Samsara Duo

Sarah Minelli
Sara Minelli is an Italian flautist based in London since 2011. She has a wide repertoire, extensive experience in performing New Music and a growing reputation for exquisite live performances. Her debut solo album, New Resonances, was released in 2018 with critical acclaim, appearing in important magazines, such as Pan, the Journal of the British Flute Society and the Guardian.

​In 2022, Sara’s latest album, Where Song Was Born, has been successfully released on the Metier label (UK), with excellent reviews from the British Music Society, The Flute Journal, Web Music International, Fanfare (US). The album is a new cycle of Australian bird portraits by Edward Cowie for flute and piano, dedicated to Sara and pianist Roderick Chadwick.

Sara is highly regarded as a solo performer and has played extensively in the UK and abroad. In 2025 Sara has been collaborating with Riot Ensemble in concerts at Cambridge University, including the Electro/acoustic Festival and at Royal Academy of Music. In 2021 she has received a grant from Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust for the commission of a new piece by Richard Causton, written for her and saxophonist Mario Marzi.

Mario Marzi
Winner of nine national and four international competitions, Mario has performed with the most important symphonic orchestras in Italy, and venues across the world, such as the Carnegie Hall in New York. He devoted himself to XXth century repertoire and some of the most meaningful contemporary works for saxophone are dedicated to him. He has recorded for EMI, Edipan, Stradivarius, Agorà, BMG and Sony Classical. His CD of the major saxophone concertos for soloist and orchestra, which he recorded with “G. Verdi Symphony Orchestra” conducted by H. Schellemberger, was recently released in Italy by Amadeus and is now internationally released on ARTS.