Praised for the poetry, depth and clarity of her playing, Saskia Giorgini has established herself as one of today’s most compelling pianists. Alain Lompech wrote of her: “Saskia Giorgini sings, dreams and abolishes time. She is inside the sound and the form: expression and abstraction, color and line, both in the moment and in infinity.” Her recent recordings for Pentatone – Images (Debussy), Consolations (Liszt) and Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses (Liszt) – have met with exceptional international acclaim, with Images named a finalist for the 2025 Gramophone Awards. Her releases have earned two Diapasons d’Or, multiple Gramophone distinctions, a Choc de Classica, and BBC and International Piano picks of the month. She has also recorded Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with Ian Bostridge, and a Mozart/Shostakovich album with the Trondheim Soloists is forthcoming (November 2025).
The winner of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 2016, Giorgini has since performed in major venues including Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Regio di Torino, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, the Mozarteum Salzburg, and the Filharmonia Narodowa in Warsaw. She has appeared with orchestras such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, the CBC Radio Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, collaborating with conductors including Eliahu Inbal, Simon Gaudenz, Mario Bernardi, Andrea Battistoni and Hannu Lintu. A dedicated chamber musician, she regularly partners with Ian Bostridge, Vilde Frang, Janine Jansen, Martin Fröst, Mario Brunello and Thomas Demenga. Forthcoming highlights include the Elbphilharmonie, Enescu Festival, and a two-season residency at L’Auditori Barcelona. Since 2023 she has held a piano professorship at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, and serves on competition juries including the Busoni (2025) and the Liszt Competition Utrecht (2026).
