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LIN Yaoji
Prof. LIN Yaoji is at present the Head of the Violin Teaching and Research Dept. at the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing. After graduating from the same conservatory, he took up studies at the Moscow Central Conservatory where he learned with Yankelevich, the great Russian violin educationist and bore rich he latter predicted that he would greatly contribute to the violin education in China in the future.
Since 1980, Prof. Lin`s students have been attending every major international violin competition. These included the Sibelius in Finland, the Queen Elizabeth in Belgium, the Menuhin in Britain, the Zino Francescatti in France, the Italian, Japan, Germany, American and Australian International Violin Competitions. The young contestants have carried of 40 prizes, on which 13 are the first awards.
To his credit, Prof. Lin has a book entitled A collection of Lin Yao-ji`s Academic Lectures on Violin, in which his teaching methods are delineated. The same methods which are at to once scientific and artistic, have also been the topic of violin literature by reputable violinists.
Prof. Lin often serves as an adjudicator at the prestigious international violin competitions. He had been the membership of the International Council of Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, England. He is also the Chairman of the jury panel of the first China International Violin Competition (Qingdao). Hes also regularly invited to conduct master classes in the U.S, Korea, Hong Kong and Europe.
Prof. Lin has also won himself the title of the STATE EXPERT and the GRAND PRIZE for his distinguished contributions to the violin undertaking in China. In 1993, Prof. Lin was selected as the Stale Committee Member of the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference.
 
Eduard Schmieder
Eduard Schmieder is the Temple University Carnell Distinguished Professor in Philadelphia. Prior to this appointment, he was Distinguished Algur H. Meadows Chair of Violin and Chamber Music in the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas andtenured professor of the violin at the University of Southern California, the position formerly held by Jascha Heifetz. Russian born Eduard Schmieder has been characterized as an extraordinary musician of the late 20th century(Henry Roth). As a violinist, chamber musician and conductor, he has appeared in the worlds major concert halls. In 1996, he performed a recital in Genoa on Paganinis famous Guarneri del Gesu Il Cannone violin.
Dr. Schmieder has given master classes in virtually every foremost conservatory in the world, and performs and teaches in major music festivals. Since 2004, he is on the faculty at the Mozarteum Summer Academie Salzburg. He frequently serves as jury member at leading international competitions, including the Queen Elisabeth, Sibelius, Paganini, Mozart, and ARD. His students consistently win top prizes at the prestigious international competitions and perform as soloists, chamber musicians and hold leading positions in major orchestras worldwide.
 
GYORGY PAUK
Recognised as one of the leading violinist of his generation, Gyorgy Pauk was born in Budapest, Hungary, and received his musical education at the Franz Liszt Academy.Still as student he was the winner of several international Violin Competitions, among them the PAGANINI Competition in Genoa, Italy, the JACQUES THIBAUD Competition in Paris, the MUNICH SONATA Competition in Munich. He settled in London in 1961 and made his debut there with the London Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel. Gyorgy Pauk boasts an exceptionally wide-ranging repertoire that includes master pieces of the 20th century he premiered worldwide.He is considered as the most authentic interpreter of Bartok.His grammophone-recordings include several prize-winners.Gyorgy Pauk's concert tours took him to all five Continents. He made his United States debut with the Chicago Symphony under the baton of Sir Georg Solti.He has performed with most of the world's top orchestras with leading conductors like Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Haitink, Simon Rattle, Dorati, Dutoit, von Dohnany, etc.Gyorgy Pauk received numerous public honours in Britain and elsewhere, in Hungary he was presented the Highest Order of the Republic for his contribution to music throughout the world.Gyorgy Pauk is giving Master Classes world-wide and he is professor at the Royal Academy of Music where his " Performers " Master Class includes a limited number of hand-picked young talents.
 
