Collaborative pianist Solmaz Kafi’s studies and concert engagements have taken her from her home in Tehran to destinations abroad including Vienna, Paris, London, and most recently, Boston. Solmaz holds a Master of Collaborative Piano from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, a Diplôme d’Enseignement from École Normale de Musique in Paris, and a Diplôme d’ État from the Conservatoire Claude Debussy in Saint-Germain-En-Laye. She has also studied at the Conservatoire Präyner in Vienna, Austria, and has performed in master classes for Martin Katz, Gerald Robbins, Irma Vallecillo, Wayman Chin, Malcolm Lowe, Ken Radnofsky and Germaine Mounier, among others.

Her awards and prizes include First Prize at the Madeleine De Valmalette Piano Competition in Paris, and at the Fadjr Piano Competition in Tehran, second prize in the Ensemble IEMA Contemporary Music Competition in Frankfurt, and honors at the Trophée Parly Virtuose in Saint-Germain-En-Laye.

In addition to maintaining her independent piano studio and working as a freelance accompanist, she is currently on staff as Piano instructor and program coordinator at German International School of Boston and as piano instructor at POMS in Bedford.