Zakhar Bron

Zakhar Bron
Native name Заха́р Ну́химович Брон
Born (1947-12-17) 17 December 1947
Oral, Kazakhstan
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) Violinist
Instruments Violin
Website www.zakharbron.com

Zakhar Bron (Russian: Заха́р Ну́химович Брон [zɐxˈar nʊˈximəvʲitɕ ˈbron];[1] born 17 December 1947, in Oral, Kazakhstan) is a Russian violinist and violin pedagogue of Jewish descent. He is considered one of the best.[2]

His students have included Vadim Repin,[3][4] Gwendolyn Masin, Daniel Hope, Maxim Vengerov,[5] Vadim Gluzman, Igor Malinovsky, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Soyoung Yoon, Christoph Seybold,[6] 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,[7] 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.

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References

  1. ↑ Zakhar Bron pronounced in Russian
  2. ↑ "Being educated by the phenomenal Zakhar Bron is equivalent to winning the lottery", Daniel Hope: Wann darf ich klatschen, 2009, p 148
  3. ↑ All Things Strings: Cover Story
  4. ↑ Inaugural Concert Announced
  5. ↑ Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Maxim Vengerov
  6. ↑ Christoph Seybold, Biography
  7. ↑ Unknown author. "Zakhar Bron". Poland: Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society of Poznan. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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