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Susan Gulkis Assadi

Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola, is principal violist of the Seattle Symphony. She enjoys a varied career as an orchestral player, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. She received her Bachelor of Music in 1988 from The Curtis Institute, where she studied with Michael Tree and Karen Tuttle. Before assuming her current position with the Seattle Symphony in 1992, she served as principal violist of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Ms. Gulkis Assadi was a founding member of the Seattle-based Bridge Ensemble.

Ms. Gulkis Assadi has appeared regularly on Music of Remembrance concerts since its inaugural year. MOR’s commission of David Stock’s A Vanished World was composed specifically for her. She has recorded this, and Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet, on Art from Ashes, Volume I.

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