Roland Herrera
Links to some of my Teachers & StudentsViolin Teacher : Informal Résumé
Resides : Westbury Park, Bristol, UK
Runs Website : Westbury Park Strings
View Webcam : Video & Audio clips online
Contact : Email or Mob. +44(0)7904546188
Emannuel Hurwitz - Suzanne Rosza - Quartetto Italiano - Alexei Mikhlin Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition -Mikhail Vaiman - With Famous Musicians -Roland's Students
Musical Training and
Education
Won a music scholarship to Stowe School, then
continued violin studies at The Purcell School, The Conservatorio
Nicolini, Northern Italy and furthered technical training in St.
Petersburg, Russia. Studied full time with the following eminent
violinists : David Stone, Manoug Parikian,
Suzanne Rosza,
Paolo Borciani (leader of The
Quartetto Italiano), and Stojan Kaltchev
(International Prize Winner and eminent pupil ofMikhail
Vaimanin St Petersburg and David Oistrakh in Russia). Attended
Master-classes with
Emannuel Hurwitz and Alexei
Mikhlin (pupil of David Oistrakh and winner of The Queen Elisabeth
Competition in 1963). Holds a Performers' Diploma in Violin Playing,
Theory and Solfège and qualifications in Piano
Playing.
Performing
Activity
At an early age, sang as Soprano Soloist in
the choir of Rose Hill Preparatory School. Played in the IAPS Orchestra
conducted by John Lubbock at The Maltings, Snape. Toured Italy and France
as leader of the "Quartetto Accademia Ambrosiana". Performed with Milan
Conservatory staff and "La Scala" orchestra members playing in prestigious
theatres in Milan. Played with the Milan Radio Orchestra (RAI), and toured
Switzerland as Soloist with a String Chamber Orchestra based in Lugano.
Gave many recitals with Pianist Svetlana Tchernova (teacher at the Moscow
Conservatory). Became a Freelance Chamber Musician, during which period
met and played with his future wife, the Cellist Simonetta
Barone.
Teaching
Experience
Taught and Lectured at the following music
schools in Northern Italy : The "Roberto Goitre", The "CDP Musica", The
Conservatorio di Bergamo and The "Accademia Musicale Lombarda". Ran Summer
Violin Master classes in Trabuchello for three consecutive years. In 1997
moved to England and joined the European String Teachers Association
(ESTA) and the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM.). Briefly worked
for the Berkshire Young Musicians Trust and attended examiner training at
the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Held workshops and taught at
The Gloucester Academy of Music & Performing Arts (GAMPA) also acting
as violin tutor at the Junior ESTA. International String Course held in
Brussels in 1997. Has appeared on the BBC News in connection with a "Young
Strings Project" in North Somerset. His students were later invited to
demonstrate on a national forum day at an ESTA conference in London.
Taught at one of eight main Professional Music Conservatoires in the UK:
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama for 6 years (RWCMD) on
Saturdays. Taught both Senior and Junior departments. Now teaches around
40 pupils privately from home in Bristol, and "supports" students and
players worldwide through the "Westbury Park Strings"
website.
