Master Classes with Prof. Paivyt Meller from Sibelius Academy

Paivyt Meller

Prof. Meller (b. 1963) is a graduate from the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. She studied in Indiana University four years with Josef Gingold on Artist Diploma program. She studied further with Victor Liberman in Holland before attending the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad Switzerland.
Ms. Meller is currently Lector of Violin Music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where she has been teaching the violin since 1990. She held the position of the 3rd Concertmaster of the Finnish Radio Orchestra 1987-89. She has been Artistic Director of Raudaskylä International Master Classes as well as a Founder and Director of Camerata Caprice chamber orchestra, co-operating with projects of Pinchas Zukerman.
Aside from authoring numerous articles, she has written a book introducing Tatiana Pogozeva´s particular Russian method of teaching violin playing to children. Ms. Meller is frequently invited to give masterclasses in many prominent schools (for ex. Eastman School of Music, Vienna Hochschule, Hong Kong University) and music festivals (for ex. Summit Music Festival in New York, Bled Festival in Slovenia).
Ms. Meller has performed chamber music with Yuri Bashmet, Mikhail Kopelman, Ralf Gothoni, Emanuel Gruber and many other fine musicians. She has performed as soloist with the Finnish Radio Orchestra with Leif Segerstam and Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting, as soloist with Camerata Lysy, with Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Her international career as soloist and chamber musician continues.