Isa Trotta

Isa Trotta, born in 2003, was raised in the musical city of Cremona (Italy) and began the studies of piano and violin at the age of five.
At the age of 8 she was admitted to the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan in the piano class of Silvia Rumi, where she completed in 2024 her second-level academic studies with top marks, honors, and special mention.
From a very young age she showed great musical and expressive sensitivity, which allowed her to perform on important occasions and concerts.
At 10, she made her debut with the Milano Classica Orchestra, and was later invited to Poland to perform in Koszalin with the conductor Massimiliano Caldi and S. Moniuszko Orchestra.
She has won prizes in various national and international piano competitions, such as "Città di Giussano," “J.S. Bach” in Sestri Levante, "Bruno Bettinelli”, "Piano Talents", “Premio Nazionale delle Arti”,
"Giuseppe Martucci", “Rina Sala Gallo”,“Premio Brunelli”,”Davide Biollo", "Villa Oliva”, "Sergio Fiorentino", "Premio del Conservatorio" and “Arnaldo Rancati” prize in Milan.
In 2024 she was selected by the Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena to be part in the Giovani Talenti Musicali Italiani nel Mondo project, an initiative established in collaboration with CIDIM - Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica.
Through this collaboration, she performed in 2025 for the IUC in Rome and at the National Centre of Performing Arts in Mumbai, with the SOI Chamber Music Orchestra.
In 2024 she gave the world premiere of Riccardo Muti's Toccata during the celebrations in memory of Bruno Bettinelli.
In the academic year 2024-25 she attended the Artist Diploma course at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin, under the tutoring of Sir András Schiff and Daniel Barenboim.
She's been selected for the Building Bridges season of 2026/27, a project created by András Schiff for the promotion of young pianists. 
In 2026 her studies at Kronberg Academy's Sir András Schiff Performance Programme began, funded by the Leber and Giani Leber-Patronat.