Sara D’Amico

SARA D’AMICO harp
ERSO member since 2023

Sara Siria D’Amico has been Principal Harpist of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra since 2023.

She studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon in France, where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in 2020 and Master’s degree in 2022. Her teachers were Fabrice Pierre, Sylvain Blassel, and Park Stickney.

D’Amico began playing the harp in Italy under the guidance of Lucia Antonacci and completed the Trinity College Music Certification Exams in 2016. From a young age, she achieved notable results in international harp competitions: in 2012, she won 1st Prize at “Suoni d’Arpa”, in 2016, 2nd Prize at the “Marcel Tournier” competition, and in 2017, 1st Prize at the “Concours Français de la Harpe”.

Her orchestral career began in 2019, when she won a place in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, to which she was selected for three consecutive years. In 2022, she was selected for the European Union Youth Orchestra. There, she performed under the direction of conductors such as Gianandrea Noseda, Herbert Blomstedt, Jonathan Nott, Gustavo Gimeno, and Iván Fischer, and received guidance from leading orchestral harpists, including Luisa Prandina of Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Julie Palloc of Opernhaus Zürich.

As a professional musician, D’Amico has collaborated with numerous orchestras, including the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, the Orchestra Accademia Teatro alla Scala, the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo of Naples, the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and the Orchestre Symphonique Tunisien. She has performed under the direction of conductors including Paavo Järvi, Daniele Gatti, Mikko Franck, Donato Renzetti, and Daniel Oren.

In 2026, D’Amico performed as a soloist with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in the European Premiere of Riho Maimets’s “Ecdysis” for Harp, Piccolo, and Orchestra.

She has also taken part in several Chamber Orchestra Festivals in Italy, Switzerland, and France, including Note d’Autunno, Mantovamusica, Piacenza Classica, Lossimuusika Festival, ByPass Forum de la création musicale, and Colibrì Ensemble.

In addition to her position as Principal Harpist of the ERSO, D’Amico regularly collaborates with the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, having won the audition as substitute first harpist in 2023.