The acclaimed violinist and violin professor of Kazakh origin, Zakhar Bron, began his studies at the Stoliarski School of Music in Odessa and later at the Gnessin School in Moscow with Boris Goldstein, completing his training with a Bachelor’s Degree at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Igor Oistraj.
Winner of several awards in numerous prestigious violin competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels or the Wieniawski in Poznan, he has also received, in recognition of his extensive artistic work, the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande in Germany and the Encomienda de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X El Sabio in Spain.
In addition to an extensive career as a soloist, his pedagogical side should be highlighted. He is an Honorary Professor in Japan, Poland, Bulgaria and Russia, and since 1998 he has held a professorship as Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. At the same time, he teaches at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Switzerland), Glinka Conservatory in Novorsibirsk (Russia), Musikhochschule Lübeck (Germany), Rotterdam Conservatory (Netherlands), and at the Royal Academy in London; and he has been a professor of the Telefónica Violin Chair at the Reina Sofía School of Music since its foundation in 1991.
Many of his former students stand out as regular winners of the most important international competitions, among which are Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Daishin Kashimoto, Mayu Kishima, Michail Ovrutsky, Erik Schumann, Tamaki Kawakubo, and Mayuko Kamio.
Zakhar Bron plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini 1757 ex Rose violin.