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Violin and viola lessons for all

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Violin and Viola lessons for amateurs and professionals.
International concert and graduate professor at the HEM in Geneva and the RCM in London.
I propose an individualized pedagogy for children or adults, a help to the preparation of the exams or simply to discover the great pleasure of the music through the violin or the viola. All ages, all levels.

Location

At teacher's location: Chemin de la Tour-de-Champel, 1206 Genève, Suisse

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General info

Age:
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
60 minutes
The class is taught in:French, English, Italian, Spanish

About Me

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Isabel Villanueva is one of the best violists of the new generation; she was awarded the Spanish National Cultural Prize 2015 by the Spanish Radio and Television (Premio Ojo Critico). She is particularly appreciated for her expressiveness and sensitivity, as well as for the passion with which she is committed to promoting the viola as an instrument with a specific voice.

Isabel has performed in recitals and as a soloist in Europe, the Middle East and Russia in prestigious venues such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana , the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the Estonia Concert Hall in Tallinn or the Roudaki Hall in Tehran. She has been invited to perform at festivals such as the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, the Santander Festival or the LegeArtis Festival in Austria. His concerts have been recorded by Spanish Radio-Television, Catalunya Musica, Estonian Radio-Television, Estonia Klassika Raadio, Radio Television Suisse and Television Russia "Kultura".

Isabel Villanueva has been invited to perform as a soloist the works for viola and orchestra by JC Bach, Händel, Mozart, Hoffmeister, Bruch, Weber, Britten Hindemith, Bartok, Walton, Guibadulina, Olivero and Zarate with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of Spanish Radio and Television, Soloists of Moscow, Estonian Symphony Orchestra, Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Castille and Leon Symphony Orchestra, Glasperlen Sinfonietta from Tallinn.

In chamber music, she gives concerts with artists such as Andrea Lucchesini, Martti Rousi, Michael Levinas, Daniel Schnyder, the Quartetto di Cremona or the Trio Arbós.

Isabel Villanueva is very interested in the development of viola music. She has created many works and collaborated with composers such as Gubaidulina, Olivero, Marco, Zarate, Cervello, Khoury and Khayam. In 2010, she created José Zarate's viola concerto at the Zaragoza Auditorium. In 2012, she was invited to perform in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic the concerto for two violas "Two Paths" Sofia Gubaidulina on the eightieth anniversary of the composer. In 2013, she was the first foreign violist invited to give a solo recital in Tehran. In 2014, she was the guest soloist playing Betty Olivero's "Neharot, Neharot" in the Estonian Concert Hall for the MustonenFest Closing Gala in Tallinn.

Isabel Villanueva has received numerous awards and honors, including the Intercentres Competition, the Jeunesses Musicales Espagnoles, the Mravinsky Competition of Saint Petersburg, the Beethoven Viola Competition of the Czech Republic, and the Yuri Bashmet Viola Competition in Moscow. In 2014, she received the "Albert Lullin Prize" from the City of Geneva; In 2015, she was named "ambassador of Spanish talent" under the acronym Marca España and "cultural ambassador" of the Prim'Enfance Foundation of Geneva.

Isabel studied with Igor Sulyga, Yuri Bashmet, Lawrence Power and Nobuko Imai; She is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, the Chigiana Academy of Siena and the University of Music of Geneva. She has given masterclasses in Spain, Iran and Lebanon.

Education

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Master - Geneva High School of Music
Master - Royal College of Music in London
Bachelor 'Instrumental Pedagogy' Superior Conservatory of Navarre

Experience / Qualifications

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Since 2012 official masterclasses in numerous Conservatories Superior and Professional in Spain, Lebanon, Tehran, England.

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