Salon Series concludes its spring season with a performance by the Sakura Duo, featuring pianists Jacopo and Maddalena Giacopuzzi. Born in Verona, Italy to a family of pianists, the dynamic brother-and-sister duo have toured internationally performing with a captivating configuration of four hands at the piano.

As a soloist, Jacopo Giacopuzzi has performed recitals at major venues and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan, winning 14 international competitions, including the International Piano Competition San Dona`di Piave, Ibiza International Piano Competition, International Liszt Competition in Los Angeles, and the Beverly Hills National Auditions. Jacopo holds graduate degrees in Piano Performance under the guidance of Virginio Pavarana, a Master’s in Sound Design with Mauro Graziani at the Conservatory of Verona, a Diploma at the International Piano Academy of Imola Incontri col Maestro with Leonid Margarius, and a graduate degree in Piano Performance at the University of Southern California.

Maddalena Giacopuzzi has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Arena in Verona, Orchestra Monteverdi of Bozen, the Haydn Orchestra of Trento and Bozen, the Orchestra Verdi of Milan, the Orchestra of Sanremo, Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico under the baton of Berislav Sipus, Emir Saul, Stephen Lloyd, Carlo Tenan, Giancarlo de Lorenzo and Gabriela Diaz Alatriste. Beginning studies in piano at the age of 5 years, Maddalena Giacopuzzi has completed multiple degrees and diplomas, including diploma at the Conservatory “E. F. Dall’Abaco” in Verona, an Artist Diploma at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and a master’s degree at Conservatorio “C. Monteverdi” in Bolzano. Maddalena was named Fellow of the prestigious 2017 Music Academy Of The West in Santa Barbara, California, having the opportunity to perform, work, and collaborate with Guest Artists like Jeremy Denk, Jerome Lowenthal, Conor Hanick, Robert Mc Donald, Stephen Hough.