Mr. Safi Rouhi

is a concert pianist and harpsichordist, currently completing his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He grew up in Oakland, California, and has played piano for 18 years. Previously, he studied with Doctors Alla Gladysheva and William Wellborn in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s pre-college program through middle and high school.

Having received a Music Talent Scholarship from the School of Music, he now studies piano with Professor Timothy Ehlen, and harpsichord With Professor Charlotte Mattax Moersh. Specializing in French Baroque and Late Romantic music, he has played in numerous performances and competitions in the Bay Area, Poland, and Champaign, Urbana, including with the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and in the 2023 Brandenburg Concerto Project.

He is well-versed in piano technique, music history, and theory of all levels. Still, he is especially interested in helping young students build speed, strength, finger independence, and muscle memory to freely and virtuosically express their musicality. He has been teaching vigorously in the past 2 years for all level students, especially enjoys teaching children and believes their natural intuition and unparalleled ability

to absorb information gives them the potential to become versatile lifelong musicians.