THE iCLASSICAL ACADEMY VIOLIN TEACHERS

JANNA GANDELMAN Concertmaster of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Professor at the Jerusalem Conservatory of Music and Buchman Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Prize winner of the Stoliarsky School Competition.

JEAN JACQUES KANTAROV is a noted violinist of Russian ancestry.  He was born in Cannes, France and at 13, enrolled at the Paris Conservatory, where he took home a top prize in 1960.  Kantorow’s playing combines the best features of the French and Russian schools. HIs Masterclasses are part of the Schoenfeld International String Competition 2018 Collection.

HU KUN, Professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Prodigy of Yehudi Menuhin. Born in China, started playing violin and piano at the age of six. In 1980 he won the fifth prize of the Sibelius International Violin Competition, being the first Chinese citizen to win a prize at a major international violin competition. Find his Masterclasses on the Schoenfeld International String Competition 2018 Collection.

GYORGY PAUK Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Professor Emeritus of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and a regular guest in the US where he is giving master classes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oberlin College Ohio and Juilliard School of Music in New York.

VIRGINIE ROBILLIARD Professor of violin at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne in Switzerland. Regularly invited to give master classes all over the world. Robilliard studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and graduated at the Juilliard School with Dorothy Delay.

HAGAI SHAHAM Professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University and Artist in Residence at Stony Brook University, New York. Student of the late and renowned Ilona Feher, he co-founded the Ilona Feher Foundation for promoting young Israeli violinists.

VERA TSU Professor & Master Tutor of the Central Conservatory in Beijing and Shanghai Conservatory. Jury member at many prestigious competitions. Studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing in 1977. Famous for her part in the Oscar-winning documentary From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China.

MIRIAM FRIED A noted pedagogue, Miriam Fried is on the faculty of New England Conservatory and gives master classes throughout the world. She has been recognized for many years as one of the world’s preeminent violinists. Author of Bach’s complete online video encyclopedia for violin solo repertoire.

PAVEL BERMAN Professor at the Conservatory of Lugano and the Academy Perosi in Biella, Italy. A former student of Isaac Stern and Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard School NY. For iClassical Academy, he recorded lessons and performances of the complete 24 Paganini Caprices.

RAFAEL GINTOLI Worldwide Soloist and first violinist of several Italian and Argentina Orchestras. Artistic Director and Jury member Buenos Aires International Violin Competition. Founder and Artistic Director of Estacion Buenos Aires. Creator and Teacher in musical jewel "Violin for Tango."

JAVIER WEINTRAUB First Violinist National Orchestra of Argentine, author “Studies and Tango Caprices” a Tango method containing 24 progressive studies for the solo violin, based on traditional and new tangos. Creator and Teacher in musical jewel "Violin for Tango."

LEONIDAS KAVAKOS is recognised across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality. Kavakos curates an annual violin and chamber-music masterclass in Athens, which attracts violinists and ensembles from all over the world and reflects his deep commitment to the handing on of musical knowledge and traditions.

NATALIA LOMEIKO Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London, Prize winner “Premio Paganini” and Michael Hill International Violin Competitions, extensive concert schedule as soloist and chamber musician. The four Lomeiko's Kreutzer Collections are available as part of the Master Membership plan.

LAVARD SKOU LARSEN Violinist and Conductor. As Professor of violin at the prominent Salzburg Mozarteum, Lavard Skou Larsen cultivates the next generation of superb musicians in his studio since 2002. His students came to be soloists and members of top orchestras. Find his Masterclasses Collection here.

NICOLAS DAUTRICOURT a teacher at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Find his two masterclasses on Bach and Schumann in the courses and collections for violin overview.

BETH BLACKERBY Violin Instructor at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Louisville Orchestra member of the Louisville Orchestra. Master's Degree at the University of Wisconsin, where she was a fellowship member of the Strelow Graduate String Quartet studying under the Pro Arte Quartet. Beth's Violin Vibrato Trainer Course is a big hit among our students!

ZLATA BROUWER classical violinist and violin teacher specialized in bowing technique and vibrato. She helps violin players worldwide to create a professional sound by teaching them step by step about bowing technique, tone creation and vibrato. Find her course here.

LIHAY BENDAYAN Head of the Violin Class at the Jerusalem Academy of Music. Former Professor of violin at the HEMU in Sion (CH). Studied with Isaac Stern, Ilona Feher, and Tibor Varga. Holds an intense pedagogical activity. Prof. Bendayan created the course "Master your Violin."

MARCOS SANTOS holds a doctorate in violin performance from the University of Alabama. Dr. Santos is a university professor in Brazil and Professor at Conservatório de Tatuíand and Sócio Proprietário at Bravo Academia de Música and also a former Professor de Violino at Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Marcos created the Kreutzer complementary Etudes - Practicing lab Course.