Named a Young Classical Star on Classic FM, the British - Portuguese violinist, Cristian de Sá, embarked on his career aged 24 with his European debut recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam where he was introduced as “poetic... a future giant among soloists”. He was subsequently invited to make his European concerto debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon under the baton of Lina González-Granados, with his performance critically acclaimed and featured by RTP Portugal and The Strad Magazine.

Cristian’s recent and upcoming notable recital and concerto engagements include performances at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, The Stoller Hall in Manchester, Champs Hill Concerts, Vinehall International Concert Series, Salle Cortot (Paris), Amigos de Musica (Algarve), Grand Hall in Tbilisi State Conservatoire (Georgia), Absolute Classics (Scotland), Worthing Symphony Orchestra and at Bechstein Hall with concert pianist Andrey Gugnin with further concerts in prestigious European venues such as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Atheneum Bucharest, Ateneo Madrid and Salle Paderewski in Lausanne. His chamber music performances include alongside Maxim Vengerov in London and in France with Renaud Capuçon, at his personal
invitation, to take part in Capuçon's initiative ‘la nouvelle génération’. Cristian has been broadcast on BBC Television, BBC Radio 3’s ‘InTune’, TVR Romania, TRT Turkey and The Violin Channel. He previously received the First Prize at the inaugural ‘Groba’ International Violin Competition in Spain and a Gold Medal with High Distinction at the Vienna International Music Competition.

Cristian is a longtime student of the French violinist, Maurice Hasson, with whom he studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a Leverhulme Scholar and graduated with the ‘J & A Beare Prize’ for the most outstanding violinist. He has also had the privilege to study with Tasmin Little, who remains his mentor, Maxim Vengerov and with Pierre Amoyal at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. 

He plays a Joseph Guadagnini, 1800.