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Students: Hayley Wolfe (Violin) & Marisa Gupta (Piano)

Maxim Vengerov is recognised as one of the world's most exciting and brilliant violinists. His exceptional talent emerged when he was very young. He gave his first recital at the age of five and went on to win First Prize in the Junior Wieniawski Competition when he was ten years old, confirming his promise as a violinist of rare talent. Still in his mid-thirties he is now acknowledged throughout the world as one of the great musicians of our time. He is also an outstanding teacher and is Professor of Violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Perceptive, entertaining and always sensitive to the individual personality and ability of his pupils, he has an extraordinary ability to convey his insights into the music and inspire his students.

In this masterclass, he works on the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Sonata no 4 in A minor.

Boris Kuschnir was born in Kiev in 1948 and studied the violin at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire with Boris Belenky and chamber music with Valentin Berlinsky of the Borodin Quartet. His many encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich and David Oistrakh (with whom he also studied), had a lasting influence on his artistic development. Both as soloist and chamber musician he has made numerous recordings, notably the complete Mozart piano trios for EMI.

Boris Kuschnir also has a world-wide reputation as great violin teacher. Being Professor at both the Konservatorium Wien University and at the University of Music in Graz, his reputation as a teacher has won international recognition.

All regions; running time 2 hours and 39 minutes

In German with English subtitles.

Zakhar Bron is known the world over as one of the greatest of all violin teachers and an inspiring performer. Among his students were some of the best known violinists of today like Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov. Professor Bron has taught at the Royal Academy in London, the Conservatory of Rotterdam, the Musikhochschule Lübeck and the Escuela Superior de Musica "Reina Sofia" in Madrid where he still teaches.

In this masterclass he works on the first two movements of Brahms' Violin Concerto.

2 hours 41 minutes

Internationally regarded as one of the great keyboard teachers of our time, Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of nearly fifty countries. Since 1979 he has lived in the U.S. and has taught at Boston University, Brandeis University,Indiana University, and is currently head of the piano department at the Yale School of Music. Among other acclaimed CDs he has recorded the complete piano works of Sergei Prokofiev for the Chandos label. In this masterclass he works on Beethoven’s rousing Eroica Variations, Op 35.

Internationally regarded as one of the great keyboard teachers of our time, Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of nearly fifty countries. Since 1979 he has lived in the U.S. and has taught at Boston University, Brandeis University,Indiana University, and is currently head of the piano department at the Yale School of Music. Among other acclaimed CDs he has recorded the complete piano works of Sergei Prokofiev for the Chandos label. In this masterclass he works on Debussy's "Pour Le Piano"

Internationally regarded as one of the great keyboard teachers of our time, Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of nearly fifty countries. Since 1979 he has lived in the U.S. and has taught at Boston University, Brandeis University,Indiana University, and is currently head of the piano department at the Yale School of Music. Among other acclaimed CDs he has recorded the complete piano works of Sergei Prokofiev for the Chandos label. In this masterclass he works on Chopin's first Scherzo

Stephen Kovacevich's international reputation as a pianist has been built both on his concert appearances, renowned for their thoughtfulness and creative intensity, and on the highly acclaimed recordings he has made throughout his career. He is considered as one of the most searching interpreters of the core classical repertoire and he has won great admiration for his recordings of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Chopin. In this masterclass he works with a student on Beethoven's second Piano Concerto.

The baritone Thomas Quasthoff has been heralded by the press as "one of the great singers of our time and certainly one of the most remarkable of any time". (Los Angeles Times) He was born in Hildesheim, Germany in 1959 and began his musical studies in Hanover in 1972, studying singing with Charlotte Lehmann. Renowned for his singing of lieder and oratorios, he has worked with the most renowned orchestras and conductors worldwide at all the prestigious houses and festivals. He is a much sought-after teacher and is Professor of Music at the Hanns Eisler School for Music in Berlin. For several years he has taught at the Verbier Festival Academy. In this masterclass, he works with students on lieder by Schubert.

Emmanuel Pahud is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest flautists. He was one of the youngest ever principal players of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra when he was appointed in 1992. His innate musicality and extraordinary technique have put him high on the agenda for solo appearances in Japan, South East Asia, Europe and the United States. His regular recital partners include Eric Le Sage, Hélène Grimaud, Yefim Bronfman and the jazz pianist, Jacky Terrasson. He is greatly in demand as a chamber musician and in this context has collaborated with most of the world's top soloists.