{"id":1958544,"date":"2025-08-13T19:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1958544"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:44:29","slug":"the-strad-news-new-violin-professor-at-university-of-ljubljana-academy-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-strad-news-new-violin-professor-at-university-of-ljubljana-academy-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strad News – New violin professor at University of Ljubljana Academy of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The University of Ljubljana Academy of Music in Slovenia has announced the appointment of Chinese violinist Dan Zhu as its new violin professor. Zhu will take up the role in October 2025.<\/p>\n

A native of Beijing, Zhu made his solo debut aged nine with the China Youth Chamber Orchestra. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing from age twelve with\u00a0Xiao-zhi Huang, followed by a full scholarship to study with Lucie Robert at Mannes College of Music in New York.<\/p>\n

As an educator, Zhu has given masterclasses and lectured at\u00a0Sibelius Academy, Tanglewood Festival, Princeton University, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Fontainebleau School of Music and Fine Arts.<\/p>\n

He has recorded for labels such as\u00a0BIS, Cascavelle, CPO, ORF and Naxos, on which he recorded Bright Sheng\u2019s violin concerto\u00a0Let Fly<\/em><\/a>. He has performed as a soloist and recitalist worldwide, appearing at festivals such as\u00a0Salzburg Festspiele, Verbier, Kuhmo, Marlboro, Enescu, Schleiswig-Holstein, Prades-Casals, Ravinia and Spoleto. He has been a member of Trio 3D since 2020, along with\u00a0violist Diemut Poppen and cellist Danjulo Ishizaka.<\/p>\n

Zhu is a member of the Nature Conservancy and the Antarctic Forum, and has been on three expeditions to Antarctica, where he became the first violinist in history to have performed on the continent in 2013.<\/p>\n

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In The Best of Technique you\u2019ll discover the top playing tips of the world\u2019s leading string players and teachers. It\u2019s packed full of exercises for students, plus examples from the standard repertoire to show you how to integrate the technique into your playing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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In the second volume of The Strad\u2019s Masterclass series, soloists including James Ehnes, Jennifer Koh, Philippe Graffin, Daniel Hope and Arabella Steinbacher give their thoughts on some of the greatest works in the string repertoire. Each has annotated the sheet music with their own bowings, fingerings and comments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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The Canada Council of the Arts\u2019 Musical Instrument Bank is 40 years old in 2025. This year\u2019s calendar celebrates some its treasures, including four instruments by Antonio Stradivari and priceless works by Montagnana, Gagliano, Pressenda and David Tecchler.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thestrad.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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