AMY GALLUZZO - VIOLIST

Praised for her “nuanced Mozartian phrasing” and her “delicacy and, when needed, force” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Amy Galluzzo enjoys an active career as both a chamber musician and soloist. Amy was a member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet for many years, touring around the United States and internationally, performing a wide range of repertoire, and is a founding member of Trio Flamecrest.  Amy has performed at 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, John Ferrillo, Shem Guibbory, James Buswell and Carol Ou. More unusual collaborations include Yihan Chen, pipa, Scott McConnell, steel pan, and Dariush Saghafi, santoor.

Recent highlights include the 2022 formation of Trio Flamecrest, and the release of the CD of the Peracchio and Castelnuovo-Tedesco piano quintets on the DaVinci label.  Amy’s other CDs include: Longing (MSR), The Art of Calligraphy (Albany Records), Volumes 4 and 5 of the complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev (Naxos Records), and Music for Mandolin and String Quartet by Jeff Midkiff.

Amy teaches through the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Continuing Education department. She has given masterclasses and workshops at Florida State University, Palm Beach University, University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, Eastern Arizona College and numerous music programs for students of all ages and is Associate Music Director of the Chamber Music Conference of the East.