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STRADIVARI SOCIETY® NEWS
Recent Master Classes by Distinguished
Musicians and Teachers
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| Robert Chen listens to Lydia Hong |
On November 30th, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Concertmaster and Professor of Violin at Roosevelt University Robert Chen
led his first Bein & Fushi master class. Four students took advantage of
this extraordinary opportunity to benefit from Chen’s instruction: Natalia
Szadkowski, student of Cyrus Forough; Lydia Hong, student of Almita Vamos;
and Steven Li and Yin Shen, students of Robert Chen.
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| Miriam Fried gives guidance to Elizabeth
Choi |
Miriam Fried, currently serves as
first violin of the Mendelssohn Quartet, faculty member at Indiana
University, Bloomington, and New England Conservatory as well as Steans
Institute at Ravinia faculty chairman. Fried shared her vast knowledge and
experience at an early evening class on June 26. Arun Ravi and Elizabeth
Choi, students of Mark Zinger; and Hezin Bae, student of Gerardo Ribeiro,
took part, assisted by pianist Kuang-Hao Huang. After the class Fried
delighted class participants and audience members with a thrilling
performance of Brahms’ Sonata in G Major. Ieva Jokubaziciute accompanied.
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| Maurizio Fuks works with Shawn Patrick
Moore |
MAURIZIO FUKS, professor of violin at
Indiana University School of Music and visiting professor at the Hochschule
für Musik "Hanns Eisler," University of Limerick, Hochschule Mozarteum,
Royal Academy of Music, and the Yehudi Menuhin School, presided over an
exciting master class on March 15.ÊBenefitting from Professor Fuks’ guidance
were Steven Li and Yin Shen, students of Robert Chen; Olivia Lam, student of
Drew Lecher; and Shawn Patrick Moore, student of Cyrus Forough. Tatyana
Stepanova accompanied.
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| Vadim Gluzman |
In my view Bein &
Fushi is more that just one of the most important rare instrument
dealerships in the world. The establishment of The Stradivari
Society® has allowed dozens and dozens of outstanding young
musicians to fully realize their potential and greatly advance their
careers by giving them a chance of a lifetime—to play on the
instruments made by the great Italian masters. Bein & Fushi is
providing an enormous service to its community by presenting a
series of master classes held by the greatest performers and
teachers of our time at no charge for the students and the audience.
One cannot overestimate these achievements! Bein & Fushi has made
the dreams of many people come true!
Vadim Gluzman |
May 17 brought distinguished international
soloist and Stradivari Society® recipient VADIM GLUZMAN, also a faculty
member at Roosevelt University’s Chicago Musical College, to Bein & Fushi to
give inspiration and direction to the talented, young musicians selected to
participate: Eunice Keem, Sherry Hong, and Ayane Kozasa, all students of
Cyrus Forough. Pianist Angela Yoffe, Gluzman’s wife and outstanding
accompanist, assisted the students. After the class, Gluzman and Yoffe
delighted the capacity crowd with selections from Lera Auerbach’s 24
Preludes for Violin and Piano and Ravel’s Tzigane.
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| Yehuda Hanani demonstrates a passage for
Alvin Wong |
On April 5 the celebrated and sought-after
cello soloist Yehuda Hanani returned to the Great Room at Bein & Fushi to
lead another exciting class. Hanani is the founder and director of the
"Bach" Annalia Festival, associate professor of violoncello at the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, faculty member at
Aspen, and artistic director of the chamber music series at the Miami Center
for the Fine Arts. Yu-Lian Xu, student of John Sharp and Barbara Haffner;
Abe Feder, student of Richard Hirschl; Alvin Wong, student of Alan Harris;
and Jennifer Suhr, student of Richard Hirschl (in a trio performance with
Alexandria Letvin, piano, and Jack Manquardt, clarinet) took advantage of
this great opportunity to receive direction from Professor Hanani. Shirley
Trissel and Ligia Lyka Takei accompanied.
