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Hi! My name is Kailbeth Chacin and I have been playing the violin since I was five years old. I started in Venezuela at the Emil Friedman School and was also part of the social movement El Sistema, where I got to play with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, among other great music figures of our time.

Professional violinist and music teacher with international teaching and performing experience. I hold a degree in Music and received part of my musical training through El Sistema in Venezuela. Throughout my career, I have worked as a performer and teacher with students from different countries and backgrounds.

I am a professional violinist with over 15 years of experience performing, touring, and teaching. Currently teaching at FACE School in Montreal, working privately with students and coaching the string section. Graduating in 2012, I hold a Master’s degree and an Artist Diploma from the University of Montreal.

Bartholomew Fortino Shields is an Italian-American violinist, who is currently based in Rome, Italy. Throughout high school he studied with Sally Thomas, of the Juilliard School in New York City. He completed a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a scholarship recipient, where he studied under Soh-Hyun Park Altino, former…

Dear students! Welcome to my online viola class. I am Mikhail Bugaev, Principal Viola of Philharmonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais - OFMG (Brazil). I have a Doctorate in Viola Performance from Michigan State University, where I studied with Professor Yuri Gandelsman. Before that I earned BM and MM at Novosibirsk State Conservatory (Russia) in the class of Yuri Mazchenko.

Violinist Cheyenne King-Bails is building a vibrant solo, chamber, and recording career that has already taken her to Carnegie Hall in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and prominent venues across France, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Denmark, Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.

Carlos Rafael Martinez Arroyo is a distinguished violinist acclaimed for his technical proficiency and artistic versatility. Born in Córdoba, Spain and based in New York City, Carlos has carved a noteworthy presence in the classical music scene through performances, chamber music collaborations, and festival appearances across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.

The creator and host of iTunes' popular Violin Geek Podcast, Strings magazine contributor since 2010, the author of the multi-media guide series' Improve Your Bowing Technique and Improve Your Violin & Viola Technique, and a Skype lessons forerunner as reported on the front page of the New York Times, classically trained, genre bending violinist and violist Laurel Thomsen has…

With his lifelong visions in enriching people’s lives through music, Mr. Ming-hang Tam is an active violinist who enjoys his passion in violin playing since the age of four. His outstanding skills and technique in violin performance, with superb communications to deliver precise teaching points at each lesson, are beloved by his students and their parents. Overall, Mr.

Hello, My name is Chia-Shan Hsu, original from Taiwan. I had my Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Louisiana State University, and my Master of Music at Peabody conservatory, and now I am playing in the Civic Orchestra in Chicago! I have been assigned to be the concertmaster at schools and opera orchestra when I was at school, and I always play the chamber music with my friends, and…