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Amy Zanrosso’s playing has been hailed as expressive, magnetic and masterful but since no one at the New York Times has said this, she’s not allowed to put it in quotes. Her first touch of a keyboard was a two-octave electric organ that her parents had found who knows where. She enjoyed picking out tunes like O Sole Mio and Ode To Joy until her cousin decided to show her Heart and Soul on an acoustic piano. That’s the moment Amy fell in love. Thanks to her attentive and industrious Italian immigrant mom, piano lessons started at the age of 6 and by the age of 15, Amy had made the decision to make music her life. A few years later she was accepted into the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada where, in Bruce Vogt’s studio, she realized that she had way too much to learn and would always be in awe of the absolute force that is music. Bruce’s wisdom and humor still influence her life today and she will always be thankful for his guidance in those early years of learning what playing the piano really meant.
As a soloist, Amy is addicted to the thrill of performing with orchestra. Since 2016, concerto repertoire, similar to chamber music but on steroids, has forced her to push her limits, helping make her into the confident and electrifying player she always hoped to be. She has appeared as soloist with the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Symphony of the Redwoods, The Kensington Symphony, the Symphony of the Kootenays, the Russian Chamber Orchestra and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. Her intense love of chamber music has led her to more fully admire and explore her favorite composers while sharing the experience with countless inspiring, dedicated players and appreciative audiences. In addition to freelancing in the Bay Area with various musicians and ensembles, the RossoRose Duo, founded in 2015, keeps Amy and violinist Alisa Rose occupied learning and performing repertoire from Beethoven to Auerbach.
After her Bachelor’s, Amy furthered her studies for a few years in Italy and then completed a Master’s Degree at McGill University in Montreal. Her life filled with a wealth of chamber music and was rounded out by some Broadway musicals, German cabaret and a number of years in an Argentine tango quintet. In 2014, Amy moved from Montreal to the Bay Area with her partner Dave and her dog Roscoe. She is currently based in Oakland. Since the big move, Amy went on tour to China with the GRAMMY award-winning Pacific Boychoir, rehearsed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Gustavo Dudamel at the podium and was the pianist for Chorissima, the five-time GRAMMY award winning San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble throughout the 2017–18 season.
Like performing, Amy finds teaching to be a highly rewarding part of a musician’s life. She is a faculty member and chamber music coach at the Pre-College Academy of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as well as at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA. She is constantly fueled by her fantastically inspiring students and enjoys forcing her favorite composers on them as well as telling them what to do. Amy is looking forward to all the superb music, musicians, students and enthusiastic audiences that will come her way in the future. Many thanks to Beethoven and Brahms for inspiring her to come this far – she wouldn’t change a thing.
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UPCOMINg shows and events
2024
August 11th, with cellist Evan Kahn, Kensington Groupmuse
Music by Britten and Beethoven, Kensington, CA
August 13th, with cellist Evan Kahn at Noontime concert Series
Music by Britten and Beethovn, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
August 14th, with cellist Evan Kahn at Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley
Music by Britten and Beethoven, Mill Valley, CA
August 25th, with Avenue Winds, Piedmont Gardens
Music by Poulenc, Reigger and Françaix, Oakland, CA
August 27th, with cellist Vicky Erhlich and violinist Josepha Fath, Music at the Sequoais
Beethoven, Janacek and Beach, Portola Valley, CA
September 24th, with Avenue Winds, faculty concert at Sonoma State University
Music by Reigger, Françaix and Poulenc, Sonoma State University, Santa Rosa, CA
October 5th and 6th, soloist with the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra
Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C minor, No. 24, Orinda, CA and Rossmoor, CA
October 24th, with cellist Vicky Erhlich and violinist Josepha Fath, Music at the Redwoods
Beethoven, Janacek and Beach, Marin County, CA
October 27th, with cellist Vicky Erhlich and violinist Josepha Fath, Piedmont Gardens
Beethoven, Janacek and Beach, Oakland, CA
2025
April 26th and 27th soloist with the Symphony of the Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Cranbrook and Nelson, BC
June 15th, with violinist Emanuela Nikiforova and cellist Michael Graham, Maybeck Center for Performing Arts
Program TBD, Berkeley, CA
PAST EVENTS
2024
June 4th, with Avenue Winds at Noontime Concert Series
Piano and wind sextets by Poulenc and others, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
June 2nd, with cellist Vicky Erhlich at Rose Avenue Acoustic Delights
Music by Janacek, Stravinsky, Franck, Piedmont, CA
May 28th, with cellist Vicky Erhlich at Noontime Concert Series
Music by Stravinsky and others, Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
March 23rd, 24th, 25th with the Santa Rosa Symphony
Ravel’s Bolero and a bunch of other stuff
March 2nd, soloist with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in Kensington, CA
February 3rd and 4th with the Circadian String Quartet
Piano quintet festival! Two concerts of Schumann, Dvorak, Shostakovich and Stravinsky at Old First Church in San Francisco, CA
January 27th-28th, soloist with The Symphony of the Redwoods
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Cotton Auditorium, Fort Bragg, CA
January 13th and 14th, with the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra
Copland Clarinet Concerto, Gershwin - An American in Paris, Empress Theatre, Vallejo, CA
January 7th with Angeline Kiang, cello
Music by Schubert and Tchaikovsky, 4pm, Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption, Japantown, San Francisco
2023
December 10th with the Circadian String Quartet
Piano quintets by Schumann and Dvorak, Cloverdale Performing Arts Series, Cloverdale, CA
September 30th and October 1st, with the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev Symphony No. 7
October 29th and 30th with the Santa Rosa Symphony
Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, with Kymry Esainko, piano, Weill Hall at the Green Music Center, Rohnert Park, CA
November 19th with the Circadian String Quartet
Piano quintets by Schuman and Dvorak, Piedmont Gardens, Oakland, CA
March 19th, Berkeley Symphony Chamber Music Series
Piano Trios by Piazzolla and Dvorak
March 26, with the Russian Chamber Orchestra
Mill Valley, CA at 4pm playing the Schumann Piano Quintet
March 31st, with cellist Evan Kahn
Culver City, CA, music by Schumann, Auerbach, Bosmans and Korngold
April 1st, with cellist Evan Kahn
Culver City, CA, music by Schumann, Auerbach, Bosmans and Korngold
April 4th, with Emanuela Nikiforova, violin and Michael Graham, cello
Piedmont Gardens, private event. Music by Boulanger, Piazzolla and Dvorak
April 11th, with cellist Evan Kahn
Noontime Concerts, San Francisco, CA, music by Schumann, Auerbach, Bosmans and Korngold
April 21st, with cellist Evan Kahn
405 Shrader Concert Series, San Francisco, CA, music by Schumann, Auerbach, Bosmans and Korngold
April 30th, with oboist Laura Reynolds
Symphony of the Redwoods Opus Concert Series in Mendocino, CA
May 20th and 21st with The Vallejo Symphony Orchestra
Duke Ellington - The River Suite and Trey Makler “you echo in me” (world premiere)
June 6th with Emanuela Nikiforova, violin and Michael Graham, cello
Noontime Concerts, San Francisco, CA, music by Piazzolla and Dvorak
