Violin and Viola

Cristian Diaz is an avid chamber musician, orchestra player, and educator from Colombia. He received his BM in violin performance from the Music Conservatory of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, MM in Chamber Music from Kent State University, and MM and AD in Viola performance from CCM-University of Cincinnati. Some of his mentors include the acclaimed Miami String Quartet, Dr. Raul Garcia, Joanna Patterson Zakany, Jung-Min Amy Lee, Timothy Lees, and Dr. Catherine Lees. Mr. Diaz has been part of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy (2018) in Dortmund, Germany, winner of the inaugural Diversity Fellowship of the CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra (2018-2019), and CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship (2019-2021).
He has performed with members of the Miami String Quartet, Ariel Quartet, Immaculata Chamber Music Series, and members of the Cleveland Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony too. In his free time, Cristian enjoys cooking, reading, and hiking.