Italian Pianist Alessandra Volpi began her piano studies at the age of four under the direction of Maestro Gaeta in Carrara, Italy and with Busoni Competition Winner Daniel Rivera at the Florence Conservatory, Italy. She had her orchestral debut at age ten and, after graduating from the Florence Conservatory, she continued her studies at the Milan Conservatory in Italy. At sixteen, she was awarded a full tuition scholarship to work with Maestro Gary Amano of Utah State University where she graduated Cum Laude. Ms. Volpi then spent several months in Budapest, Hungary, learning from Liszt Academy Professor and internationally renowned pianist Endre Hegedűs.

During her career, Ms. Volpi has had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with many legendary mentors such as Leon Fleisher, Stewart Gordon, Jerome Lowenthal, Olga Kern, Charles Rosen, Mitzuko Uchida, Marina Lomazov and many others. Ms.Volpi has also taken part in masterclasses at Carnegie Hall as well as Festivals at the Juilliard School in New York City, Summerfest at The Curtis Institute of Music and Piano Sonoma at Boston Conservatory.

Ms. Volpi’s accolades include several first prizes at National and International Competitions both in Italy and in the United States.

Some of her most recent recordings include an avant-garde film adaptation of Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins" commissioned by soprano Rebekah Alexander which was presented internationally in 2021, Cristina Spinei’s Trio “Spiral” recorded for Minnesota Public Radio, Lukas Foss “Thirteen Ways of looking at a Blackbird” for the Nashville based alt-classical ensemble Chatterbird, a commission by Ingrid Stölzel recorded at the Blue Building in New York City for the Sparks and Wiry Cries Foundation and a recording of Grażyna Bacewicz works with violinist Ching-Yi Lin.

Ms. Volpi is the rehearsal pianist for Nashville Ballet and resident staff pianist at Belmont University.