Maxim Vengerov takes London job
mainThe violinist has been appointed Polonsky Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music.
press release:
The Royal College of Music (RCM) has today announced the appointment of globally renowned violinist MaximVengerov as Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin.
Throughout his 40 year career as both a violinist and conductor, Vengerov has appeared with the world’s finest orchestras and conductors and given solo recitals at major concert halls and festivals around the globe. His extensive Grammy Award winning recording output has positioned Vengerov as one of the most prolific and influential musicians of all time.
Maxim Vengerov said: ‘I am thrilled to be joining the Royal College of Music as Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin and very much look forward to working with the RCM’s talented students. Encouraging new generations of musicians is one my greatest passions and I am very pleased to be able to help shape the future careers of violinists at one of the world’s leading music conservatoires.’
Vengerov will visit the RCM at least three times a year, working with students through regular masterclasses and individual tuition.
Wow !!! at least 3 times a year , be still my beatng heart !
RCM should be embarrassed by this bs pretence to teaching but it ain’t ,Imagine master classes , private teaching , all in three visiting days and a star is born.
“MAXIM VENGEROV TAKES [another] LONDON JOB” …http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/maxim-vengerov
(a) Three times a year for how long?
(b) Right time, right place, right student/teacher combination, and lightning can strike. I have been to master classes — with people who were renowned teachers and people who were not — where the teacher said one thing that changed my whole approach to making music, and ended up being as important to the rest of my musical life as the “fix that A-flat/ the E is a little sharp” approach of my regular teacher. (Said teacher was, to be fair, trying to teach me to listen carefully to every note; that is also important.)
(c) This is not exactly deceptive marketing. Presumably this announcement will not lead anyone to enroll at the RCM expecting weekly lessons (scales, etudes) with Vengerov.
It could be a great experience for some, and for the rest — well, hopefully they will have a regular teacher who will be good for them, and 3 times a year they’ll have a class or two where they get no benefit but the ability to put his name on their résumé. Great potential gain, small potential loss.
40-year career? Vengerov is only 42. I know he’s been dazzling audiences for years, but I don’t think his diaper period really counts as “career.”
He goes wherein his truth lies and it happens to be in a diaper.Any one who teaches music as a visual experience as he does should be avoided at all costs.
MILKA is right, maybe Mr V. is at the acting Department?
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If indeed he were to teach acting which is a frightening thought he would no doubt be
teaching in the school of Theda Bara , I notice his eye work is similar to hers .Bron is
a creature in a class quite to himself .Enough said .
Wish I could go back to school. I love Vengerov!
Paul, you are not to be envied!
hope one day you can develop your taste.
and if not, that´s fate.
He is also the 2017 Artist-in-Residence for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (with Music Director Alondra de la Parra), performing concerti, solo recitals and masterclasses.
What’s the word for window dressing in Queensland
ok. so jaap schroeder used to be a visiting faculty at my school (yale) twice a year,
for a week at a time. it was simply awesome. the point of visiting faculty is to enhance/augment/add to the curriculum of great schools. music students do not need your jealousy or cynicism, milka and all.
Agreed
At last an intelligent comment!
Small minds are easily awe struck , example as to their shallowness is
always evident in that they think observations are based on jealousy , cynicism etc. Seems an education at yale didn’t help ,many are impressed by window dressing .
dear milka – when your ‘observations’ start to be positive and constructive people might take you seriously. or not.
You’re all so all knowing and have the gift of foresight.
Wasted just sending comments to Slippeddisc
What happened to waiting?
Experience in similar cases and witnessing every time again and again the failing of hoped-for results by these kind of Guest Professorships instead of the gift of foresight happened to make comments not a wast. Waiting for mentioning these justified critical remarks is certainly not needed, maybe unless for Godot. The teacher of Mr. V. showed the lucrative playing rules of the Worldwide Travelling Multiple Professorship Game, with the difference that Mr. V. is obviously not as talented or successful in the game as Mr. Bron. The only suggested by STWEART waiting issue could be waiting for the announcement of a third London Guest Professorship of the Guildhall School?
He left the Royal Academy of Music??? He was a visiting professor there for many years.
JOHNC, I wanted to find out the same thing. Is Vengerov still a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music or has he left? It’s difficult not to notice how much staff has left the institution lately! Rather odd!