Talk:Roberto Díaz (violist)

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ROBERTO DIAZ is a violist of international reputation and continues to collaborate with the world's most important conductors and composers. He inspires new talent through his many teaching and master class appointments and reaches wide audiences with both his solo and chamber music performances.

Mr. Díaz began his musical studies in his native Chile and continued in Atlanta, Georgia, where he studied both violin and viola with his father, Manuel Díaz; he later continued with Burton Fine at the New England Conservatory and with Joseph dePasquale at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Díaz has been the recipient of numerous awards, including prizes at the Naumburg and Munich international viola competitions. He also holds a degree in industrial design from Dekalb Technical Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.

Roberto Díaz has served as Professor of Viola at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University. He was featured soloist with The Curtis Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch during the 75th Anniversary celebration. On March 30, 2005, The Curtis Institute of Music Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name Roberto Díaz to be the world-renowned music conservatory's next president/ director. Principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, member of the Díaz Trio, and a Curtis faculty member and alumnus, Mr. Díaz is expected to assume the president/director post full-time at the end of the 2005/2006 academic year, when current President/Director Gary Graffman will retire from the position while continuing on the piano faculty. Mr. Díaz plans to remain with the Philadelphia Orchestra during its regular 2005/2006 season while transitioning to his new role at Curtis. In the summer he serves on the faculty of Morningside Music Bridge.

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