President of TYM COMPETITION and TYM FESTIVAL. Raffaele Ficuciello, born in 1998, graduated at the Conservatory in Salerno, Giuseppe Martucci, with Maestro Salvatore Lombardi and after he is in the process of obtaining the graduation at the Conservatory in Avellino, Domenico Cimarosa, with Maestro Roberto Maggio. He studied for three years the annual courses held at the Falaut Association by […]
Alice Van Leuven
Alice is teaching the violin at the Kunsthumaniora Brussel and the LUCA school of Arts in Leuven. Alice graduated from the Universität der Künste in Berlin where she studied in the violin class of Mark Gothoni and in the chamber music class of the Artemis Quartet. Before that she studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel with Philippe Graffin. She feels […]
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 […]
Pascale Van Os
Pascale teaches orchestral and choral conducting in Academie Ekeren. Pascale Van Os studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Levente Kende, Heidi Hendrickx and Nikolaas Kende and studied the violin as a secondary instrument at the conservatory with Dirk Verelst, Vegard Nilsen and Guido De Neve. From September 2010 Pascale was admitted to the master’s programme in choral […]
Ella Heifets
Manhattan School of Music Precollege faculty since 2003. Mrs. Heifets earned her Bachelor and Masters degrees after graduating from Moscow Conservatory, Russia. As a student she participated in Isaak Stern and Itzhak Perelman Masterclasses. Since coming to the United States in 1993 Ella Heifets established herself as a teacher, chamber and orchestra musician. She is a Faculty Member in Manhattan […]
HueyChing Chong
Currently teaching at the Brussels International Music Academy. Before she moved to Brussels, she was teaching as a senior lecturer at the University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) including music theory, history, composition, and supervising postgraduate candidates (master’s and doctoral degree) in their creative research. Dr. HueyChing Chong began her composition studies with Malaysian composer, Yii Kah Hoe. From 2010 to 2017, […]
Lucjusz Pinkosz
Winner of national (Warsaw, Lublin) and international piano competitions (Prague), Brest (France, 2nd prize in the “Fryderyk Chopin” category). He has given concerts as a pianist and conductor in Poland (National Philharmonic, Royal Castle, Music Academy), Ukraine, France, Portugal and Belgium. He has recorded for radio and TV. Jury member of international music competitions in Poland, Portugal and Estonia. He […]
Milica Lawrence
Pianist and Harpsichordist; Founder, Director, CEO at Malta Piano Academy; Founder, Director, CEO at Malta International Piano Festival. Milica Lawrence completed her piano and harpsichord studies at the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. Here, Milica specialized in chamber music and received her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree (DMA) at the same Faculty. She attended piano and harpsichord […]
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 […]
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 […]