Sarah Nematallah has been delighting audiences with her violin playing since the age of three.  She has been awarded numerous scholarships and awards, such as the Canadian Millennium National Excellence Award, the University of Toronto Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award, and the University of Toronto William and Phyllis Waters Graduating Scholarship.  Her performances have led her to collaborate with such esteemed Canadian musicians as Scott St. John, Erika Raum, Steven Dann, Annalee Patipatanakoon, and Roman Borys.  

Over the past six years, Ms. Nematallah has appeared as a guest soloist with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, and the Mooredale Chamber Orchestra on several occasions.  Her orchestra experience includes a tour of Europe and South America with the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra under maestro Yuri Behlolavek, appearances as concertmaster of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Raffi Armenian, and an appearance as concertmaster of the Banff Summer Arts Festival Orchestra under direction of Gary Kulesha.  Ms. Nematallah has participated in many international festivals, such as the Banff Summer Arts Festival (Alberta), AIMS in Graz Festival Orchestra (Austria), Domaine Forget (Quebec), and the Music Masters Course in Kasuza (Japan).  

Ms. Nematallah has studied chamber music intensively with Roman Borys of the Gryphon Trio, Terrence Helmer of the Orford Quartet, and the late Lorand Fenyves.  She has performed in master classes for world-renowned violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Hiroko Yajima.  She holds a Bachelor in Violin Performance from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Scott St. John, and an ARCT in Violin Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.