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12 July – 31 August 2024

Cycle «Change II» 2023 — 2025

PROF. ANA CHUMACHENCO, VIOLINE

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Having been a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich for years, Ana Chumachenco shaped students such as Julia Fischer, Arabella Steinbacher or Lisa Batiashvili to become world-class soloists. When she came to Europe from Argentina over 40 years ago, her first stop was Gstaad, where she played music with Yehudi Menuhin.

Prof. Ettore Causa, viola

Ettore Causa, Viola, Professor String Academy 2014

Italian-born violist  Ettore Causa is a former student of the International Menuhin Music Academy and of Yehudi Menuhin and is considered one of the most brilliant violists performers and pedagogues of our time.

Prof. Ivan Monighetti, cello

Ivan Monighetti String Academy

Ivan Monighetti, one of Rostropovich’s last students and an eminent champion of the Russian cello school, is in great demand around the world as a teacher. He has taught at the Basel Music Academy for nearly 20 years.