Grammy Award-winning Sara Sant'Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she was a winner at the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia. As a result of her medal, Carnegie Hall invited Ms. Sant'Ambrogio to perform a recital that was filmed by CBS News as part of a profile about her, which was televised nationally. The New York Times described Ms. Sant'Ambrogio's New York debut as "sheer pleasure."

Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Beijng Philharmonic, the Osaka Century Orchestra (Japan), St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle; she has performed throughout the world at major music centers and festivals including Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Konzert Huset in Stockholm, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Musikverein in Vienna, Ravinia, and Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has collaborated with the New York City Ballet in seven highly successful sold-out concerts at Lincoln Center performing The Bach Cello Suites and has performed with Rufus Wainwright in the inauguration of a new concert series at The National Arts Club in New York City.

Ms. Sant'Ambrogio started cello studies with her father John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist of the St. Louis Symphony, and at the age of 16 was invited on full scholarship to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. Three years later world renowned cellist Leonard Rose invited Ms. Sant'Ambrogio to study at The Julliard School; within weeks of arriving, she won the all-Julliard Schumann Cello Concerto Competition, resulting in the first of many performances at Lincoln Center.

Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has won numerous international competitions, including The Whitaker, Dealey, Artists International, and Palm Beach competitions. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio won a Grammy Award for her performance of Bernstein's "Arias and Barcarolles" on Koch Records. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has been profiled in Glamour, Vogue, Elle, In Fashion, Bon Apetit, Detour, Strings, Strad, Gramophone, Travel and Leisure, Fanfare and Swing magazines, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CBS, ABC, PBS, Fox, USA and CNN networks. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio is the subject of a feature length documentary, which has had multiple airings nationwide on PBS. She currently has 4 music videos playing on Classic FM TV in the UK and Europe.

Ms. Sant'Ambrogio is a founding member of the Eroica Trio. The Trio won the prestigious 1991 Naumburg Award, resulting in an acclaimed Lincoln Center Debut and has since extensively toured the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1997 the Trio opened the "Distinctive Debuts" series at Carnegie Hall, and that year represented Carnegie Hall as the official chamber music ensemble in concerts throughout the world. While touring around the world the Eroica has released seven celebrated recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy nominations.

Miss Sant'Ambrogio performs on a Matteo Goffriller cello, Venice, ca.1715, which is on loan to her from Samsung Foundation of Culture and the Stradivari Society. Inspired by this magnificent cello, Sara has decided to follow up on the success of her last solo release, DREAMING, by recording the Bach Solo Cello Suites on the Goffriller this season for Sebastian Records. Highlights of this season are the beginning of a long-awaited Beethoven cycle with Pianist William Ransom culminating with performances of all the sonatas and variations at Emory University in Atlanta next Fall and World Premieres of works by Kevin Puts and a new concerto by wunderkind Jay Greenberg.