Head of Strings

Gary Ryan

Deputy Head of Strings

Gabrielle Lester

Assistant Head of Strings

Richard Harwood

International Artists in Residence

Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Maxim Rysanov (viola)

Violin Teachers

Gabrielle Lester, Felix Andrievsky, Radu Blidar, Jiafeng Chen, Michal Cwizewicz, Alexander Gilman, Lyutsia Ibragimova, Leonid Kerbel, Adrian Levine, Natalia Lomeiko, Peter Manning, Mathilde Milwidsky, Madeleine Mitchell, Jennifer Pike, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Daniel Rowland, Sasha Rozhdestvenskiy, Ani Schnarch, Emily Sun, Esther Yoo, Chris Garrick (Jz), Susie Mészáros, Yuri Zhislin

Violin Teachers (visiting)

Peter Herresthal, Lewis Kaplan, Vasko Vassilev, Maxim Vengerov

Viola Teachers

Jonathan Barritt, Ida Bryhn, Antonello Farulli, Bryony Gibson‑Cornish, Eivind Ringstad, Simon Rowland‑Jones, Isabel Villanueva, Andriy Viytovych, Susie Mészáros, Yuri Zhislin

Cello Teachers

Richard Harwood, Alastair Blayden, Alexander Boyarsky, Alexander Chaushian, Natalie Clein, Hélène Dautry, Jakob Kullberg, Richard Lester, Alice Neary, Melissa Phelps, Gemma Rosefield, Amanda Truelove, Tim Walden, Raphael Wallfisch

Cello Teachers (visiting)

Torleif Thedéen

Double Bass Teachers

Peter Buckoke, Caroline Emery, Anthony Hougham, Rodrigo Moro Martin, Gabriele Ragghianti, Enno Senft

Double Bass Teachers (visiting)

Paul Ellison