Safi Rouhi
Oakland,California
Summary
Skilled pianist and harpsichordist with additional backgrounds in voice and Persian Setar. Well rounded general musician with expertise in ear training, rhythm, sight singing, score reading, and tonal harmony.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Piano Teacher
Sonor Music School
08.2024 - Current
Student
Oakland School For The Arts
08.2016 - Current
- Student in Piano Emphasis at performing arts high school
Choir Singer
San Francisco Boys' Chorus
09.2007 - 06.2015
Education
Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL12.2024
High School Diploma -
Oakland School For The Arts
Oakland, California06.2020
Skills
- Classical Piano
- Harpsichord
- Choral Singing
- Persian Setar
- Music Theory
- Tonal Harmony
- Academic Writing
Performance Experience
- MTAC recital, 11/01/19, San Francisco, California
- Performed in Oakland School for the Arts Piano Emphasis recitals, twice annually, Oakland, California
- Performed in the Oakland Youth Orchestra (guest pianist), 06/01/19, El Cerrito, California
- Professor William Wellborn's End of Year Studio Recital, 06/01/19, San Francisco, California
- MTAC Romantic Composers Branch Festival, 05/01/19, San Francisco, California
- Iran Flood Relief Concert, 04/01/19, Sunnyvale, California
- Junior Bach Festival (by audition), 03/01/19, Berkeley, California
- Jimmy Kansau's shared studio voice recital, 02/01/19, solo vocalist and piano accompanist, San Francisco, California
- Several concerts on tour in Poland, Summer 2018, Krakow, Poland, Beethoven Festival, Glogowek, Poland
- Professor William Wellborn's End of Year Studio Recital, 06/01/18, San Francisco, California
- MTAC Dance Music Branch Festival, 05/01/18, San Francisco, California
- Junior Bach Festival (by audition), 03/01/17, Berkeley, California
- 15 performances of La Bohème with the San Francisco Opera, 11/01/14 - 12/01/14, San Francisco, California
- Performed in the Oakland Youth Orchestra (guest pianist), 06/01/19, Walnut Creek, California
- Bi annual performances with the San Francisco Boys Chorus, 2007-2014, Bay Area, California
- Harpsichordist in UIUC's performance of Bach's First Brandenburg Concerto, 02/01/23, Champaign, Illinois
- Junior Undergraduate Solo Piano Recital, 03/01/23, Champaign, Illinois
- Senior Undergraduate Solo Piano Recital, 10/01/24, Champaign, Illinois
- Multiple Performances with UIUC Symphony Orchestra, 2022-2023, Champaign, Illinois
Awards
- Accepted by audition for solo piano to Junior Bach Festival, 2019
- Second prize in the Showcase Piano Solo Intermediate event at the USOMC, 2018
- Second prize at the U.S. Open Music Competition in Treasury of Romantic Composers, 2017
- Fourth prize at the U.S. Open Music Competition in Treasury of Contemporary Composers, 2017
- Accepted by audition for solo piano and piano accompaniment to Junior Bach Festival, 2017
- Recipient of Talent Scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign School of Music, 2020-2024
- Recipient of honorable mention in the 2023 Clara Rolland Piano Award Competition, 2023
Teachers
- William Wellborn, piano, 2017-2020, +1 (415) 378-1890
- Alla Gladysheva, piano, 2014-2017, +1 (415) 568-5677
- Jimmy Kansau, voice, 2018-2019, +1 (415) 516-7102
- Amir Nojan, persian setar, 2014-2020, +1 (650) 691-3344
- Charlotte Mattax Moersch, harpsichord, 2022-2023, mattax@illinois.edu
- Timothy Ehlen, piano, 2020-2024, tehlen@illinois.edu
Timeline
Piano Teacher
Sonor Music School
08.2024 - Current
Student
Oakland School For The Arts
08.2016 - Current
Choir Singer
San Francisco Boys' Chorus
09.2007 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
High School Diploma -
Oakland School For The Arts
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