Masao Kawasaki
Masao Kawasaki, leads an exciting and versatile international career as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and pedagogue of both violin and viola. His multi-faceted career and expertise in all areas has resulted in the development of musicians that now enjoy careers in every realm of the music field.
An active soloist, Mr. Kawasaki performs extensively with numerous orchestras throughout Europe, Asia and North America including appearances with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica de Bilbao, Orchestra de Valencia, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Miyazaki International Music Festival Orchestra, Mito Chamber Orchestra, and in Carnegie Hall with the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra.
Mr. Kawasakis passion for chamber music has lead to collaborations with the worlds most distinguished and sought after artists including Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Yo-Yo Ma, Yefim Bronfman, Jaime Laredo, Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell, Cho-Liang Lin, Joseph Suk, Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, and Leon Fleischer. Additionally, he is also the violist of the Japan Piano Quartet. Mr. Kawasaki has made guest appearances with the Tokyo, Emerson, Juilliard, American, Mito, and Halley String Quartets. For 25 years he was a resident member of the New Jersey Chamber Music Society; currently he is featured regularly on series such as the Berge Music Series, Linton Music Series, and Aspen Music Festival Artist/Faculty Series.
As a recording artist, Mr. Kawasaki has recorded for CBS Sony, EMI, Nonesuch, Phillips, and Bis labels and has been featured in live broadcasts on radio stations globally. Numerous television appearances include NHK-TV Classic Hours and the Great Performance Series on PBS, and NHK Television. Festival appearances include the Spoleto, Rockport, Casals, Mostly Mozart, Nagano/Aspen, Aspen, Miyazaki International Chamber Music Festivals, and Viola Space.
Critically acclaimed for his excellence as both a violinist and violist, Mr. Kawasaki is frequently invited to serve on juries of international competitions for both violin and viola such as the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition and the Tertis International Viola Competition, as well as several national violin and viola competitions in Japan.
Mr. Kawasakis students enjoy careers as soloists, chamber musicians, concertmasters, associate concertmasters, and principal players of major orchestras (including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, NHK Symphony, and Seattle Symphony), chamber musicians, and professors of major universities and conservatories worldwide. His excellence and quality of teaching was acknowledged in 2004 when he received the prestigious Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award. Other teaching awards include the 1990 Glover Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.
In 1980 Mr. Kawasaki joined the faculty of the Juilliard School where he teaches both violin and viola. He holds the Geraldine B. Gee Chair for viola at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and is Chairman of the String Department at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, and has been a member of the violin/viola faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1978. From 1980 through 1983 Mr. Kawasaki was a member of the violin/viola faculty of the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. He regularly conducts master classes at universities and festivals on three continents.
Recent highlights include master classes in Shanghai and Beijing, China, the Ishikawa Music Academy, Music@Menlo, and Viola Space.
Mr. Kawasakis teachers include Ryosako Kubato and Hideo Saito at the Toho School and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. Mr. Kawasaki resides with his wife, Fumiko, in New York.
 
Michael FRISCHENSCHLAGER
Michael FRISCHENSCHLAGER - soloist, chamber musician, violin pedagogue from Salzburg C is descendant of a well known musicians family of long tradition. He studied violin, conducting, musicology at the academies and universities in Salzburg, Köln, Wien and Roma. His violin teachers were Theodor Müller, Andrè Gertler, Franz Samohyl and Yehudi Menuhin.
After several years of important orchestra experience on highest artistic level (Wiener Solisten, Wiener Philharmoniker) followed a period of intensive, exclusive concert activity as soloist and chamber musician with concerts in almost all european countries, in North America and Asia.
1971 he began to teach at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna with many brillant violinists C winners of national and international competitions, successful soloists, chamber musicians, and members of important orchestras in Austria, Europe, Asia C coming out from his class throughout the years. 1984 he has been elected head of string department, 1989 vice chancellor, 1992- 1996 chancellor of the University of Music Vienna.
He is worldwide in demand as jury member of many renowned violin and chamber music compete-tions and also as teacher for masterclasses at famous universities and academies e.g. Asahikawa, Berlin, Budapest, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Leipzig, London, Kyoto, Montreal, Orford, Osaka, Paris, Salzburg, Sapporo, Sofia, Taipeh, Tokio.
Since 1989 he is president of the International Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna. At the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts he founded the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest in 1991 and has been its director for 14 years. For many years he has been President of the European String Teachers Association in Austria (ESTA) and Committee member and Vice President of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
 
