Emad Zolfaghari | Concours de Genève

Emad Zolfaghari

Viola Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Windsor (CA)

Place of Residence
Philadelphia (US)

Studies

  • Curtis Institute of Music (US), Prof. Hsin-Yun Huang

Prizes

  • Primrose International Viola Competition 2024 (US), 1st Prize, Audience Prize
  • Irving M. Klein International String Competition 2023 (US), 1st Prize
  • Johansen International String Competition 2022 (US), 2nd Prize

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

Online Recital

  • J. N. Hummel: Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 5 No. 3 – II. Adagio cantabile, III. Rondo con moto 
  • G. Ligeti: Sonata for solo Viola – Prestissimo con sordino, Lamento
  • G. Kurtág: Signs, games and messages – The Carenza Jig, Panaszos nóta
  • R. Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113

Semi-Final Round – Solo Recital

  • A. Dvořák: In Folk Tone, Op. 76 – Dobrü noc, må milå
  • G. Knox: Viola Spaces – “Bow Directions”, “Up, Down, Sideways, Round”
  • H. Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 36
  • P. Hindemith: Sonata for solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1
  • A. Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango

Semi-Final Round – Chamber Music

  • W. A. Mozart: Divertimento KV563 (mvt 1-3)
  • L. Berio: Naturale

Final Round 

  • L. Albisetti: Nouvel Élan
  • P. Hindemith: Viola Concerto “Der Schwanendreher”

Events