radio Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Cairo Opera House, Toppan Hall and Suntory Hall (Tokyo), and Wigmore Hall (London).

She has performed with numerous orchestras, among them the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), CBC Radio Orchestra (Canada), under conductors including Simon Gaudenz, Eliahu Inbal, Mario Bernardi, Antonello Manacorda, Heribert Beissl, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Andrea Battistoni, and Massimiliano Caldi.

Her passion for chamber music regularly brings her together with renowned partners such as Ian Bostridge, Julian Pregardien, Vilde Frang, Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Gilles Apap, Mario Brunello, Thomas Demenga, among many others.

Past and upcoming highlights include: a residency at the Auditori in Barcelona in the 2026/27 season; the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with the Athens State Orchestra and Stefanos Tsialis; Mozart concertos with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and Christian Øland; Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino and Hannu Lintu; Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Marc Soustrot; Signe Lund’s Concerto with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen and Cathrine Winnes; Schumann’s Concerto Op. 54 with the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester and Simon Gaudenz in Germany and Denmark; and solo recitals at MiTo Festival, Unione Musicale, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Wien, and in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Lithuania.

Saskia Giorgini received her musical training under Leonid Margarius at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola, Enrico Pace at the Accademia di Pinerolo, Elisso Virsaladze at the Accademia di Musica in Fiesole, and Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum Salzburg. She currently holds a professorship in piano at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz. In addition, she serves on the juries of prestigious international piano competitions, including the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (2025) and the Liszt Utrecht Competition (2026). She is a Bösendorfer Artist.