MIN KIM
Min Kim is one of the leading concert violinists of Korea and highly respected for his versatility as a soloist, chamber musician, educator and concertmaster. He was graduated from the Seoul National University, the Staatlische Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg.
In 1979, he was appointed concertmaster of the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra and the KBS Symphony Orchestra. He also took over the leadership of the Korean Chamber Orchestra and was appointed to the faculty at Seoul National University as Professor of Violin.
He has built the Korean Chamber Orchestra into one of the most successful musical groups in Korea and has taken it on numerous, highly successful international tours during the past two decades.
He has been a member of the jury in the Wieniawski International Competition for young musicians, the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, the Sendai International Violin Competition in Japan 2004, International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition in Germany 2006. In coming 2009, he is invited by Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussel, Wieniawski International Competition as a member of jury.
Currently, He served as a dean of faculty for 6 years in the college of Music at Seoul National University and returned to teach as an honorary professor of Violin. He is now serving as the music director of the Korean Chamber Orchestra and Seoul Isang Yun Ensemble
 
OLEG KRYSA
The Ukrainian-American violinist Oleg Krysa, long esteemed in the former USSR as a distinguished soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A prominent student of David Oistrakh, Oleg Krysa won major prizes in such international competitions as the Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky and Montreal, and was outright winner of the Paganini Competition
Oleg Krysa began his teaching career as chairman of the Violin Department at the Kiev Conservatory. In 1973 he took the same position at the Gnesins Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow and, two years later, returned to the Moscow Conservatory as Professor of Violin, where he remained until 1988. Currently he is Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
Oleg Krysa has performed in major music centres throughout the world, with leading orchestras and conductors and ensembles. He has also appeared at major festivals in Europe, North America, Far East and Australia. In addition to his solo career,
Mr. Krysa was leader of the celebrated Beethoven String Quartet 1977-87.
Oleg Krysa is also a champion of contemporary music and has worked closely with Schnittke, Denisov, Gubaidulina, Penderecki, Silvestrov and Skoryk.
Mr. Krysa has recorded on the MELODIYA, BIS, TRITON, OLYMPIA, AMADIS, POLSKIE NAGRANIE, TNC and RUSSIAN DISC labels.
Oleg Krysa has served on the jury panel of the International Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Paganini, Kreisler, Oistrakh, Lipizer and Montreal Violin Competitions.
Rainer Kussmaul
Rainer Kussmaul was borin in Mannheim, Germany. As the German violinist and conductor, Rainer Kussmaul, is a son of a musical family. He received his first violin lessons from his father and then studied with Riccardo Odnoposoff. He was a prize-holder at numerous international violin competitions.
Rainer Kussmaul performs worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Stuttgart Piano Trio, formed in 1968. In 1995 he founded the Berliner Barock Solisten, together with R. Orlovsky. He plays a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1724. Between his concert tours with renowned orchestras and conductors, he records for radio, television and CD.
Rainer Kussmaul is also a successful teacher. He gives master classes in many countries, and has been the director of the violin class at the Carl Flesch Academy in Baden-Baden since 1987 and the chairman of the L. Spohr competition Freiburg. He has been a professor at the Freiburg Music Conservatory since 1977, with the exception of the period from 1993 to 1998 when he was given leave of absence to enable him to take up the position of 1st Concert Master of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sergey Kravchenko
Professor of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Sergey Kravchenko was born in 1947. He graduated from the famous Stolyarsky School of Music in Odessa in 1965 and entered the Moscow Conservatoire. His teacher was world-renowned violinist, professor, musician Leonid Kogan.
After he became a Prize winner at Paganini competition in Geneva (in 1969), his concert career began. Later he also became a Prize winner in J. Thibaut competition in Paris (in 1971) and in Competition of String Quartets in Liege, Belgium (in 1972).
Sergey Kravchenko toured extensively throughout Russia and abroad. He played and gave master classes in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, South and North Korea, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg, Brazil, Finland, Israel, USA, Australia.
Since 1972 he has been teaching violin at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, where he started as Leonid Kogan's assistant and then became a full-time Professor. From 1996-2001 he was the Dean of Orchestral Faculty.
Many of his students are winners of international competitions: V. Igolinsky, V. Mullova, A.Lukirsky, S. Krylov, I.Gaisin, A.Kagan, J.Ko, N. Sachenko, A.Stepanenko, E. Stembolsky, O. Shurgot, N. Kozhuhar and others.
He is a member of jury at many prestige International competitions: Tchaikovsky competition, Brahms competition, Oistrakh competition, Enescu competition, Lysenko competition and others.
Sergey Kravchenko has made numerous recordings in Russia, Germany, France, Italy and other countries. He is also an author of several methodic books for violin.
For his outstanding achievements Sergey Kravchenko was awarded an honorary title: "Distinguished Artist of Russia".
 
