Sometimes the most rewarding way to pick a degree course is by the teacher you want to study with. Use our list of some well-known names in teaching and playing around the world to start your search

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Appel, Toby: Juilliard School, New York, US
Arad, Atar: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, US
Benedict, Roger: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia
Callus, Helen: University of California, Santa Barbara, US
Chase, Roger: Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Illinois, US; Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK
Coletti, Paul: Colburn Conservatory of Music, California, US
Díaz, Roberto: Curtis Institute of Music, Pennsylvania, US
Gandelsman, Yuri: Michigan State University School of Music, US
Giuranna, Bruno: Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland; Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Golani, Rivka: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK
Imai, Nobuko: Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Netherlands; Kronberg Academy, Germany
Inoue, Yuko: Royal Academy of Music, UK; University of West London, London College of Music Faculty of the Arts, UK
Ireland, Robin: Birmingham Conservatoire, UK
Isserlis, Annette: Royal Northern College of Music, UK
Jewel, Ian: Royal College of Music, UK
Kashkashian, Kim: New England Conservatory, Massachusetts, US
Lindemann, Hartmut: Musikhochschule Münster in der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Germany
McCarty, Patricia: Boston Conservatory, Massachusetts, US; Longy School of Music, Massachusetts, US
Neubauer, Paul: Juilliard School, New York, US; Mannes College of Music, New York, US
Pasquale, Joseph de: Curtis Institute of Music, Pennsylvania, US
Pollett, Patricia: University of Queensland, Australia
Power, Lawrence: Royal College of Music, UK
Rohde, Hartmut: Haute École de Musique, Switzerland; Royal Academy of Music, UK
Rowland-Jones, Simon: Royal College of Music, UK; Royal Northern College of Music, UK
Schotten, Yizhak: University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre and Dance, US
Silverthorne, Paul: Royal Academy of Music, UK
Tapping, Roger: Boston Conservatory, Massachusetts, US; Longy School of Music, Massachusetts, US; New England Conservatory, Massachusetts, US
Tomter, Lars Anders: Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’ Berlin, Germany; Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway
Tree, Michael: Bard College Conservatory of Music, New Jersey, US; Juilliard School, New York, US; Manhattan School of Music, New York, US; Curtis Institute of Music, Pennsylvania, US
Westphal, Barbara: Musikhochschule Lübeck, Germany
Zemtsov, Alexander: Konservatorium Wien University, Austria; Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK
Zimmermann, Tabea: Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’ Berlin, Germany
Zukerman, Pinchas: Manhattan School of Music, New York, US

Photo: Students rehearse at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Belgium (Frederick Beyens, courtesy Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp)