Sophie Pacini

Sophie Pacini graduated with honors from Salzburg Mozarteum, where she studied in the classes of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Pavel Gililov; during her studies she also actively participated in masterclasses given by Dmitri Bashkirov and Fou Ts'ong. In 2010 she met Martha Argerich, who invited her to perform at the Progetto Martha Argerich festival in Lugano, Switzerland.
Born in 1991 in Munich, Sophie Pacini makes regular appearances at distinguished music venues including the Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Zurich Tonhalle, the Herkulessaal in Munich and the Berlin Konzerthaus. The renowned music festivals of Lockenhaus, Salzburg and Schwetzingen have invited her as a guest performer.
Appearances with orchestras such as the Dresden Philharmonic, the Lucerne Symphony, Niedersächsischer Staatsorchester Hannover and the Tokyo Philharmonic have counted among the highlights in her career.
Sophie Pacini has won a number of prizes including the Groupe Edmund de Rothschild Prize at the Gstaad Musical Summit, which led to a recording of Schumann and Mozart piano concertos with the German State Philharmonic of Rheinland-Pfalz. In 2011 she was awarded the Deutschlandfunk Advancement Prize at the Musikfest Bremen, which led to her first solo piano recording featuring works by Schumann and Liszt, released by CAvi-Music in 2012.
The Dortmund Mozart Society has sponsored Sophie Pacini with a scholarship since 2013.