Dor Sperber
Contact: +41 79 948 33 74
I am privileged to be able to pass on what I have learned from the great masters of the violin and viola of our times, such as Maxim Vengerov, Bruno Pasquier, Danilo Rossi, and many others.
The lessons are adapted to the level and objectives of each student, and can also be done online.
Lessons can be given in English, French, Italian and Hebrew.
Bio
Born in Israel in October 1991, he began studying the violin at the age of 5 in his country.
At the age of 15 he began his viola studies in parallel with his higher studies at the Lausanne Conservatory in the class of Bruno Pasquier and Gilad Karni.
Then he won the international competition of the Little Dreams Foundation by Phil and Orianne Collins and won a scholarship throughout his studies.
In 2010, he began a Master's degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music with Prof. Avshalom Sarid and graduated in 2013. At the same time, he participates as solo viola at the Aurora Festival in Sweden.
The following year he completed his Master's degree at the Academy of Music in Lugano with Prof. Danilo Rossi, principal viola of the "Teatro alla Scala". During this time he was invited to play as principal viola at the Venice Opera "La Fenice", and also performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Winner of numerous international prizes:
- Second prize at the "Stockholm International Music Competition" (2014).
- Third prize at the "Giovanni Musicisti" competition in Treviso (2013).
- First prize at the "Città di Padova" International Competition (2012).
- First prize at the David Gritz String Instrument Competition in Jerusalem (2012).
- First prize at the "Roz Choron" chamber music competition in Jerusalem (2012).
- Special Prize for "Musical Personality" in Pila, Poland (2010).
He has performed as a soloist with orchestras all over the world, performing in prestigious halls such as Victoria Hall in Geneva, CCK and Teatro El Circulo in Buenos Aires, KKL Luzern, and in important festivals such as the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Pietrasanta in Concerto in Tuscany, Le Printemps du Violon in Paris and many others.
Between 2015 and 2018 he studied at the International Academy of Yehudi Menuhin with professors Ivan Vukcevic and Maxim Vengerov, and also performed as soloist and viola soloist with the Camerata Menuhin in more than 10 countries around the world.
In the summer of 2018 he graduated from the Menuhin Academy, and won the competition for the position of principal viola with the Camerata of Israel.
A musical ambassador and a polyglot, Dor regularly participates in educational projects and fundraising concerts organized by the UN and its specialized agencies. Recent activities include a performance in a fundraising concert for the Dare Foundation's project to build an orphanage in Cameroon, and an educational presentation of classical music and string instruments in a refugee camp in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, followed by a concert.
Dor plays an 18th century Goffriler viola, generously donated by a private collection.
Since 2019, he has been a professor at the Conservatory of Valais.
Recently, Dor was elected as a professor at the Ecolint (Geneva International School) where he is creating a viola class. External students can also enrol and there is the possibility to join the orchestra on Saturdays, either at La Grande Boissière in Geneva or at the campus of La Châtaigneraie in Founex.
He teaches violin and viola privately too.
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