Philip A. Draganov is violin professor at the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB) and faculty member of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) for the PreCollege Music section. Since 2010 he has been the Artistic Director of the YOUTH CLASSICS Swiss International Music Academy (SIMA). More information on www.youth-classics.org. With his “exuberant musical power and impulsive virtuosity” (Hamburger Abendblatt), Philip A. Draganov has been delighting audiences in Europe, Asia and the USA for over 30 years. He has won prizes in numerous competitions and has performed in important concert halls such as Carnegie Hall/New York, the Tonhalle Zurich, the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and gave concerts at important festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival/USA or Schleswig Holstein Music Festival. Draganov has numerous concert experiences as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster or section leader of various orchestras. He worked with conductors such as Günter Wand, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnány, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, and Christoph Eschenbach in various orchestras such as the NDR Symphony Orchestra/ Hamburg (today: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra), the Saarland State Theater Saarbrücken or the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Due to his own musical education in various countries in Europe and the USA, he combines the traditions of the American, Russian and various European violin schools in his own teaching method. He gives master classes in Europe and Asia and is a jury member at various international violin competitions. Among his current and former students are concertmasters and members of European orchestras as well as winners and prizewinners of numerous international violin competitions such as the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition (Sion, Switzerland), the International Fritz Kreisler Competition (Vienna, Austria), the International Marschner Competition (Germany). ), the "Concorso Violinistico Internazionale Andrea Postacchini" (Fermo, Italy), the International Berlin Music Competition, the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists (Weimar, Germany) or the International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal. www.draganov.ch

Philip A. Draganov is violin professor at the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB) and faculty member of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) for the PreCollege Music section. Since 2010 he has been the Artistic Director of the YOUTH CLASSICS Swiss International Music Academy (SIMA). More information on www.youth-classics.org.
With his “exuberant musical power and impulsive virtuosity” (Hamburger Abendblatt), Philip A. Draganov has been delighting audiences in Europe, Asia and the USA for over 30 years. He has won prizes in numerous competitions and has performed in important concert halls such as Carnegie Hall/New York, the Tonhalle Zurich, the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and gave concerts at important festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival/USA or Schleswig Holstein Music Festival.
Draganov has numerous concert experiences as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster or section leader of various orchestras.
He worked with conductors such as Günter Wand, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnány, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, and Christoph Eschenbach in various orchestras such as the NDR Symphony Orchestra/ Hamburg (today: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra), the Saarland State Theater Saarbrücken or the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
Due to his own musical education in various countries in Europe and the USA, he combines the traditions of the American, Russian and various European violin schools in his own teaching method. He gives master classes in Europe and Asia and is a jury member at various international violin competitions.
Among his current and former students are concertmasters and members of European orchestras as well as winners and prizewinners of numerous international violin competitions such as the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition (Sion, Switzerland), the International Fritz Kreisler Competition (Vienna, Austria), the International Marschner Competition (Germany). ), the "Concorso Violinistico Internazionale Andrea Postacchini" (Fermo, Italy), the International Berlin Music Competition, the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists (Weimar, Germany) or the International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal.
www.draganov.ch