Biography

She attended the courses of Maestro Kenneth Gilbert at the Fondazione Cini in Venice, later becoming his pupil at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where she obtained Diplomas of Merit and, following the final examination, the Honours Diploma and the "Emma Contestabile" scholarship.

From 1997 to 2001 she furthered her studies in Maestro Kenneth Gilbert's harpsichord class at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, which she entered on merit with a scholarship. She attended, as a full student, masterclasses and stages given by Roberto Pagano, Siegbert Rampe and Andreas Staier.

In 1999 she was invited as teacher and korrepetitor in Wilbert Hazelzet's class at the J. S. Bach Festival in Köthen, Germany. She has given numerous concerts, both in Baroque ensembles and in recital, in prestigious European venues: Milan, Sala Verdi for the Società del Quartetto (national broadcast on RadioTre); Venice, Fondazione Cini, during the Early Music Week; Treviso, Saletta Brittoni; Palermo, Teatro allo Spasimo; Catania, Teatro Sangiorgi; Bologna, Saletta dell'Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese; Turin, Villa della Regina; France, Atelier von Nagel, Paris; Austria, Wiener Saal of the Mozarteum, Salzburg; Sweden, Stockholm, Kristienhovs Malmgår; Germany, Bachfest Leipzig, Köln Alte Musik Festival in Viersen, Köthen Castle Hall; Greece, Bulgaria and the United States.

She has collaborated with various orchestras, ensembles and soloists, including Marco Rizzi, Maxence Larrieu, Enrico Bronzi, Mario Brunello, Danilo Rossi, Wilbert Hazelzet, Valter Vestidello, I Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Francesco Manara and the String Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She devotes herself primarily to French music of the 17th and 18th centuries and to the complete study of all J. S. Bach's works for harpsichord.

She recorded the complete harpsichord works of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre for OnClassical (2017), Album der Woche on WDR 3, reviewed with 4 and 5 stars by MusicVoice, WDR 3, BBC Music Magazine, Early Music Review, selected among the best releases of 2017 by Audiophile Essential – Highresaudio, chosen and broadcast by RSI Rete 2, WDR 3, iHeart Radio New York, BBC 3 Breakfast and Primo Movimento on Rai RadioTre.

She has also recorded for OnClassical the Goldberg Variations and the Aria Variata alla maniera italiana by J. S. Bach (2017/2021), and François Couperin – Preludes & Miscellaneous Works (2021), both distributed by Naxos USA.

In December 2024 the double album Jubel Schein Bedeutung was released, in duo with Baroque violinist Valerio Losito, containing all the sonatas for violin and harpsichord by J. S. Bach, which has already received critical acclaim internationally (Spanish magazine Scherzo, Music Paper, etc.).

All recordings are regularly broadcast by the most important international radio stations, including BBC, Rai Radio 3, Radio Vaticana and SDRundfunk.

She teaches at the courses and masterclasses of the Orchestra Barocca Siciliana in Syracuse, Ars et Labor in Perugia and the Early Music Festival in Trevi (PG).

In 2023 she founded the ensemble Aimart Antico with violinist Valerio Losito, cellist Adriano Fazio and theorbist Giulio Falzone, also collaborating with musicians Alessandro Ciccolini, Gionata Sgambaro and Tommaso Rossi.

She is Professor of Harpsichord and Historical Keyboards at the Conservatorio "A. Scarlatti" in Palermo for the A.Y. 2021/2022; from the Academic Year 2022/2023 she is Professor at the Conservatorio "N. Sala" in Benevento and since 2018 at the Accademia Aimart in Rome.

Her recordings are available on the New York Public Library website and in the libraries of the most important American universities.