Born in New York City, raised in Mumbai, educated in London, and currently residing in Los Angeles, Soli Cyrus Nallaseth’s youth has already seen him exposed to a multitude of vastly different and enriching cultures, with music being the centrepiece that holds everything together and takes him everywhere.

Prizewinner at the 23rd International Chopin Piano Competition in Mazovia, semi-finalist at the 5th Manchester International Concerto Competition, two-time winner of the MusiQuest All India Piano Competition and with a catalogue of further awards and achievements to his name, he has performed a several piano concertos on numerous occasions with the Symphony Orchestra of India – with whom he has developed a very special relationship – across the country.

He has taken masterclasses and worked extensively with some of the leading concert pianists and teachers in the world, including Daniel Barenboim, Maria Joao Pires, Steven Hough, Steven Osborne, Peter Frankl, Eugene Indjic and Leslie Howard, as well as with outstanding musicians in other instrumental departments; Ivry Gitlis and Marat Bisengaliev, among several esteemed others.

In addition to having been selected twice to go to the Musica Mundi Summer Festival on a full scholarship in July-August 2015 and 2016, Soli has performed in several countries around the world, including at the prestigious Wigmore Hall amongst various other venues in the U.K., India, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Poland. He has also performed and scored for film, composing music for Sooni Taraporewala’s Netflix Original film “Yeh Ballet” in 2019.

A former professor at Kings' College London, Soli has obtained his Licentiate in Piano Pedagogy from the Royal Academy of Music and has been selected for a Teaching Assistantship at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music starting in August 2024. He has simultaneously consistently run a studio of successful private students across the past seven years and has extensive experience in the utilisation of the ABRSM and RCM examination boards.

A former student of Dr. Murray McLachlan at Chetham's School of Music, he recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with First Class Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts Degree under the guidance of his former teachers, Professor Colin Stone, and Professor Sulamita Aronovsky. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music under the guidance of Professor Kevin Fitz-Gerald.