Featured Masterclasses

With decades of recordings, teaching, and directing Yizhak Schotten shares selected online masterclasses, and downloadable content on this page for musicians.

Contact Yizhak Schotten for masterclasses, and private viola lessons.

 

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Educational Videos

Find educational content, like the videos featured below, on Yizhak Schotten’s growing YouTube account.

 
Alexandra Kanke performing the 2nd movement of the Hummel Sonata in E flat with Tal-Haim Samnon, Piano.

 

THE ART OF THE BOW ARM with Yizhak Schotten How to Produce the Most Beautiful Sound in the Most Efficient Way (2017) In this instructional video, violist Yiz...
Performed by Yizhak Schotten (arr. Primrose)

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Notable Masterclasses

 

 

INTERNATIONAL MASTER CLASSES:

ASIA:

Musicians Union of Japan, Tokyo

Hsing Tien Kong Culture & Education Development Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan (week residence)

College of Music, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (day residence)

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (three days residence)

AUSTRALIA:

Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia 

CANADA:

Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Canada (three weeks residence)

Kitchener University, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

University of Toronto Music Department, Toronto, Canada

Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada (two days residence)

Week residence of master classes at Domaine Forget Festival, Quebec, Canada

University of British Columbia Music Department, Vancouver, Canada 

ENGLAND:

Royal College of Music, London, England

Mehunin School of Music in Surrey, England

Tertis International Viola Competition, Isle of Man, England

Guildhall School of Music, London, England (one day residence)

Royal Academy of Music, London, England (one day residence)

EUROPE:

Conservatório Superior de Musica, Oviedo, Spain (three days residence)

International Music Academy of Pilsen, Czech Republic (three weeks residence)

ISRAEL:

Jerusalem Academy of Music, Israel

Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Tel Aviv Academy of Music, Israel (one day residence)

MAJOR MUSIC CONSERVATORIES AND UNIVERSITIES in the US:

The Juilliard School, New York, New York

Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Ohio

Cleveland Institute of Music, Ohio

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (week residence)

Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio

Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Mannes School of Music, New York, New York

Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan

OTHER UNIVERSITIES in the US

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

DePaul Univeristy School of Music, Chicago. Illinois

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

University of California, Santa Barbara, California

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

OTHER:

International Viola Congress at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY 

International Primrose Competition, Albuquerque, NM

Bein and Fushi Master Class Series, Chicago, IL

International Viola Congress at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana

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