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 a successful violin teacher and a founder of the Zakhar Bron School of Music in Zurich. Alumna of the legendary Professor Bron and his former assistant for 15 years, she has been working with young violinists from all over the world for almost 25 years.
Inna Khriplovich teaches violin at the Zakhar Bron School of Music in Zurich from 2014. Since then many of her students have won prizes at such competitions as the Swiss National Youth Music Competition, Grumiaux International Competition in Brussels and Prodige Competition in Paris, to name a few.
The winner of national and international violin competitions in Europe and beyond, Anica Vieru graduated from the Geneva University of Music with the Master of Arts diploma in Music Pedagogy. She joined the ZBSM in 2022 as a violin teacher and assistant to the school founder 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.
Acclaimed world-class pianist, recipient of the ‘Swiss Wilhelm Tell Award-2020’ from the Swiss government, and one of the leading specialists in Rachmaninoff’s music worldwide, Alexey Botvinov joined the Zakhar Bron School of Music in the summer of 2025.
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).
