Born in Rome, Damiana Pinti studied the classical guitar at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, winning first prize at the Citta di Stresa and Fernando Sor Competitions. She studied singing with the Australian soprano Margaret Baker Genovesi and has appeared as a soloist in, among other works, Mozart's Coronation Mass and Requiem and in various Bach cantatas. In 1998 she won the first prize at the Spoleto A. Belli Competition, followed by appearances as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther in Terni and in Spoleto. In the same year she was awarded first prize in the Treviso Toti dal Monte International Competition, singing the role of Siebel in Gounod's Faust at Treviso, Rovigo, and Trento. She was awarded the Barenreiter Prize at the Gorizia C. A. Seghizzi International Vocal Chamber Music Competition for her performance of Brahms. Other engagements have brought appearances in the roles of Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Cherubino, Dido, and Antiope in Porpora's Arianna in Nasso. Her operatic repertoire has brought a range of repertoire, from Mozart and Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi, to The Death of Klinghoffer.