solo lessons SIMA 2024 (photo: Marco Blessano)
Faculty 2025
Violin
Prof. Nora Chastain - violin masterclass 2025
Professor of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the Zurich University of the Arts
Prof. Ana Chumachenco - on leave at SIMA 2025
Violin Professor at the Munich University of Music and at the Reina Sofia University of Music Madrid
Prof. Philip A. Draganov - violin masterclass 2025 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
Prof. Andreas Janke - violin masterclass 2025
Professor at the Hochschule der Künste Zürich and first concertmaster of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Prof. Mihaela Martin - violin masterclass 2025
Professor at University of Music in Cologne, at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin and at the Kronberg Academy
Jose G. Flores - assistant to Philip A. Draganov (application for solo lessons not possible)
Viola
Violoncello
Prof. Thomas Grossenbacher - violoncello masterclass 2025
Professor at the Hochschule der Künste Zürich and former principal cellist of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Prof. Frans Helmersson - violoncello masterclass 2025
Professor at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin. Frans Helmerson has been teaching on the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes as a principal professor since 2006
Prof. Troels Svane - Violoncello masterclass 2025
Professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and at the Musikhochschule Lübeck
Faculty chamber music and piano accompanists 2025
Special guests
Julia Fischer - Special master course for selected participants
One of the world´s leading violinists, Julia Fischer is a versatile musician also known for her extraordinary abilities as a concert pianist, a chamber musician and a violin teacher
SIMA - physiotherapy
Brigitte Gerber-Zaugg - Physiotherapist