Violin

Alexandre Brussilovsky (France)

Born in the Ukraine, ALEXANDRE BRUSSILOVSKY completed his musical education at the Moscow Conservatoire under Yuri Yankelevitch, Maya Glezarova, Felix Andrievsky and Leonid Kogan. He won top prizes at several international competitions, including the Grand Prix at the International Prague Competition in 1969, and the Grand Prix and Albert Roussel Special Prize at the Jacques Thibaud Competition in 1975. In 1985, after having been prohibited from performing abroad for eight years, Brussilovsky was able to leave the USSR and establish his residency in France. He rebuilt his...

Cyrus Forough (USA)

Noted for the “fiery intensity” and “poetic vision” of his playing, Cyrus Forough’s reviews comprise a lexicon of superlatives in more than a dozen languages.  A Laureate of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, he has won first prize in the Milwaukee Symphony Violin Competition, was a finalist in the Munich International Competition, and with his wife Steinway Artist Carolyn McCracken as the Forough/McCracken Duo, won the United States Artistic Ambassador Program’s National Violin/Piano Duo Competition.  He also holds the World...

Rossitza Goza (Bulgaria/ USA)

Praised for the elegance of her playing, violinist ROSSITZA JEKOVA-GOZA received rigorous musical training both in her native Bulgaria and in the United States. She holds a doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music and credits violinists Kevork Mardirossian and David and Linda Cerone as her most influential mentors. She has served on the faculties of the University of Arkansas, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of North Texas. For six years she taught at the prestigious program Encore School for Strings. Dr. Goza has presented masterclasses at...

Vladimir Landsman, (Russia/Canada)

At the age of 12, on the recommendation of David Oistrakh, Vladimir Landsman left the Ukraine for Moscow to continue his studies at the Central Music School and at the Conservatory with his mentor Yuri Yankilevich. In 1963, he won the Third Prize at the Long Thibaud International Competition in Paris, and in 1966, the Grand Prize at the Montreal International Competition. In 1969, he became a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic Society and took part in numerous tours of the Soviet Union, playing with major orchestras under such conductors as Kabalevsky,...

Zuo Jun, (China/Singapore)

Hailed as one of the most gifted Chinese violinists of his generation, Zuo Jun began violin studies at age six and is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he studied with Professors Shen Guan En and Zheng Shi Sheng. In 1988, Zuo Jun’s talent was noticed by Fredell Lack and he went to the United States to study with her and subsequently with Berl Senofsky and Ariana Bronne. Zuo Jun played as a first violinist in the Houston Symphony from 1994 to 2004. Prior to joining the Houston Symphony, he was a member of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra...

Mitchell Newman, (USA)

Violinist Mitchell Newman is a native of Los Angeles and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1987. After studies with Philharmonic violist David Stockhammer, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with David Cerone, Yumi Ninomya and Aaron Rosand. Newman is a regular participant in the Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella series and has had the opportunity to play the Mendelssohn Octet with Joshua Bell and the Thomas Ades’ Piano Quintet with the composer playing piano. Newman can be heard on Grammy-winning Southwest Chamber...

Solomia Soroka (Ukraine/ USA)

Violinist SOLOMIA SOROKA, born in L’viv, Ukraine, is among the most accomplished Ukrainian musicians of her generation. She won top prizes in three international violin competitions held in the former Soviet Union – the Prokofiev, Lysenko, and Zolota Osin’ competitions. Ms. Soroka earned her master’s degree summa cum laude and completed postgraduate studies in the Kyiv Conservatory, and later served on its faculty in the chamber music department. She also has a D.M.A degree from the Eastman School of Music. Solomia Soroka made her solo debut at age 10, playing...

Chiao-Ling Sun (Taiwan）

Ms. Chiao-Ling Sun holds the post of Violin Professor of Music Department at the National Taiwan University of Arts. There, she is presently teaching violin performance, chamber music, and string pedagogy. Graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts in 1981 with a diploma in music, she went on to receive her Bachelor of Music Degree and Master of Music Degree from Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1986. In 1988, Ms. Sun was sent back to USA by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education on a full scholarship from University of California at Santa Barbara, where she completed her...

Guillaume Tardif (Canada)

Canadian violinist GUILLAUME TARDIF pursues an active career as a performer and pedagogue. He regularly travels on recital tours and appears as soloist with orchestras in Asia, Europe, South and North America – most recently at Carnegie-Weill Hall in Paganini’s 24 Caprices. He often performs repertoire ranging from early music to contemporary works and introduces many lesser-known works and original compositions, cadenzas, and arrangements. He is often heard on radio and TV networks, and his recordings have been issued on the Dell’Arco label. He has been a guest...