International Summer Academy in Florence 2018 - Maste class for viola - Yury Bondarev

The International Summer Academy 2018 – Master class for Viola with Yury Bondarev takes place this year in Florence (Italy)
Address: Palazzo Rosselli del Turco
Borgo SS. Apostoli 19 – Firenze

29th August – 2th September 2018
Tuition for active participants solo: 330 €
Tuition for active participants chamber music: 490 €

Aim of the masterclass: intensive work of the core repertoire and beyond, preparation for concerts, competitions and auditions.  Every participant will receive four lessons minimum (60 min. each); selected students will perform in the final concert.

Yuri Bondarev  – Viola

Yuri Bondarev was born in St. Petersburg into a family of musicians. After his graduation final recital in Berlin, he decided to continue his musical career as a viola player and joined the class of Prof. Tatjana Masurenko at the Hochschule fur Musik „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig. Yuri has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician in Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece, Japan and many other countries. Further chamber music groups took him to concerts in Musikverein in Vienna, Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Sala Verdi in Milano. In 2009 he took up the position of Co-Principal Viola at the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and from 2012 he also Docent at the International Music Academy “Anton Rubinstein”.