Concerts in the Courtyard

Sara Sant'Ambrogio

2011 Concerts in the Courtyard

Nashville Public Library Foundation

Sara Sant'Ambrogio is an American cellist best know as a

member of the Eroica Trio.  Her interest in the cello began when she was 6 years old and studied with her father John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.  She was invited to study at Juilliard at the age of 16 where she won the Juilliard Schumann Concerto competition.  In Moscow, she won the bronze medal at the 1986 International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition which began her career.  She won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Bernstein Arias and Barcarolles on Koch Records. 

On October 11, 2011, I was fortunate to be in attendance
of this Grammy-winning Classical Cellist.  She readily engaged the audience and displayed dramatic passion for her work.  In between musical pieces, she shared interesting stories about the composers that were not the regular run of the mill historical accounts.  Newly married, she now resides in Nashville, TN. 

The Nashville Public Library Foundation is ranked 4th in the United States.  The Concerts in the Courtyard this year included:  The Three Tenors of Take 6 (Vocal, Jazz, Gospel); Annie Sellick and The Hot Club of Nashville (Nashville Gypsy Swing); Maura O'Connell (Irish Vocalist); Serenatta (Romantic Latin Ensemble);  Riders in the Sky (America's Favorite Cowboys);  Bearfoot (Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions);  The WannaBeatles (Beatles Music at its best); Jason D. Williams (High Energy Rockin' Piano Americana Rockabilly); and Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Grammy Winning Classical Cellist.

Music is what feelings sound like. 

~Author Unknown