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Strings Violin; Viola; Cello; Double Bass Open Day - 10th October 2007

Professor David Strange FRAM

(Picture: Photo of Professor David Strange)

Studied at the Academy with Douglas Cameron. Principal Cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1973–85) and of the Royal Opera House (1985–90). Head of Strings, European Union Youth Orchestra; Professor, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Director, RAM String Orchestra. Vice-President of Pro Corda, the National School for Young Chamber Music Players and a Trustee of the National Chamber Music for Schools Competition. Artistic Advisor to Wells Cathedral Specialist Music School.
Professor since 1976 and Head of Strings since 1997. Appointed a Professor of University of London, 2002.

Instrument Collection

The Academy has ‘one of the premier and most accessible collections in the world’ (The Strad, March 2006). Many of the 250+ stringed instruments are available to students. The staff of the on-site workshop advise students on maintenance of their own instruments, and a bow specialist visits regularly for rehairs and repairs.

The Courses

The Academy’s outstanding tradition of training string players of the highest calibre is given testimony by the number of alumni pursuing careers as soloists or principals in orchestras and ensembles world-wide. Through a programme of solo, chamber and orchestral performance, the Academy comprehensively prepares students for a professional career. Many students perform with the European
Union and Gustav MahlerYouth Orchestras.

The Academy hosts masterclasses by members of the teaching staff and regularly welcomes distinguished visiting performers. International quartets are invited each term to work with student quartets and to perform in the Duke’s Hall. Chamber music is a major component of all students’ work. Fourteen top players make up the Royal Academy Soloists.

Your Audition (see p.56 for general details)

We expect a good knowledge of scales and arpeggios.

Violin: Undergraduates
1st movement (with cadenza) of a concerto by Haydn or Mozart and a contrasting piece. Before the audition date you will also receive a short technical study which you may be asked to perform.

Violin: Postgraduates
1st movement of a major concerto written after 1800, and a contrasting piece.

Viola and Cello
1st movement of a major concerto and a contrasting piece.

Double Bass
One piece of your own choice plus two excerpts from orchestral repertoire.

TheTeachers

Violin
Remus Azoitei MMus, ARAM
Thomas Brandis Hon RAM (Visiting Professor)
Diana Cummings FRAM
Howard Davis FRAM, FRSAMD, FRSA
Richard Deakin MMus, FRCO, ARAM
Mayumi Fujikawa Hon ARAM
Clio Gould AGSM, Hon RAM
Erich Gruenberg OBE, Hon RAM, FGSM, FRCM
Maurice Hasson Hon RAM
Joji Hattori Hon RAM (Visiting Professor)
Hu Kun Hon RAM
Sophie Langdon ARAM
Mateja Marinkovic Hon ARAM
Nicholas Miller ARAM
Lydia Mordkovitch Hon RAM, FRNCM
György Pauk Hon RAM, Hon GSM
(Ede Zathureczsky Professor of Violin)
Aleksander Pavlovic Hon RAM (Visiting Professor)
Igor Petrushevski Dip Moscow Conservatoire
Tomotada Soh Hon ARAM
Marianne Thorsen FRAM
MaximVengerov Hon RAM

Viola
Philip Dukes Hon ARAM
Yuko Inoue BA, PPRNCM, Hon ARAM
Jerzy Kosmala (Visiting Professor)
Martin Outram MA, FRAM
Hartmut Rohde (Visiting Professor)
Paul Silverthorne FRAM
James Sleigh ARCM, Hon ARAM
Matthew Souter AGSM, Hon ARAM

Cello
Colin Carr Hon RAM
Robert Cohen (Visiting Professor)
Steven Doane (Visiting Professor)
Lionel Handy ARAM
Josephine Knight ARAM
Mats Lidström Hon ARAM
Felix Schmidt
Philip Sheppard ARAM
David Smith FRAM, FRSAMD
Professor David Strange FRAM

Double Bass
Duncan McTier BSc, ARCM, FRNCM, Hon RAM
Edgar Meyer (Visiting Professor)
Graham Mitchell ARAM
Peter Pühn (Visiting Professor)
Rodney Stewart FRAM

Instrument Custodian
David Rattray Hon ARAM

2006–2007 Highlights

Violin masterclasses byTasmin Little, MaximVengerov,Thomas Brandis, Mauricio Fuks, Joji Hattori, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Sylvia Rosenberg, Eric Rosenblith and Zvi Zeitlin

Viola masterclasses by Roger Benedict, Jerzy Kosmala,Tatyana Masurenko, Hartmut Rohde andYitzhak Schotten

Cello masterclasses by Robert Cohen, Steve Doane, Colin Carr and Paul Marleyn

Double bass masterclasses by Peter Pühn and Janne Saksala

Visits by the Maggini,Vanbrugh and Skampa quartets

A major Paganini in London festival

Royal Academy Soloists concerts, directed by Clio Gould

A busy programme of recitals and chamber music


Recent Student Successes

String graduates since 2000 are with BBC SO, BBC CO, BBC NOW, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, Camerata Academica Salzburg, CBSO, ECO, ENO, Hallé, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Irish Chamber Orchestra, LPO, LSO, Malmö SO, Melbourne SO, Orquesta Sinfonica de Seville, Oslo Philharmonic,
Philharmonia, Queensland Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Opera House, Royal Philharmonic, RTE Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble and many of the major European Symphony Orchestras.