Cellist John Sant’Ambrogio and his daughter Sara, also a cellist, after her appearance with the San Luis Obispo Symphony. This spring, two will perform together with the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
In Saturday’s (3/22) Steamboat Pilot & Today (Routt County, Colorado), John F. Russell writes, “The Steamboat Symphony Orchestra will celebrate iconic cellist John Sant’Ambrogio as a part of its annual spring concert April 4-5 … Before arriving in Steamboat, Sant’Ambrogio was the principal cellist with the U.S. Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra. He then played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was a cellist with the Boston Piano Trio. He was principal cellist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 2005 … In Steamboat Springs he was founder and artistic director of the Arts for the Soul Summer Vacation Retreat…. The April performances are led by [Steamboat Symphony Music Director Ernest] Richardson and will highlight Sant’Ambrogio’s daughter, Sara, who is also an internationally renowned cellist in her own right…. John Sant’Ambrogio has been a longtime supporter of the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s he helped the Strings Music Festival get off the ground … This April, Sant’Ambrogio will have a chance to step onto the stage, and take a bow for his contributions to the development of the Strings Music Festival and his passion for the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra.”