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| Suzanne Fushi, Lillian Wang, Geoffrey Fushi,
Robert Lipsett, Li Ling, and Wayne Lin |
Robert Lipsett, violin, holds the Jascha
Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at the Colburn School of the Performing
Arts and is associate professor of strings at the University of Southern
California. He returned to Bein & Fushi on March 29 to generously share his
wealth of knowledge and experience to four promising young violinsts:
Aurelien Pedertoli, student of Shmuel Ashkenasi; Wayne Lin, student of Glenn
Dicterow; Ayane Kozasa, student of Cyrus Forough; and Lillian Wang, student
of Gerardo Ribeiro. Alibek Alpiev and Tatyana Stepanova accompanied.
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| Vadim Repin |
World-renowned virtuoso violinist and
Stradivari Society® recipient Vadim Repin led an outstanding evening master
class and recital on February 21. Repin gave instruction to three fortunate
participants performing challenging repertoire: Irene Lee, student of Betty
Haag; David Lisker, student of Mark Zinger; and Wayne Lin, student of Glenn
Dicterow. Repin then took his turn in the spotlight and dazzled the capacity
crowd in Curtis Hall with a performance of the Kreisler arrangement of
Tartini’s Devil’s
“There is such a
wealth of wonderful instruments to see at Bein & Fushi. The service
they have extended to me has matched the superb quality of the
instruments they have offered.”
Yehuda Hanani |
Trill Sonata, Chausson’s Poème, and Ravel’s Tzigane,
accompanied by Tatyana Stepanova.
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| Kurt Sassmanshaus teaches Rommel Fernandes |
Kurt Sassmanshaus, violin and conductor, is
chair of the string department and director of the renowned Starling program
at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music shared his
expertise with outstanding students on April 26. Chosen to take part in this
insightful class were Stephanie Zyzak, student of Kurt Sassmannshaus; Daniel
Shih, student of Drew Lecher; Kevin Hu, student of Frank Lu; Natalia
Szadkowski, student of Cyrus Forough; and Rommel Fernandes, student of
Gerardo Ribeiro. Pianists Inesa Sinkevych, Ophelia Hu, and Shirley Trissel
accompanied.
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Roland and Almita Vamos share their
expertise with
a student |
Distinguished professors of violin and viola
at Northwestern University, on the faculty of the Music Institute of Chicago
and founders of the Weathersfield Music Festival in Vermont, Almita and
Roland Vamos led an inspiring session on December 7. Participants included
Ming-Huan Xu, student of Almita Vamos; Alex Link, student of Roland Vamos;
Kaycee Fitsimmons, student of Christine Due; and David Yonan, former student
of Almita Vamos and student of Professor Sholz.
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| Suzanne Fushi, Chee Yun, Vadim Gluzman, and
Angela Yoffe |
One of today's most exciting rising stars,
Chee Yun, has already captured the attention and admiration of the music
world. Chee Yun led her debut recital and master class in the Great Room on
April 12. She gave spectacular performances of Brahms’ Scherzo and
Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo, accompanied by pianist Angela Yoffe.
Participants Olivia Young, student of Gerardo Ribeiro; Ayane Kozasa, student
of Cyrus Forough; and Natalia Szadkowski, student of Cyrus Forough
Natalia Szadkowski, student of Cyrus Forough gained
great insight from her instruction. Accompanying the students was Tatyana
Stepanova.
| "My Rugeri is
sounding more and more beautiful every day. Everybody comments on
how gorgeous it is and what a big sound it has. ...I absolutely love
it!
Thank you, thank you!
Chee Yun |
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| Pinchas Zukerman with Margot Schwartz,
Jonathan Miron, and Emily Rose Hyun |
Three students had the rare opportunity to
participate in an extraordinary master class by one of the greatest artists
of our time, the legendary violinist, violist, and conductor, Pinchas
Zukerman, in a special morning class on March 22. The standing-room-only
crowd observed Zukerman in the intimate setting of Curtis Hall in the Fine
Arts Building as he shared his expertise and artistry with three
exceptionally talented young violinists: Jonathan Miron, student of Kurt
Sassmanshaus, accompanied by Ina Ham; Emily Rose Hyun, student of Betty
Haag-Kuhnke, Shirley Trissel accompanying; and Margot Schwartz, student of
Roland and Almita Vamos.
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