“Smart, stylish players, and they have a bold streak….(They) attack their instruments with a fierce energy. The Hamanns will go far” Star Tribune
“Amy and Sara Hamann have the eloquence and ability to maintain their audience under their powers” L’Impartial, La Chaux-De-Fonds
“Style, passion, energy, and commitment … They radiate such an infectious joy when they perform that one comes away refreshed and renewed” Chautauqua Institute
Amy Hamann - Piano
Sara Hamann - Piano
Website: hamannsisters.com
The Hamann Sisters are the first American piano duo to win the Absolute First Prize in the Fryderyk Chopin Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, held in Rome, and the First Prize winners of the International Grieg Competition, in Oslo. Amy and Sara are the youngest First Prize winners in the history of the National Federation of Music Ellis Competition for Duo-Pianists, and also won the 2005-06 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians. In 2008, they were named Yamaha Musicians.
In 2007 the Hamanns performed the American premiere of Haydn's Concerto for Two Pianos with the Minnesota Orchestra. Amy and Sara released their first CD Jeux d’enfants and Other Works for Piano Duo on the Ten Thousand Lakes label, and are currently recording the complete four hand works of Beethoven.
