Kami was born in France to a family of musicians. He started solfege at the age of 4, and violin and piano at age 6.
After studying in Paris with Alexandre Brussilovsky and graduating from pre-college with honors, he completed a Bachelor of Music in violin performance with Zygmund Kowalski at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and graduated with honors, while pursuing harmony classes under Jean-Baptiste Robin at the Versailles Conservatory.
Kami then moved to the United States to continue his studies with Cyrus Forough at Carnegie Mellon University, where he got a Master of Music and an Advanced Musical Studies diploma. In 2023, he received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University – The Shepherd School of Music in Cho-Liang Lin’s studio. Kami was the recipient to the prestigious Anne and Charles Duncan Concertmaster Chair and the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation scholarships and was also awarded Rice University’s Malcolm W. Perkins Teaching Fellowship, as well as the Sviatolsav Richter Outreach Fund.
As a performer, Kami has taken part in many group formations, whether it be as a soloist with orchestra, a tutti player or a chamber player. Performing extensively in Europe and America allowed him to extend his cultural knowledge and try many different approaches to music, such as improvisation and traditional music. His global experience has also fostered a strong command of Western classical repertoire ranging from the Baroque era to contemporary pieces. His curiosity led him to take part in innovative projects such as performing in an online worldwide orchestra during the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with artists from different origins and backgrounds, as well as composing or fostering new music for concerts and festivals. Kami’s desire to promote French music in the US earned him an award from the French embassy, for his idea to create a 90-minute lecture video on French music that draws a parallel between the music performed and other mediums such as poetry and visual arts by linking each musical piece to a poem or painting from the same era or on the same subject. For his doctoral thesis, Kami decided to explore the traditional Persian music repertoire, a subject of interest to him due to his origins. His paper also includes an original composition for solo violin, which blends Persian and Western-music elements. Composing has always been a major He is currently collaborating with Houston-based French painter Agnes Bourely for the creation of an art exhibition blending pictorial and musical elements, for which he will compose and perform pieces influenced by her abstract paintings.
Kami is also very interested in the pedagogical aspect of music. He tought privately and in different institutions — music schools as well as college and university — for the past 15 years. His pedagogical approach has been praised in several newsletters. He enjoys sharing his passion with others to help a new generation of musicians blossom.
