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Violin Instructors

Andres  Violin instructor-  sLs Japan

Andrés is a professional violin teacher/performer graduated from the Universidad de Lanús. Academic in Argentina (Bachelor's Degree in Music)
He has been awarded Professor in Instrument: Violin. from  Piazzolla Conservatory. In title on issue. Year 2021 and also a Violin and Viola Professor of the Berisso Orchestra-School. City of Berisso. From April 2014 to February 2018.
Regular violin lessons with Maestro José Bondar (Private), Violin Masterclasses with Professor Anastasia Storer (USA) Nicolás Favero (Argentina), Gilles Apap (France)  Dmitri Berlinsky (Russia) and Campos do Jordao, Brazil.

He has been an active performer as a soloist and as a collaborative violinist for other instruments and various orchestras.
He was a violinist for Camerata Académica del Teatro, Orquesta Estable del Teatro and The National Symphony Orchestra Argentina.
Besides, he was also a guest member ( Violin ) for the Suginami District Philharmonic Orchestra (杉並フィルはハーモニー管弦楽団) and the Nakano District Citizens' Symphony Orchestra (中野区民交響楽団)in Tokyo.

A very dedicated violinist and educator. His warm, humble and approachable personality one that has surely helped him succeed.
He speaks 3 languages - English, Spanish and Japanese. 

Andres
sLs Violin instructor

Maria has been playing the violin since the age of 13. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Arts from UCASAL (Universidad Católica de Salta). Throughout her career, she has performed with several ensembles and orchestras, including the Orchestra of the Bicentenary, the Young Symphonic Orchestra of Salta, and Camerata Stradivari.

In addition to her musical background, Maria has a strong interest in languages. She is fluent in Spanish and English, has basic knowledge of Portuguese, and is currently studying Japanese.

Maria
シャルヴァ青木奈緒子 - sLs Japan violin instructor

Naoko. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Naoko-sensei completed a master's degree in ancient instruments at the Conservatoire de Genève.
She has been active as a violinist and has participated in the Musique Musicale du Palais du Louvre under Marc Minkowski, Orfeo 55 under Nathalie Stutzmann, Classical Players Tokyo under Masahiro Arita and the Tokyo Mozart Players under Tatsunori Numajiri. She also has extensive experience in teaching mainly in Japanese and French.

Naoko
Zofia
Zofia - sLs Japan -ヴァイオリン講師.

Zofia is a musician and a scholar of Japanese culture from Krakow, Poland. She has obtained a Bachelor's degree in International Cultural Studies and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Japanese traditional music of Meiji period Japan, meanwhile studying as an exchange student at Tokyo Gakugei University and taking koto lessons.

Zofia's musical journey began in primary school and then continued at The Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School, where she studied from 2011 to 2017 and was a member of the second violin section of the Polish orchestra Camerata di Cracovia. With this orchestra she had tournee around France where she also was a conductor during some of the concerts. Thanks to that, she acquired communication and organizing skills which helped her in further teaching experience.

Last year she has started to give violin classes for primary and elementary schools students according to Antoni Cofalik school theory; 05-08.2022; preparing whole material for students (Antoni Cofalik "Notatnik metodyczny o grze skrzypcowej"). She had a very good contact with students while conducting lessons through cultural experience and theory, giving them opportunities for developing their abilities.

Zofia is a very sociable and open person, who is always willing to help. She treats every person individually, by focusing on the most important aspects and enjoys working with people while sharing her passions. She sees music as an integral part of our reality that shapes culture and personality, and translates into how we perceive the world.

Katie (ケイティ) sLs Japan のバイオリン講師

Katie has had a love and passion for music, especially playing violin, since childhood, and is very happy to be a part of sLs Japan. She has previously helped in teaching the Irvine Classical Players youth orchestra in her childhood home of Southern California, U.S.A. and loves to help others in their own musical journeys. She has been working in Japan as a music teacher since 2019, and prior to that graduated with a Bachelor's Degree of Violin Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Maryland, USA. She enjoys playing music of a variety of styles in addition to classical, including American traditional fiddle music, jazz, and popular music. She believes that understanding music from many different angles and being able to form a personal connection with it is an important part of learning.

Katie
Josefina
Josefina 英語バイオリン slsjapan violin lessons in english 音楽と言語教師

Josefina is a multi-instrumentalist and multilingual teacher. Highly committed, focused and certified music instructor, She holds a master of Science degree and Musical Arts (Pontificia Universidad Católica). A Certified Violin Teacher. She can teach Violin, Guitar, Piano and Vocal. Working with children is one of her passions. She has 10 years’ experience teaching violin and music to kids and adults. She used to work in  Australia and Chile as a music teacher at an international school and a bilingual school.  She speaks 3 languages - English, Spanish and Japanese. A good music performer and music tutor with a wonderful personality.Her principle is " children should learn through emotions and not through repetition. " 

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