Praised for her “stunning rendition [of Danses sacrés et profanes]” (WGBH Boston) and her “incredible speed and energy” (Sarasota Herald Tribune), Amy Galluzzo enjoys an active career as both a chamber musician and soloist. As a member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, she tours around the United States, performing a wide range of repertoire. Amy has performed at several prestigious summer festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Festival, Chelsea Music Festival, Taos, and Sarasota Music Festival, and has collaborated with artists such as Masuko Ushioda, Carol Rodland, James Buswell and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. More unusual collaborations include Yihan Chen, pipa, Scott McConnell, steel pan, and Dariush Saghafi, santoor.
Recent highlights include the release of Amy’s first two recordings: The Art of Calligraphy (Albany Records), featuring the music of one of NPR’s 10 Favorites, Iranian-born Reza Vali, and Volume 4 of the complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev (Naxos Records). Current recording projects include Volume 5 of the complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, and the complete string quartets of D.C.-based composer Jonathan Leshnoff (both on Naxos Records). This past year also saw the world premiere of Reza Vali’s Calligraphy no.14 “Ashoob” for string quartet and santoor, performed with master santoor player Dariush Saghafi and the world premiere of Derrick Jordan’s.
Amy has been heard in recital and concert across Europe and America and has served as concertmaster under the batons of conductors such as Kurt Masur, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Christoph von Dohnányi.
Amy maintains a private violin studio in Boston, and teaches through the New England Conservatory Adult Education department. She has given masterclasses and workshops at University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, Eastern Arizona College and numerous music programs for students of all ages and has taught at the Bennington Chamber Music Conference since 2015.
