David Russell @Llandovery
26/07 -10 /08 2009 An exceptional violinist,
an exceptional pedagogue
Master class
+ 6 places one to one
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Violinist David Russell enjoys an international
reputation as a violin pedagogue. Currently the Anne Reynolds Belk Distinguished Professor of Music
at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mr. Russell was a member of
the violin faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Music for 24 years. He also served as Assistant Director of String Chamber Music at CIM,
and was Visiting Violin Faculty at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
He has been a faculty member of prestigious summer programs such as
ENCORE School for Strings, Keshet Eilon International Violin Mastercourse
(Israel), ARIA International Summer Music Academy, The Meadowmount School of
Music, CREDO, and The Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. He has served on
the juries of numerous national and international violin competitions
including the Midwest Young Artist Competition (USA) and the Sion-Valais
International Violin Competition (Switzerland). Mr. Russell has also given
numerous violin master classes in China, Israel, Spain, Canada and the U.S. As a performer, Mr. Russell has appeared as soloist with The Cleveland
Pops Orchestra (of which he is Concertmaster), and orchestras around the U.S.
He has appeared in chamber music recital at The Glenn Gould Studio in
Toronto, and has been heard on National Public Radio’s Performance Today as well as in numerous
international concert venues. Mr. Russell’s students have also received much acclaim. Among them is
the 2008 winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition Junior
Division in Cardiff, Wales. Others are members of major American Orchestras
(including The Cleveland Orchestra), and members of professional chamber
music groups. Two are currently under management as touring soloists. One of David Russell students winner of The 2008 Yehudi
Menhuin Violin Competition |
