May 17 & 18, 2025
Klein Competition Winner

Accepted into the famed Curtis Institute at 16, 2023 Irving M. Klein International String Competition Winner, Toronto-based violist Emad Zolfaghari has garnered numerous awards during his young and exciting career, including second prize at the 2022 Johansen International String Competition and the François Schubert Grand Prize at the 2022 OMNI Music Competition. He currently serves as co-principal viola of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. Don’t miss our season finale, also featuring Respighi's Pines of Rome, Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, and the music of Jessie Montgomery.

SATURDAY / MAY 17, 2025 - 7:30pm - Heritage Theatre, Campbell

SUNDAY / MAY 18, 2025 - 2:30pm - Capuchino Performing Arts Center

ARTISTS

Peninsula Symphony
Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor
Nathaniel Berman, resident conductor
Emad Zolfaghari, viola