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 […]
Romain Garioud
Professor of Cello at the Akademie für Tonkunst (Darmstadt) and at the Akademie für Musik (Berlin). Romain Garioud is prize winner at such prestigious international competitions as Moscow’ s T chaikovsky (2001) and Paris’ Rostropovitch (2002), he is also a second prize winner at Chile’s Vina del Mar competition in 2002. In 2005, Romain Garioud wins the 1st Prize of […]
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 […]
Tony Nys
Professor of viola and chamber music, head of strings at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. He also teaches the Advanced Chamber Music Course at the Orpheus Institute in Gent. Tony Nys started his musical training at the age with Tomiko Shida. Later he continued his studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel with Clemens Quatacker and Philippe Hirschhorn. Between 1994 and 1997, […]
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. 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 Prix with a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; […]
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 […]
Lihay Bendayan
Prof. of Violin and chamber music, Head of the Violin Class at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Faculty at the EON International Online Music Academy in South Korea and ‘Master Teacher’ at ‘iclassical-Academy’ where he presents his innovative course called ‘Master Your Violin’. He is frequently invited to give master-classes at prestigious universities all around Europe and international […]
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 […]
Yurii Kot
Honoured Artist of Ukraine, Professor of Piano at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Graduated from the state P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory (now NMAU), class of Honoured Artists of Ukraine, Professor V.Kozlov. A laureate of numerous national and international piano and piano duets competitions. A jury member at many International Competitions, gives master-classes in Serbia, Japan and Ukraine. A laureate of National […]