Teachers in Germany
Hello!
Could you please recomend any violin teachers in Germany.I'm 23 and I'm just graduating with Sibelius in Slovenia.
Replies (24)
Hi Melanie!
I was thinking more of Berlin, Hamburg or maybe Mainnham.But since I don't know anything about teachers in Germany I would be very gratefull of any pointers.
In Berlin there are 2 music Academies (in the former east/western parts) which are both really good,just maybe more difficult to get accepted there because everybody wants to study there ;) I know a couple of good teachers there, such as Nora Chastain, Antje Weithaas, Stefan Picard and Raphael Oleg. In Hamburg, I only heard many good things about Krystof Wergzin (sorry I thing I really mispelled his name), and from Mannheim, I know Waleri Gradow and Roman Nodel...I have been accepted in Mannheim in the past but never went to study there because I found the city really awful!!Köln must be great too, and Freiburg+ Stuttgart have great teachers!!
The quality of students at Mannheim is excellent.
Rissin (khachatryan), Zakar Bron (repin, schumann, vengerov, etcetc)
(Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe) University of Music, Karlsruhe
University of Music, Cologne
University of Music Würzburg
University of Music Hanover
University of Music Munich
These are all great schools training some of the best musicians in the world.
Ana Chumachenco (Fischer, Batiashvili, Steinbacher).
Zakhar Bron is in Köln and Zürich (Switzerland).Ana Chumachenco has a huge waiting list because so many people want to study with her!
Is there a website for Karlsruhe? I don't seem to be able to access any information. Any help appreciated.
Thanks a Million for that!
Now my brain is in overdrive. Have any of you gone from an English speaking country to study in Germany or Austria? How did you find it - was the language difficult to master? Was it culturally very different? Were the people friendly? How did you decide which school to attend and how difficult is it to be accepted, both musically and personally? Are the auditions stiffer than the English colleges, for example?
hello!I am french and went to Germany without speaking the language fluently!! At the beginning it was a little bit difficult because the grammar was strange, but after a few months i had no more problems!!In the music academy where I was there were many foreign students, mostly from Japan and Corea I must say, and they didn't know a single german word!But in some academies you have to pass a language test after the instrumental audition! I had to do this in Mannheim for ex. I have never taken any audition in England, but I think it's a little bit harder to be taken in Germany because in Germany you don't pay your studies!
Would anybody know how Stuttgart compares with Karlsruhe, for example? Which are the most respected institutions in Germany and Austria? Can anybody recommend particular teachers?
Hello! I would recommend you Stuttgart before Karlsruhe!Not because I have studied there, but the Academy is much bigger and there are many things to do with music there!The atmosphere is good too...I would say about teachers..Well of course I. Turban (but I think he has a kind of "waiting list" too),H. Kalafusz,C. Sikorski and C.Busch.When I left a new teacher was named, but I haven't heard about her, and I think they are looking for a new professor too!Good luck!
You can visit their website though, there's a biography of every single teacher:www.musikhochschule-stuttgart.de
Thank you Melanie, when you say Turban has a waiting list, do you know if that is something that goes on merit, or just that no matter how good you are, you ned to wait until the others ahead of you have their chance? I found the website interesting and had some fun with automatically translated pages, could have done with a translation of the translation on some of them, but managed to get the gist of most of it.
Patrick, did you mean there is not much to do in the musical sense, or that Karlsruhe is a small or uninteresting town?
I think Patrick spoke about musical activities in Karlsruhe, because the town isn't small and here are things to do.
About Turban, no it depends on how you play!I think he will hear you and see if he is interesting on teaching you..how you reacts and so!!You don't have to be a super star to get into his class,but there must be "connections" between him-you...YOu see what I mean??Give him a call!
I thought Zakhar Bron worked out of Zurich?
Zakhar Bron is both in Zürich and Köln!
I'm planning to study abroad in Germany next year. What are people's thoughts on specific teachers at the University of Music, Munich? (I plan to audition for Ana Chumanchenco, but she may be a bit of a reach...)
I lived in Munich for some time, and had a private teacher there, who was a performing soloist, but I cannot remember his full name...
I'd say Munich is a good place to live in Germany, especially weatherwise.
Ana Chumachenco is a class of its own. Check out her musical biography (Sandor Vegh, Yehudi Menuhin, Joszef Szigeti), then the list of her students (Julia Fischer, Vilde Frang, Susanna Yoko Henkel, Daniel Röhn, Arabella Steinbacher, Lisa Batiashvili etc. etc.).
She's said to take her time for each student and work with them individually: all you might hear about her and her way of educating talents are superlatives. I bet it's easier to get a date with Heidi Klum, then becoming her pupil.
Ingolf Turban teaches in München too, same as Christoph Poppen (teacher of Isabelle Faust), who teaches violin and chamber orchestra (he's a great guy, being conducted by him is a terrific experience, very inspired man with a great sense of humour). Besides famous names, the conservatory has a superb reputation for violin (assistents (!), education in chamber music etc.).
No matter where you study here, you know you will have to pay higher fees here from next summer on (it will differ from state to state and even from conservatory to conservatory)? In München it's said to be around ~ 500 EURO/term (winter & summer semester). And just for the records: living in München is very expensive... :/
What about Graz university?
is there any really great teachers?
Does anybody knows anything about Yair Kless?
any suggestions appreciated! thanks!
Did anyone say Helge Slaatto yet?
of Detmold Music in Muenster.
V
I'm going to be studying at Uni Stuttgart, but they lack courses in arts & humanities. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a violin teacher or two.
Hi Marni,
the Uni Stuttgart is focused on science. For arts and music there is the Musikhochschule (http://www.mh-stuttgart.de/) or, officially Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.
It will be easy to find a teacher there.
This discussion has been archived and is no longer accepting responses.
Violinist.com is made possible by...
Dimitri Musafia, Master Maker of Violin and Viola Cases
Miroirs CA Classical Music Journal
Coltman Chamber Music Competition
Johnson String Instrument/Carriage House Violins
Laurie's Books
Discover the best of Violinist.com in these collections of editor Laurie Niles' exclusive interviews.
Violinist.com Interviews Volume 1, with introduction by Hilary Hahn
Violinist.com Interviews Volume 2, with introduction by Rachel Barton Pine
August 18, 2005 at 06:23 AM · Hello!
There are MANY good teachers in Germany!!!In every big town there is one music Academy with at least 3 good teachers in it! It really depends on where you want to study, and what kind of "school" you want to have.(there are many russians, like Gradow and Nodel in Mannheim,Bron in Köln,etc...).If you tell me where exactly you would like to study, maybe I could help you more!