Professor of violoncello at the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels and at the Municipal Conservatory of Leuven. Cellist with ‘Le Concert Olympique’ and a Professional cellist with the Ensor string quartet, soloist at the “Beethoven academy”. Won a First Prize for cello and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. As a soloist at the “Beethoven academy” he performed throughout Europe […]
Pierre Fontenelle
Teacher at the IMEP (Royal Institute for Music and Pedagogy Namur); Founder and artistic director of the Concerts des Dames at the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vivier (Marche-les-Dames). He initially took up the cello as an autodidact in his hometown of Seattle before studying traditionally at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, then the IMEP (Namur) with Éric Chardon, before specialising in Soviet […]
Vladimír Bukač
Since 2002, Vladimír Bukač has been a much sought-after professor at the University of Music in Dresden and since 2016 at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. He is repeatedly invited to the juries of major international competitions (L. Tertis, ARD Munich, etc.). In addition, he is the artistic leader of the master classes organized by the Czech- French Academy in […]
Magdalena Płociennik
Professor of violin, chamber music at the F. Chopin State Music School, the Music School No. 2 (1st level) in Wrocław and at the K. Szymanowski State Music School (1st and 2nd level) in Wrocław, where for many years she was the Head of the first level of the string instruments and guitar section. Graduated from the State Conservatory of Antonina […]
Valeriy Sokolov
International soloist. Currently teaching at Yehudi Menuhin School (London, Uk). He was awarded the Study Grant Prize at the International Pablo Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, Spain in 1999 which provided him with a scholarship to study with Natalia Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menuhin School, England. In September 2005, Sokolov took part in the George Enescu Festival and won the Grand […]
Alexandra Cooreman
Alexandra is currently studying at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she is trained by Professor Ida Kavafian. Alexandra Cooreman (2003) started playing the violin at the age of 5 and already performed on the stage at the age of 6. As an exceptional young talent, she was admitted in 2013 to the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Music […]
Alice Van Leuven
Teaching the violin at the Brussels Higher School for Arts (Kunsthumaniora Brussel) and the LUCA school of Arts in Leuven. Alice Van Leuven is a sought after violinist currently based in Brussels. The Alfama Quartet appointed Alice as their new first violinist in September 2021. The quartet is active since 2005 and critically acclaimed in Belgium and abroad. Their new […]
Erik Sluys
Professor of violin at the Brussels Higher School for Arts (Kunsthumaniora Brussel). Teaches as an assistant of Philippe Graffin in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Studied at the Royal Music Conservatoire in Brussels. Then in Germany with Prof. Joshua Epstein (Saarbrücken) and Prof. Ch.-A. Linale (Düsseldorf). Masterclasses with Sandor Vegh, Yfrah Neaman, André Gertler and Zachar Bron. Member of the […]
Lyudmyla Zakopets
From 1989 up till now Lyudmyla Zakopets has been working as a piano teacher in Lviv State Music Lyceum named after Solomiya Krushelnytska. She graduated Chernivtsi Music College in 1984 (class by Prasol M.I) and Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (class by prof.Vitte N.M.) in 1989 with honors. Lyudmyla Zakopets has been coordinator and professor of international piano forum […]
Tatiana Kozlova
Professor of piano at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel–Aviv. Artistic director of “Stretto international piano competition” in Tel-Aviv. Previously artistic director of Scherzo international piano competition. Pianist and piano teacher, graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev, Ukraine (class of Aza Roshina). She constantly teaches around the globe in different master classes, frequently judging at various […]