Cyrus Forough, Violin

2010: Full 6 Week Session

Professor, Carnegie Mellon; Artist Faculty, Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Visiting Professor, Eastman School of Music.

Cyrus Forough was laureate of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, first prize winner of the Milwaukee Symphony Violin Competition and winner of the USIA's National violin/piano Duo Competition with his wife, pianist Carolyn McCracken. Mr. Forough has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Moscow State Radio Orchestra and numerous others. His teachers include David Oistrakh, Arthur Grumiaux, and Josef Gingold.

Mr. Forough’s students include first prize winners at the International Johansen Competition, the Illinois Young Performer's Competition, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, among others. His past students include members of major orchestras throughout the U.S.

Representing the United States as an Artistic Ambassador, Mr. Forough has concertized and given masterclasses in the Far East and throughout South America under the auspices of the US State Department.

Mr. Forough is Professor of Violin at Carnegie Mellon School of Music, and also serves as Artist Faculty at the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago. Additionally, he has served as an adjudicator for numerous national and international competitions.

In fall 2009, Mr. Forough will join the faculty of the Eastman School of Music as a visiting professor.