This violin masterclass at a distance activity started in June 2003 as a cooperation between the International Violin Course of the Särestö Academy and the Young Artist Program (YAP) of Canada's National Arts Centre's. 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 project 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 Särestö violin courses held in June 2004 in Levi, Lapland. 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, and Maarit Rajamäki from the Särestö Academy.
| Student | Composition | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Hedvall | Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole | | |
| Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole | | | |
| Elsa Wikström | Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin concerto no. 5 | | |
| Ottokar Novácek: Perpetuum mobile | | | |
| Emmy Lindström | Johannes Brahms: Sonata no. 2 | | |
| Johannes Brahms: Sonata no. 2 | | | |
| Simona Bonfiglioli | Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin concerto no. 3 | | |
| Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin concerto no. 3 | | | |
| Nina Söderberg | Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeuner Weissen | | |
| Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeuner Weissen | | | |
| Anna-Sofia Landberg | Sergei Prokofiev: Violin concerto no. 1 | | |
| Stefan Schmied | Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata g minor | | |
| Piotr Orzech | Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no. 11 | | |
| Seila Tammisola | Alexander Glazunov: Violin concerto | | |
| Hannaliisa Pitkäpaasi | Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso | | |
| Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso | | | |
| Tuuli Talvitie | Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata g minor | | |
| Helmi Kuusi | Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no. 11 | | |
| Siljamari Heikinheimo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin concerto, A major | | |
| Timo Vanhamäki | Pjotr Tchaikovski: Violin concerto | | |
| Reeta Maalismaa | Jean Sibelius: Violin concerto | | |
| Noa Nakai | Pjotr Tchaikovski: Violin concerto | | |