About this Artist
Violinist Emily Shehi is a recipient of the Milka Violin Artist Prize and a co-Laureate of the Senior Composer Award from the 2021 Yehudi Menuhin Competition. She has won top prizes at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, Doublestop Foundation’s Instrument Loan Competition, and the Kansas City Symphony Young Artist Competition.
Emily has served as co-Concertmaster and Principal Second of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster of the Curtis Chamber Orchestra, Curtis Opera Orchestra, and Academy Chamber Orchestra of the Music Academy of the West. As a chamber musician, she has appeared at festivals such as the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Taos School of Music, Music from Angel Fire, and Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Winter Workshop and has collaborated with renowned musicians Jonathan Biss, Frans Helmerson, Ani Kavafian, Steve Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley, among others.
Emily is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Yale School of Music, where she studied with Ida Kavafian and Augustin Hadelich, respectively. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic in October 2024, Emily spent a year in the Artist Diploma program at the Colburn Conservatory, where she studied with Martin Beaver. Previously, she studied with Alice Joy Lewis, Tiberius Klausner, and Noah Geller. Emily enjoys performing and volunteering at retirement communities, especially in her hometown of Olathe, KS.