Together, our professors have won major prizes, juried music competitions, and teach all over the world. They share their knowledge, advice, and techniques to help you improve and develop your skills through their masterclasses and interviews.
Collins Finghin
Piano
Winner of the Clara Haskil Competition in 1999
Winner of the Georges Filipinetti Prize in 2002
Alexeev Dmitri
Piano
He has been a judge at the most prestigious piano competitions, including the Leeds International Piano Competition, Chopin (Warsaw), Van Cliburn, Santander, Beethoven (Vienna) and Tchaikovsky (Moscow)
He won 2nd prize at the Marguerite-Long-Jacques-Thibaud International Competition in 1969, 1st prize at the Georges Enesco International Competition in Bucharest in 1970, the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1974 and the Leeds International Piano
Professor at the Royal College of Music of London
Koningsberger Maarten
Voice
Maarten Koningsberger taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, the Conservatoire National Supérier de Musique et de Danse de Paris and the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and is regularly invited for jury’s and masterclasses.
Honig Margreet
Voice
She has gained international recognition for being a vocal coach to many singers who have developed advanced careers in professional singing.
Kovacevich Stephen
Piano
He has conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Ogrintchouk Alexei
Oboe
He has won several international competitions including the prestigious ICES International Competition in Geneva at the age of 19.
In 1999 he was the winner of the European Juventus Prize.
In 2002, he won two Victoires de la Musique Classique in France.
Dumay Augustin
Violin
He is Master in Residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth (Brussels) where he teaches young violinists of the highest level, most of them winners of major international competitions.
Yi-bing Chu
Cello
Winner of the International Music Performance Competition in Geneva in 1986
Poulet Gerard
Violin
At the age of 18, he won the 1st Grand Prix of the Paganini Competition in Genoa.
Since April 2005, Gérard Poulet has been appointed guest professor at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo
He was awarded the title of Officier des Arts et Lettres in 1995 and Commandeur in 2019, and Officier de l'ordre National du Mérite in 1999
Jude Marie-Josèphe
Piano
She was a finalist at the Clara Haskil Competition in 1989.
She won the Victoire de la Musique in the category « New Talent » in 1995.
Pauk György
Chamber Music
Violin
First Prize in 1956 at the Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy.
First Grand Prize in 1959 at the Marguerite-Long-Jacques-Thibaud International Competition.
First Prize at the Munich Sonata Competition with Frankl.
Greensmith Clive
Cello
Chamber Music
Professor of cello and Chamber Music at the Colburn school in Los Angeles.
Founding member of the Montrose Trio.