DIAZ, ROBERTO

A violist of international reputation, Roberto Díaz has recently assumed the prestigious position of President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music. He follows thereby in the footsteps of soloist/directors such as Rudolf Serkin, Gary Graffman, Efrem Zimbalist and Josef Hofmann. As a professor of viola at Curtis and former principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he has already had a significant impact on American musical life and will continue to do so in his dual rôles as performer and educator. He has collaborated with conductors such as Roberto Abbado, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Hickox, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Oundjian, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Michael Stern, Gilbert Varga, Hugh Wolf and David Zinman, and has also worked with important twentieth and twenty-first century composers, including Edison Denisov, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Roberto Sierra. The recordings of Roberto Díaz include a critically acclaimed live recording of Jacob Druckman’s Viola Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, and for Naxos works for viola and piano by Henri Vieuxtemps. An active chamber musician, he has performed with artists such as the Emerson String Quartet, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph Eschenbach, Yo-Yo Ma, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Isaac Stern. His festival appearances include Kuhmo, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, Spoleto, and Verbier, among many others. As a member of the Díaz Trio, with violinist Andrés Cárdenes and cellist Andrés Díaz, he has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and Chile. Roberto Díaz was principal violist of the National Symphony under Mstislav Rostropovich, a member of the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa, and a member of the Minnesota Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner. He has received numerous awards, including prizes at the Naumburg and Munich international viola competitions, and was featured on the cover of the January 2003 issue of The Strad.

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PRIMROSE: Viola Transcriptions	8.557391
VIEUXTEMPS: Viola and Piano Music	8.555262