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Founder Patron:

The late Dr Rosalyn Tureck


Artistic Director:

Dr Rimma Sushanskaya

 

 

The Lord Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon with Rimma Sushanskaya at the final concert (8th August 2005) in Holy Trinity Church.

 


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View Videos from the final concert, 2008

 


 

View Videos from the final concert, 2007

 


 

 

Read  Robert Matthew-Walker's review published in

Musical Opinion

 

Sept/Oct 2007


 

Read what Christopher Morley had to say about the 2007 Virtuoso Violin Festival

August 2007

 


 

Read what Simon Sergeant had to say about the 2007 Virtuoso Violin Festival.

August 2007

 


Read what Christopher Morley had to say about the 2006 Virtuoso Violin Festival

 


Listen to some DVD clips taken from the performance in Holy Trinity Church, 14th August 2006.

 


Read what Christopher Morley had to say about the 2005 Virtuoso Violin final Concert

 


 

Read  Robert Matthew-Walker's review published in

Musical Opinion

Nov/Dec 2005

 


John and Viktoria at the final performance, 2005

 

 


 

Leonid, a participant from Russia, 2005

 


To view photographs from the 2005 Festival please click here

 


Rimma Sushanskaya

 

Virtuoso Violin

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

 

The Eighth Bach and Paganini Festival for Violinists, will be held from the Sunday 2nd to Tuesday 11th  of August 2009 providing a wealth of master classes, individual tuition and recitals for 20 violinists between 16 and 36 years of age (on the 1st June 2009).

 

The Virtuoso Violin is a festival celebrating the works for solo violin of Bach and Paganini plus other string music. 

 

The orchestral concert, Holy Trinity Church, August 2005.

 

The Virtuoso Violin will take place in the lovely market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, and home to the world - famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Orchestra of the Swan. The course is intensive, but students have time to explore the town and its abundant artistic heritage and also visit London or historic Warwick.  The surrounding area is steeped in history, and Stratford is approximately one hour from Oxford and one-and-a-half hours from Bath. Birmingham, England's second City, is just over 30 minutes away.

All master classes, lessons and solo recitals take place at King Edwards VI Grammar School (Shakespeare's School).  The orchestral concert will take place in Holy Trinity Church, the burial place of Shakespeare.


Concert dates for your diary:

  • Sunday 2nd August 2009

  • Saturday 8th August 2009

  • Monday 10th August 2009

  • Tuesday 11th August 2009

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Want to know more about the Virtuoso Violin Festival?


The Course

Each applicant must have studied to at least UK grade 8 (or equivalent), and have prepared the following works, which will be studied during master classes and individual tuition sessions.

  • 1 complete Sonata or Partita for unaccompanied violin by J.S. Bach from BWV 01 001 - 1 006

and

  • 1 Caprice from the 24 Caprices, Op-1 by Paganini

All participants have the opportunity to take part in one or two concerts at the Shakespeare Institute

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To Apply

Please download, print and fill out this application form.   Send it with:

  1. Your CV

  2. Two letters of reference from your teacher , tutor or someone in a position of authority in the classical music world and who is familiar with your playing.

  3. A cassette or CD (not longer than 15 minutes total duration) containing one movement of the unaccompanied Bach (from the Sonatas and Partitas) and any work of your choice.

To:   

The Administrator,

The Virtuoso Violin,

29 Johnson Road, 

Erdington,

Birmingham,

B23 6PU,

United Kingdom.

 

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Deadline:  The deadline for applications is the 3Oth May 2009. Successful applicants will be notified by the 30th June 2009 and places must be confirmed by a deposit (non-refundable) of £325.00 with the balance of £325.00 due by Friday 19th July 2009.

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The Fee

The fee of £650.00 covers all accommodation, breakfast, mid-morning snack, packed lunch and all master classes, individual tuition, coaching and concerts. It does not include evening meals or travel to and from Stratford.  A small bursary fund is available for some who wish to attend. 

 

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The Course Leaders

Dr. Rimma Sushanskaya, Artistic Director


Dr. Rimma Sushanskaya is an international concert violinist, acclaimed throughout the world for her opulent tone colours, her gripping expressive virtuosity, and her ever-present rhythmic vitality. The last pupil of the legendary David Oistrakh, she continues the great Russian tradition of violin playing. She has studied the unaccompanied works of Bach with the great Bach scholar Dr. Rosalyn Tureck.  Rimma is currently a visiting lecturer of violin at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

 

Dr Felix Andrievsky


Dr Felix Andrievsky, FRCM, Dip and Dip Solo Performance, Gnessin Musical Institute.  Professor,  Royal College of Music.

 

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Dr Robert Markham

 

Dr Robert Markham earned international recognition as a finalist in the 1994 Tchaikovsky International Pianoforte Competition in Moscow, and has performed throughout the UK, Europe and North America as a soloist and chamber musician and is a tutor at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

 

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