Zakhar Bron
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Zakhar Bron is a Russia
n violin
ist of jewish descent and violin pedagogue. He is considered one of the best.
His students have included Vadim Repin
, Gwendolyn Masin
, Daniel Hope
, Maxim Vengerov
, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo
, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Sayaka Shoji
and Nikolai Madoyev
.
Before he was well-known he taught privately in Novosibirsk
. Since then he has taught at the Royal Academy of Music
in London
, the Conservatory of Rotterdam
, the Musikhochschule Lübeck
and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
in Madrid
. In 1997 he took up a position at the Cologne
Musikhochschule.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist of jewish descent and violin pedagogue. He is considered one of the best.
His students have included Vadim Repin
Vadim Repin
Vadim Repin is a Belgian Russian violinist who currently lives in Austria....
, Gwendolyn Masin
Gwendolyn Masin
-Early Biography:Born in Amsterdam, Gwendolyn Masin is the descendant of a long line of professional musicians from Central and Eastern Europe.Masin began to play the piano at the age of 3. She took up the violin at the age of 5 and within her initial year of schooling, gave her first public...
, Daniel Hope
Daniel Hope (violinist)
Daniel Hope is a British violinist. A soloist, he has also been a member of the Beaux Arts Trio since 2002.Hope was born in S. Africa but raised and educated in England. Hope studied at and received a degree from the Royal Academy of Music, and was tutored by the Russian pedagogue Zakhar...
, Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....
, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo
Tamaki Kawakubo
is a virtuoso violinist from United States]]. She currently tours internationally as a concert artist. She released her second CD in May 2007 called "Recital!". She shared second prize awarded at the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Competition, the highest prize awarded that year.-Early years:Tamaki...
, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Sayaka Shoji
Sayaka Shoji
is a Japanese classical violinist. She is the first Japanese and youngest winner at the Paganini Competition in Genoa in 1999.She was born into an artistic family and spent her childhood in Siena, Italy. She studied at Hochschule für Musik Köln under Zakhar Bron and graduated in 2004...
and Nikolai Madoyev
Nikolai Madoyev
Nikolai Madoyev was born 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia. Nikolai Madoyev is the laureate and winner of several international music competitions. He studied under such remarkable musicians as Hracha Bogdanyan, Zakhar Bron, Isaac Stern and Solovieff....
.
Before he was well-known he taught privately in Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
. Since then he has taught at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in London
London
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, the Conservatory of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, the Musikhochschule Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea...
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. In 1997 he took up a position at the Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
Musikhochschule.