Music Teachers

Professor Zakhar Bron is considered to be one of the best violin teachers in the world. Only a few teachers today are in such high demand as Professor Bron, who is currently working in several highly prestigious institutions around the world.

Liana Tretiakova is the school’s founder and an accomplished violin teacher with 30 years of experience. She brings unique expertise in shaping young violinists from their first steps on the violin to university entrance preparation and professional-level artistic training. Her students have won over 100 top prizes at national and international competitions and perform at prestigious festivals and concert halls worldwide.

Inna Khriplovich has taught violin at the ZBSM since 2014. During this time, many of her students have won top prizes at national and international competitions, including the Grumiaux International Competition in Brussels, the Prodige and Flames competitions in Paris, the Swiss Youth Music Competition and Zurich Youth Classics.

David Hubov is a Swiss violinist with a strong background in both modern and historical performance practice. In October 2025, he joined the Zakhar Bron School of Music as a teaching assistant to Liana Tretiakova.

The winner of 25 national and international awards, Rafael Lipstein has performed in the most renowned concert halls worldwide: the Oriental Art Center Shanghai, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Peking University, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf – to name a few.

A seasoned performer and piano teacher, as well as a winner and finalist of international piano competitions, Pau Fernández Benlloch joined the Zakhar Bron School of Music in 2022. He offers piano lessons to students of all levels, from complete beginners to advanced players.

Graduate of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Tatiana Samoylova has been a successful piano teacher for over 30 years. Many of her students have won prizes at international competitions and entered music institutions of higher learning in Switzerland and EU.

An alumna and teaching assistant of Mira Marchenko, Sofya Pisetsky joined the ZBSM as a piano teacher in the spring of 2025. Her ability to establish a close emotional connection with her students and to inspire them to reach new heights makes her teaching truly distinctive.

Ksenia Nogovitsyna has experience in teaching ear training, music theory, harmony, polyphony, musical analysis and music history. She has taught at the Music School of the Moscow Conservatory, at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow and at the Simkus Conservatory in Klaipeda (Lithuania).