Masterclass Violine mit Yair Kless

Termine:
Fr, 27. Mai 2022, 10:00—13:00 Uhr & 14:00—17:00 Uhr
Sa, 28. Mai 2022, 10:00—13:00 Uhr & 14:00—17:00 Uhr

Yair Kless was born in Israel and began playing the violin at the early age. He graduated from Tel Aviv Music Academy, under the tutelage of Israel Amidan. Following a recommendation from Nathan Milstein, he moved to Brussels to study with Andre Gertler in the Royal conservatory and Chapelle-Musicale Reine-Elizabeth, graduating with the highest distinction in both instrumental and chamber music.
He began his public performance career at an early age and is still active as a solist and a chamber player. His vast repertoire includes music from all periods, from Baroque to Modern, including premieres of works, some of which were written for or dedicated to him.
Yair Kless was one of the founders and first violinist of the Sol-La-Re string quartet, recording among others major works by Israeli composers. He was a member of the Israeli Baroque Players, which toured extensively around the world, including the prestigious Salzburg Festival. Other ensembles and groups include the Tel-Aviv piano quartet USA based New Art Trio, Modus Trio and many projects around the globe. He enjoys collaborating with his son Eyal in Duo violin repertoire. Yair Kless performed the majority sonata repertoire collaborating with outstanding musical partners such as Nadia Reisenberg, Pnina Salzman, Shoshana Rudiakov, Arie Vardi, Victor Derevianko, Frank Wibout and many others.
One of the most prominent teachers in the world today, many of Yair's students have successful solo and chamber careers, with prizes in the competitions and hold key positions in the musical world, such as concertmaster seats in famous orchestras and teaching positions in prestigious academies.
He is a professor at the Tel Aviv Academy (now the Buchman–Metha School of the music). Throughout the years he has held the post of head of strings faculty as well as head of the academy.
He also holds proffesorial posts at the Kunstuniversitat Graz in Austria and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. He annually participates in many prestigious festivals such as Salzburg Summer  Academy (Austria), Bowdoin (U.S.A.) and conducted master classes in every country of the European Union, in Russia, the Far East, Australia and South America.
Further works include editing new editions of virtuosic violin pieces, gathering and publishing studies from the golden age of the Franco-Belgian School and tutorial videos dedicated to the principles of violin playing.
He is annually invited to be a part of the jury panel of many international competitions.
At the Tel Aviv Music Academy he initiated, created and has run a programme for the music students for the last 30 years that includes theoretical and practical classes, which focus and fundamental principles of instrumental teaching. For many years he stood as the head of a programme in Stuttgart, which ran seminars for violin teachers, dedicated to furthering the knowledge about the different teaching methods and styles.
Yair Kless continues to hold master classes and workshop seminars dedicated to these subjects wherever he goes.