This violin masterclass at a distance is an extension of the MusicGrid project. Maestro Pinchas Zukerman offers his services in cooperation with Canadian NRC and CRC. On the Finnish side the International Centre of Chamber Music, Virtuosi is an associate partner in the Canadian MusicGrid Project, which is being run by John Spence and Martin Brooks.
The Canadian-Finnish scheme enhances violin net education by a method of asynchronic learning, defined in collaboration with Pinchas Zukerman. The considerations of Maestro Zukerman are presented in an article dedicated to the theme: Violin Masterclasses — Asynchronically.
This is an archive of the outcome of the recording sessions held in 20th to 23rd of October 2004 at the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory, Karelia, Russia. Pinchas Zukerman produced his answers from Canada with the assistance of Martin Brooks from the National Research Council. The Finnish crew consisted of sound engineer Timo Haverinen and the producer Philip Donner from Virtuosi.
| Student | Composition | Question | Answer |
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| Nadezda Smirnova | Shosson: Poem | | |
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| Olga Murisina | Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no. 13 | | |
| Irina Znachko | Pjotr Tchaikovski: Violin Concerto | | |
| Viktoria Khromova | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 | | |
| Pavel Kostrov | Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no. 14 | | |
| Bela Shakova | Tartini: Evil's Trills | | |
| Irina Guskova | Eugen Izai:Sonate no. 3 Ballade | | |
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| Elena Morozova | Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto | | |