Amelia Zitoun

Amelia Zitoun is a regular top-prize recipient at competitions. Most notably, she won the Gold Medal at the 2023 Stulberg International String Competition and the 2nd prize at the 2024 Klein International String Competition. Most recently, Amelia advanced to the round of twelve at the 2026 George Enescu International Competition and was a quarter-finalist in the 2025 Isang Yun International Competition. She was also chosen as a finalist for the 2024 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Other notable awards include the first prize at the 2023 Walgreens National Concerto Competition, the first prize at the Bolz Final Forte Competition, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Stars of Tomorrow Competition, among others.

As a soloist, Amelia has appeared with orchestras such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the San José Chamber Orchestra.

As an avid chamber musician, she has shared the stage with artists such as Jon Kimura Parker, Martin Beaver, Louis Lortie, and members of the Borromeo String Quartet. She was formerly the cellist of the Pelios String Quartet which won the Silver Medal at the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music competition, and the Gold Medal and Haydn Prize at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition.

Amelia has appeared on WFMT numerous times, as both a chamber musician and a soloist. She has also attended festivals such as the Perlman Music Program, and the Heifetz International Music Institute Chamber Music Seminar. In 2025, she was a member of the Heifetz on Tour and a featured artist at the Rancho la Puerta Chamber Music Festival. She has also had the pleasure of appearing in master classes with Gary Hoffman, Ralph Kirshbaum, Paul
Watkins, and the Calidore Quartet, among others.

Amelia Zitoun is currently a student at the Colburn School, studying cello with Clive Greensmith. Prior to studying with Mr. Greensmith, Amelia studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen, and Horacio Contreras. Before attending Colburn, she was a Merit Scholar at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy for 5 years.