Background
Erdely-Sayo, Sandrine was born on October 11, 1968 in Perpignan, France. Daughter of Daniele Sayo and Gerald Erdely.
Erdely-Sayo, Sandrine was born on October 11, 1968 in Perpignan, France. Daughter of Daniele Sayo and Gerald Erdely.
Master of Music, University Arts, Philadelphia, 1990—1992.
She was a child prodigy who could play Bach and read music before knowing how to read a book Sandrine Erdely-Sayo began studying piano at the age of four at the Perpignan Conservatory in France, with Michèle Puig (Pablo Casals" goddaughter). At ten, she was awarded first prize at the Bellan Competition in Paris.
There, she pursued special studies in harmony, counterpoint and fugue.
She became the youngest recipient of the French minister of Culture Prize at the age of thirteen. At the age of 14, she wrote three pieces for chamber orchestra which were played at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo has played in Bach Festival, Festival International des Arts, Festival de Prades, the Louvre, Jewish Film Festival with the American writer Cynthia Ozick, Festival of the "Hispanidad", and for radio and television in France, United States, Spain, Italy, and Argentina. In 1999, Erdely-Sayo made her Chicago debut at Preston Bradley Hall for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
As a chamber musician, she has performed the major repertoire by Poulenc, Messiaen, and Bartók.
She has recorded the integral work of Primitivo Lazaro in two CDs featured at OnClassical. She has given the world premiere of pieces by Argentine composers and the modern world premiere of a discovered piece by Francis Poulenc at Towson University. She is currently teaching at Temple University Music Preparatory and at the well-known Lawrenceville School.
She has been listed in several editions of Who"s Who in America, Who"s Who of American Women, and Who"s Who of Emerging Leaders under the age of 40.
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo was granted permanent residency in April 1996 as an artist of exceptional ability and as a national interest for the United States. She became an American citizen on February 15, 2007.
She is Jewish.
Member Musical Fund Society Philadelphia, 1998. Member of ULTRANET, International Society Philosophical Inquiry, Mega Society, High intelligence quotient for Humanity (honorary).