THE iCLASSICAL ACADEMY CELLO TEACHERS

EVANGELINE BENEDETTI Asought-after master clinician, specialized in Alexander Technique, and guest artist. Evangeline Benedetti served for 20 years on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music and became the first female cellist of the New York Philharmonic in 1967.

SILVIA CHIESA Known as a refined and passionate interpreter, Silvia Chiesa teaches at the "Monteverdi" Institute of Musical Studies in Cremona. In 2016 she received the Anlai Prize of the Italian national violin-making association. She performs on a Giovanni Grancino cello from 1697.

JACOB KULLBERG Cello professor at the Royal College of Music, Jakob Kullberg is praised internationally for his performances of the modern cello concerto. In 2013 he was appointed to the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme. iClassical Academy recorded his Masterclasses at the Schoenfeld International String Competition 2018.

AMIT PELED One of the most sought-after cello pedagogues, Professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University. Peled was chosen among "Musical America's 30 Professionals of the Year 2015 and performed for many years on Pablo Casals’s own cello, a 1733 Matteo Gofriller.

MARIA TCHAIKOVSKAYA Professor at the Moscow State Conservatory. Former student and later assistant to the great and legendary Mstislav Rostropovich. First Prize winner of the International Pablo Casals Competition in Budapest in 1968..

DMITRY JABLONSKY Grammy-nominated conductor and award-winning cellist Dmitry Yablonsky received great critical acclaim for his recording of all of the Études from Popper's High School of Cello Playing. Yablonsky is Head of International Relations of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and Tel Aviv University.

EVANGELINE BENEDETTI In addition to her masterclasses you can find her Musical Jewel: "Cello, Bow and You", a video collection of Benedetti's over 40 years of precious cello experiences. Benedetti served for 20 years on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music and over 40 years she was cellist of the New York Philharmonic.

MISHA MAISKY has the distinction of being the only cellist in the world to have studied with both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky. As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist for more than 30 years he made well over 35 recordings with great orchestras and renowned conductors. Maisky’s masterclasses are part of the Partner Naxos/Dakapp Collections.

ENRICO DINDO First Prize Winner at “ROSTROPOVICH” Competition in Paris, principal cellist in the "Teatro alla Scala" Orchestra for more than a decade, and international guest in numerous Festivals and Concert halls of the whole world. An exquisite educator and motivator of the next generation of cellists.  Dindo’s masterclasses are part of the Partner Naxos/Dakapp Collections.

INBAL MEGIDDO is Associate Professor and Head of Cello Studies at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, and has held faculty positions at the Yale School of Music and Oberlin Conservatory. She has residencies, has given masterclasses at numerous institutions, is a Distinguished Guest Artist of the biannual International Melbourne Cello Festival, and is the founder and director of the Cellophonia International Festival in Wellington. She teaches all Popper etudes in the  "Popper High School of Cello Playing Course."

FULVIA MANCINI Italian cellist, teacher, arranger and cultural manager. A pupil of renowned cellists Marianne Chen, Patrick Demenga and Antonio Meneses. Between 2005 and 2010, Fulvia obtained two Master’s Degrees from the Haute Écoles de Musique de Suisse and graduated in Law from the University of Bologna and in Arts Management from the Zurich University. Fulvia created a course "Daily Routine and Performance".