Sheng Zhongguo
Sheng Zhongguo, one of the distinguished violin performance artists in China and has been listed in contemporary music history. He is one of the first violinists to win international honor for China and currently he is one of the most influential violinists in China. For many times, he has been invited to give recitals worldwide with celebrated musicians and orchestras. Foreign authorities regard him as a “distinguished violinist”, “the most attractive violinist”, and “China`s Yehudi Menuhin”.
He was sent to visit five cities of Australia in 1980 according to Sino-Australia Culture Agreement. People Daily and Xinhua News Agency hold that his performance visit shows Chinese violin performance careet has formally entered the international culture art exchanging field. The ABC Broadcasting Company in Australia listed him as “one of the greatest artists in the world”.
In 1999, his performance as a soloist in New York, Los Angeles and other cities got successful and warmly welcomed.
Sheng Zhongguo has released more than ten audiotapes and CDs at home and abroad. Several records have won the “Golden Record Award” in China. He has been a member of the jury consisting of world-renowned musicians in international competitions held in Japan (1986), America (19991) and China (2005).
His story has been shoot into more than 20 films and TV documentaries, such as the stage play Spring, the story the Vibrato of Life, the documentary Son of the East, Art Life, Times, Music Life, The Celebrity, Meet with Luyu, Recital Concert of Sheng Zhongguo. CCTV esteem him to be the “classical musician with star styles”
Today, his name has been listed in World Celebrities. In order to publicize his contribution, China Stamp Company has released his 16-portraits stamps after renowned musicians Nie Er and Xian Xinghai and established 2. 5 meter-high carved statue for him in public place. All this has expressed the honor and confirmation to him as an active socialist and outstanding artist.
 
Yu Lina
Yu Lina, head of violin and viola teaching and research at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, appears frequently in recital and as a soloist with orchestras in the major cities of China. She also tours in concert internationally and is a jury member of domestic and international music competitions, including the Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow (1998). Many of her students are prize-winners of the Menuhin, Sendai, Lipizer, Paganini, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky competitions. Ms. Yu has given concerts and masterclasses at Japan's Ishikawa Music Academy since 2001, and taught at Itzhak Perlman's String Seminar in Shanghai (2002). She is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 1993, and a recipient of the National Model Professor of the Year Award , the highest of its kind in China (2001, 2003). She has been the subject of several documentary films, including "Passion for Life, Yu Lina," a three-hour film made in 2001 by Hong Kong TV. In 1993 she founded the Yu Lina Violin Foundation, the first of its kind in China, to promote talented young violinists.
Yu Lina, chairman of violin and viola teaching and research department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, appears frequently in recital as a soloist with orchestras in the major cities of China. She also tours in internationally concert and as a jury member of domestic and international music competitions, including the Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow (1998). Many of her students are prize-winners of the Menuhin, Sendai, Lipizer, Paganini, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky competitions. Ms. Yu has given concerts and masterclasses at Japan's Ishikawa Music Academy since 2001, and taught at Itzhak Perlman's String Seminar in Shanghai (2002). She has been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 1993, and a recipient of the National Great Professor of the Year Awards, the highest of that in China (2001, 2003). She has been invited as the theme for several documentary films, including "Passion for Life, Yu Lina," a three-hour film made by Hong Kong media in 2001. In 1993 she established the Yu Lina Violin Foundation, the first one in China, to promote talented young violinists.
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