A U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Amir Siraj is interested in music’s ability to change the way we feel and think, and what that ability can do for the world. He holds a Master’s degree in piano performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, and recently performed with Yo-Yo Ma at both the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and the UN General Assembly in New York. Siraj has been featured as a soloist with the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops, and has played for luminaries such as Moon Jae-in, Justin Trudeau, and Queen Rania of Jordan. He is a Steinway Young Artist and an alumnus of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation Young Scholars Program. Siraj has performed at venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Wigmore Hall in London, and Millenium Park in Chicago. He appeared at the GRAMMY Salute to Classical Music at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Swiss Alps Classics in Vitznau, and JBLFest in Las Vegas. Siraj is passionate about using music for social good and has collaborated with organizations including the National Park Foundation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Music For Food, and the Leeds International Piano Competition on such efforts, including his Music For The Parks initiative which was supported by NPR’s From The Top. He served as Assistant Music Director of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theater group in the US, and was a member of the Harvard Krokodiloes, Harvard University’s oldest a cappella group.