Violist Emad Zolfaghari (@wmadzolfaghari) was recently awarded | The Cello Corner (Don't miss APOCALYPTICA!) 😉

Violist Emad Zolfaghari (@wmadzolfaghari) was recently awarded the grand prize at the 2023 Irving M. Klein International String Competition (@camusicctr) at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (@sfconservmusic) | Emad currently studies with Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang at the Curtis Institute of Music (@curtisinstitute) where he is co-principal viola of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra | A major prize winner at prestigious competitions, Emad was awarded second prize at the 2022 Johansen International String Competition and the François Schubert Grand Prize at the 2022 OMNI Music Competition

Here he performs the first movement of Brahms’ Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor in the final round with pianist Elizabeth Dorman (@lizdorman_piano)