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Lessons for Violin/Viola for Beginners to Advanced (for Children and Adults) in Zurich

Hello, my name is Izabel and I play the viola professionally and work in Zurich Opernhaus as well as other orchestras.
I also have more than 10 years of experience teaching the violin, the viola and music theory.
I can speak fluent English, Bulgarian and French. I can also understand German, but cannot fluently communicate.
I would be happy to work with you or your child at your home, or in my studio, as well as give an online course. My weeks are often quite flexible and I am happy to accommodate to your schedule whenever it is possible.

It is an important step in one's development to seek the right guidance and to have a teacher who helps them develop and grow. I was lucky to have been taught by incredible teachers, but I also needed to create a specialised way of practicing for myself, which I soon realised could help many others get through the difficulties of learning the stringed instrument.

If you are interested in my course, please reach out and be sure that you will not regret it.

All the best,

Izabel

Extra information

Bring your own personal or rented instrument. I can print out all the necessary scores and I can also bring textbook if you are interested in learning music theory.

Location

At teacher's location: Juliastrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
At student's location: Around Zurich, Switzerland
Online via webcam

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General info

Age:
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in:English, Bulgarian, French

About Me

I have been performing and studying music since I was three years old. I have experience with playing the piano, the violin, singing and playing the viola. My teaching experience begun 10 years ago in Bulgaria and progressed quite rapidly once I moved to Switzerland. When I lived in Lausanne I had 8-10 regular students, some of which were at the age of over 40 years old. I was then recruited to teach in the Swiss Music School "Gimme Music", however I decided to move to Zurich and to work in the orchestra Zurich Opernhaus.

I am an extremely patient and orderly person. I make things simple and easy to remember. I believe that anything can be possible to achieve if you manage to break it down and understand it to its deepest level and that is what I strive for with my students.

I always make the course individually constructed for the student. I listen attentively to what exactly are their goals and reasons for pursuing this path and I act accordingly. I will never judge or be malicious if the progress hasn't lived up to my hopes, everyone's journey and everyone's rhythm of development is completely different and never too late.

I myself have had to navigate these instruments sometimes completely by myself and that has led me to creating special tips and tricks which have then helped my students immensely.

Education

Haute Ecole Musique de Lausanne,
Bachelor for Music studies, degree in performing the viola 2015-2019
Master Soloist, specialised for performing as a soloist 2019-2022

Experience / Qualifications

Viola player- guest player in Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra de Suisse Romande, Zurich Opernhaus and others.

Teacher in music school "Gimme Music" for Violin/Viola and Singing (2018)

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