Four lucky students recently got to spend a whole day with dutch violin soloist Rosanne Philippens at the academy. Our first full, "Day with an Artist" series, Rosanne gave one-on-one masterclasses, coached chamber music, had an "In-Depth" talk over dinner, and gave a casual concert together with the students. Thank you Rosanne for sharing your insight and wisdom!
Davidsbündler academists swept up all three prizes and the audience award at the first annual Rijnmond Muziek Prijs competition in Rhoon on Tuesday!! Congratulations Yulianna Beziazychna for taking first and the audience award, and to Ivan Petrenko and Sophia Dorosh for taking second and third, and to their teacher Tatiana Abayeva. And of course for their beautiful performances that left the public, the Ukrainiain Ambassador and the jury members beaming.
Very BIG congratulations to DBA academists Ivan Petrenko and Yulianna Beziazychna for winning first place in each of their categories at the "Merci, Maestro" piano competition in Brussels yesterday!!! With candidates from Slovenia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Japan, Lithuania, UK, and Italy one would say it was a very international bunch of competitors. Ivan and Yulianna’s teacher, Tatiana Abayeva, was very proud.












































