IERNA, Sebastiana

Sebastiana Ierna is a pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Syracuse in 1975, she graduated in Piano with top honors and distinction from the Vincenzo Bellini Higher Institute of Musical Studies in Catania, studying under Agata Catania. She subsequently continued her studies at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg under Alexander Müllenbach, earning diplomas in Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, and Composition.
Alongside her work as a pianist and educator, she is passionately dedicated to composition. In 2007 and 2008, she served as a European Guest Composer at the Woman Composers Festival of Hartford (Connecticut), where she performed some of her own works for solo piano and chamber ensemble. Her deep passion for musical composition has also led to the creation of entertainment music—characterized by lyricism, spirituality, and a sense of lightness—as well as new pieces written for her own wedding.