Giorgia Mileto Award 2025 – the winners

6 October , 2025

Giorgia Mileto Award 2025, Saint Louis College of Music scholarship winners announced.

Now in its sixth year, the Giorgia Mileto Award remembers the historic voice of the Saint Louis press and communications office, celebrating her memory with an initiative that invests in the future of new musical generations.

In fact, the Giorgia Mileto Award allows young musicians a scholarship to attend academic courses in Jazz, Pop and Songwriting music. An initiative that confirms the Institute’s commitment to supporting emerging talent and making music education more accessible.

The winners of the Giorgia Mileto 2025 Award.

After three intense days of live auditions (Sept. 8, 9 and 15, 2025) at the Via Baccina location in Rome, new recipients of Saint Louis College of Music scholarships – partial tuition waivers – for A.Y. 2025/26 have been selected:

Lucia Scognamiglio – Songwriting

Nina Russo – Jazz Singing

Angelica Bianchi – Pop Singing

Martino Vanin – Trumpet

Camilla Conti – Pop Singing

Carlo Aletti – Electric bass guitar

Virginia Scibé – Songwriting

Valerio Agulini – Pop-rock guitar

Anita Guarino – Songwriting

Ludovica Le Grottaglie – Jazz Singing

Alberto Da Ros – Pop-rock bass

Roberta Cassarino – Songwriting

Francesco Morini – Pop-rock singing

Stefano Corradini – Pop-rock drums

Andrea Danzé Pop Singing

Paolo Calzuola – Jazz Guitar

Giulia Zedda – Songwriting

The young musicians who win the award will have the opportunity to continue their education in the Jazz and Pop Departments, to attend pre-academic and academic Level I and II courses in singing, instrument and songwriting, taking advantage of significant financial benefits, thanks to funds made available by Saint Louis itself.

Winners will be officially honored during the first concert of Jammin’ 2025 at the Casa del Jazz in Rome, Monday, Oct. 6, h 7:30 p.m.

Saint Louis sincerely thanks the Mileto family for their support of the project each year.

How to win a scholarship to St. Louis

The Giorgia Mileto Award represents one of the main channels for those wondering how to win a scholarship to Saint Louis. Participating in the selections means performing live in front of a panel of professional judges, accompanied by a resident band made up of top musicians or your own group. It is a path that rewards not only talent, but also commitment and the ability to share one’s music with the public.

The next selections to apply for the Giorgia Mileto Scholarship will open in March 2026. For young people who want to understand how to acquire a scholarship to the Saint Louis College of Music, this initiative is the right opportunity to turn a passion into a MUR-recognized academic path.

The Giorgia Mileto Award

Press Office since 2002, Giorgia Mileto has been involved with dedication and passion in the organization of teaching, musical events and all Saint Louis activities, deeply involved in the growth not only of the AFAM Institute, but also of the many students who have attended it over the years, accompanying them from their first steps on stage and supporting them in their professional growth.

This is why Saint Louis, in agreement with the Mileto family, believes that the best way to remember our dear friend and colleague Giorgia is to reward the talent and dedication toward music of young musicians by promoting, each year, the establishment of scholarships that allow deserving students to continue their musical education within the framework of Level I and II academic courses.

All musicians who are under 28 years of age as of June 10, 2025 are eligible to participate in the “Giorgia Mileto Award.”
The award is divided into two categories:

Ordinary, all musicians who are under 28 years of age on June 10, 2025 and over 17 years of age on June 10, 2025.
Under 18, all musicians who are under the age of 18 on June 10, 2025.

Fill out by April 20, 2025 the form-online, found on the dedicated page of the Saint Louis website.

Resumes and at least one demo (audio or video file) are required. Based on the materials received, the Commission will select candidates for subsequent auditions

Auditions will be held in June 2025 with a resident band/orchestra to support all applicants.

Application deadlines: February 18 to April 20, 2025
Pre-selection results: by May 31, 2025
Scholarship auditions: June 2025 at a venue/club in Rome. Auditions will be held live with a repertoire chosen by the candidate. The committee may assign one or more mandatory pieces.