Faculty SIMA 2022 (photo: Marco Blessano)
Faculty 2024
Violin
Ana Chumachenco - violin masterclass 2024
Violin Professor at the Munich University of Music and at the Reina Sofia University of Music Madrid
Philip A. Draganov - violin masterclass 2024 and artistic director SIMA
Professor for violin at the Bern University of the Arts.
Violin Faculty at the Zurich University of the Arts (Pre-College Division)
and the Zurich Conservatory (MKZ), Violin faculty Winterthur Conservatory until 2021.
Jose G. Flores - chamber music teacher and assistant to Philip A. Draganov (application for solo lessons not possible)
Andreas Janke - violin masterclass 2024
Professor at the Hochschule der Künste Zürich and first concertmaster of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Svetlana Makarova - violin masterclass 2024
Professor at the violin faculty of the HEMU in Lausanne, former lecturer at the Gnessin Conservatory of Music in Moscow, the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence and the Conservatorio Liceu Barcelona.
Zohrab Tadevosyan - violin masterclass 2024 - assistance Ana Chumachenco and faculty chamber music
Pavel Vernikov - violin masterclass 2024 / joined class with Svetlana Makarova and chamber music teacher
Professor of violin at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna and at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (Site de Sion)
Viola
Thomas Selditz - viola masterclass 2024 and faculty chamber music
Violoncello
Thomas Grossenbacher - violoncello masterclass 2024
Professor at the Hochschule der Künste Zürich and former principal cellist of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Joseph Hasten - violoncello masterclass 2024
Troels Svane - Violoncello masterclass 2024
Faculty chamber music and piano accompanists 2024
Special guests
Christian Tetzlaff - Special master course for selected participants
One of the most sought-after violinists and most exciting musicians on the classical music scene.
SIMA - physiotherapy
Brigitte Gerber-Zaugg - Physiotherapist