Violin with Ardalan G.

Ardalan Gharachorloo started playing Violin at the age of six. His former teacher was Cyrus Azemikhah. At the age of nine, he was featured as the winner of the Rising Stars Competition in Tehran and was featured in a recital in the most prestigious concert hall of Tehran,Vahdat Theater, built in early 19th century by the Shah of Iran. He soon made a successful career as a performing artist and appeared with local classical and Persian orches-tras in Karaj, Tehran and other cities in Iran. At the age of 15, he moved to the United States to continue his music education where he studied with Igor Veligan. Ardalan won the American River College Concerto Competi-tion three years in a row from 2012-2015 and appeared as a soloist with ARC Symphony Orchestra. He is also the winner of the CSUS concerto Competition and Watson Chamber Music Competition. He served as the Co-concertmaster of ARC orchestra for three seasons. Ardalan Played first Violin in Northern California Symphony orchestra and Benicia Ballet Symphony for four seasons. He is now serving as the Concertmaster of the Sacramento State University Symphony Orchestra. Ardalan is acknowledged for successful performances with orchestras in Opera festivals in Italy, Chamber music festivals in Germany and world music festivals in Dubai, UAE. Ardalan served as music director of the Language Academy of Sacramento and taught private and group lessons in String Project at Sacra-mento State University School of Music. He is the executive Director of the Harmony Music Institute in Carmichael where he teaches violin and string Chamber music.Ardalan Gharachorloo is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Music Beyond Borders, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring cultural unity and create a platform for social advocacy through music. He also serves as the orchestra teacher and Violin instructor in the Overture string program at Sacramento Youth Symphony. Ardalan holds a Bachelors degree in Music and currently studies Violin with Professor Anna Presler finishing his Masters of Music Degree in Performance at CSUS School of Music.