Born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2005, Guido Sant’Anna gained international recognition in 2022 when he won first prize at the prestigious International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition in Vienna. Since then, he has performed at leading concert halls and festivals, appearing with orchestras such as the hr-Sinfonieorchester and Die Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen at the Rheingau Musik Festival, and taking the stage at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and the Konzerthaus Berlin

This season, Guido Sant’Anna will make his debut with Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Helsinki Philharmonic, Tomáš Hanus and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Reykjavík, among others. In Germany, highlights include his first appearance atMunich’s Isarphilharmonie with the Münchner Symphoniker in Brahms’ Double Concerto alongside cellist Jaemin Han and Chief Conductor Joseph Bastian, and his debut at the Bregenz Festival with Eva Ollikainen and the Wiener Symphoniker.

In addition, Sant’Anna is a sought-after recitalist and chamber musician and appears at several leading German festivals, including the Kissinger Sommer and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Further performances are scheduled at Wigmore Hall alongside András Schiff and at the Brucknerhaus Linz with Giorgi Gigashvili. From 2025 to 2028, he is a featured artist of the Debut in Nikolaisaal programme in Potsdam.. In recognition of his numerous achievements, Sant’Anna has been included in Forbes Brazil’s ‘30 Under 30’ list.  Sant’Anna performs on a 1737 violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.