Cristiana Pegoraro is an internationally renowned pianist and composer, described by the New York Times as an artist of the highest caliber. She performs regularly in the world’s most prestigious concert halls—often before high-ranking institutional and diplomatic officials—and collaborates on theatrical productions with well-known actors and intellectuals.

  From a very young age, Cristiana has performed for some of the most important associations and concert halls across Europe, the United States, South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia (including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York; Sydney Opera House; Festspielhaus Salzburg; Musikverein Vienna; Royal College of Music London; Centro Cultural de Belém Lisbon; Auditorium Parco della Musica and Casa del Jazz Rome; Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala and Sala Verdi Milan; Teatro Municipal São Paulo; Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro; Teatro Amazonas Manaus; Budapest Spring Festival; Umbria Jazz and Umbria Jazz Winter; Sorrento Jazz Festival; St. Petersburg Festival; Edinburgh Festival; Klavier-Festival Ruhr Germany; Shabyt Festival Astana Kazakhstan; and the World Expos in Aichi, Japan, and Zaragoza, Spain). With an extensive discography of 31 CDs, she has won a gold medal at the Global Music Awards and released six albums of original compositions, which have also been used in film.

Beyond music, she is an acclaimed author of poetry and children’s stories. Serving as a global ambassador for Umbria and Saint Valentine, she presides over the Narnia Arts Academy and directs the Narnia Festival. Among her numerous accolades, the prestigious Bellisario Prize stands out.