15-year-old Ariana Solotoff won the state viola championship at the prestigious California ASTA (American String Teachers Association) State Solo Competition, junior division (through age 18) at UC Davis.
The competition brought together the finest young strings players from throughout California.
The win entitles her to participate in ASTA's 2009 National Solo Competition, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia next March. Joshua Bell is a past winner of this important national competition.
Solotoff has played violin since she was in first grade, and viola since 2006. She has performed with singer Kelly Clarkson on the Grammy awards show, and on the Disney Channel's 'Suite Life of Zach and Cody.'
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