iClassical Foundation

iClassical Foundation is a non-profit organisation organised according to the Swiss law, it is domiciled in Crans-Montana. The foundation is committed to producing educational online video tools for musicians, in particular master classes.[1] All operational activities are delegated to iClassical Academy Ltd.[2]

iClassical Foundation
FoundersEdgar Cohen and Pierre Perrenoud
Location
ProductOnline HD masterclasses for violin, cello, piano and trumpet
ServicesE-learning, classical music education
Official languages
English
Websiteiclassical-foundation.com

The goal is to encourage and enable a generation of young and talented musicians, as well as professionals, teachers and amateurs to enhance their skills and become artists who share their music with audiences all over the world.[3] Moreover, it strives to connect them with some of the world's most accomplished teachers.

For the time being, the focus is on master classes for piano, violin, cello, and trumpet.[4][5][6]

The website and its content are provided in english.

Mission

The mission of iClassical Academy is to provide young musicians from around the world with the opportunity of improving their skills and being appreciated by wider audiences. Advanced students often find themselves excluded from masterclasses because of lack of funds. Additionally, many music schools in emerging countries are unable to afford the cost of employing the best quality teachers. The credo is: "We believe that anyone at any time should have access to very good music teachers.[7][8]

Business model

iClassical Academy works as a club. Memberships is free for access to previews and special content. Access to all masterclasses and webinars requires a fee.

Method

So far, tradition has almost always been to show online the filming of a masterclass for students in the classroom or on the stage. iClassical Academy departs from this in order to have the masterclasses divided into tutorials as well as a separate performance of the student.[9] Their focus is on the teaching part instead of showing a masterclass in its integrality. The motivation is that online teaching according to iClassical Academy should have a different scope that is more focused on the viewer at home. The academy has also introduced the slow motion tool for its videos. It plans to introduce the multicamera tool. They will allow the student to see the hands' positions on the instrument from different angles.

Founders

Edgar Cohen,[10] a native of France is a Medical Doctor, an entrepreneur and passionate about classical music and art. In 2011 he came up with the idea of creating a website to make classical music masterclasses available all over the world, by collaborating with well known professors and artists.[11] He currently lives in Tel Aviv, where he has founded two medical centres.

Pierre Perrenoud,[12] a native of Western Switzerland, spent most of his life in Zurich and travelling all over the world for professional reasons (reinsurance) and to satisfy his cultural interests. Since his retirement, he has been involved with many cultural projects in Crans-Montana, with a bias for classical music. He is the co-founder of iClassical Academy Ltd and chairman of iClassical Foundation.

Professors

Many musicians joined iClassical Academy, including: Peter Frankl, Ricardo Castro, Virginie Robilliard, Rudolf Koelman,[13] Gülsin Onay, Hagai Shaham, Dmitry Yablonsky, Amit Peled,[14] Klaidi Sahatci, Sergey Ostrovsky, Vera Tsu, Evangeline Benedetti, Uri Vardi, Gyorgy Pauk, Danies Zhdanov, Jana Gandelman, Maria Tchaikovskaya, Maurizio Baglini, Zvi Plesser, Peter Szabo, Sander Sittig, Oxana Yablonskaya, Silvia Chiesa e Marco Pierobon.

Partners

References
  1. ""Muzikiniame pastiše" – "iClassical Academy" koordinatorė Irma de Jong – LRT". Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  2. "Kenny Sahar, Cicerone Publish "Online Master Classes at a high level by iClassical Academy"". July 17, 2019.
  3. "Reina Shibutani". George Enescu Festival. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  4. Conservatory, New England (August 16, 2016). "'The Path Through Science to Bach's Emotions'". HuffPost. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  5. "iClassical Academy – a new way of learning to play an instrument – Cremona Musica". cremonamusica.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  6. "Lancement de iClassical Academy avec Irma de Jong, Responsable de la Production et Coordination Générale de iClassical Academy / Responsable Musique pour M4 Culture". Audioboom. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. "About". iClassical Foundation. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  8. Schmid, Rebecca (September 2017). "iClassica: 40 new master classes, with many more to come" (PDF). Musical America. A 2015 guide to music schools: 7.
  9. iClassical Academy (April 3, 2016), Amit Peled's inside view to ELGAR Cello Concerto – 1st Movement, retrieved March 20, 2018
  10. "Edgar Cohen on Linkedin".
  11. "IClassical Academy: Apprendre avec les plus grands Maîtres | LPH INFO". LPH INFO (in French). September 1, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  12. "Pierre Perrenoud on Linkedin".
  13. "VC MASTERCLASS | Violin Pedagogue Rudolf Koelman – Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2, 1st Mvt [LEARN]". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  14. "Amit Peled to Present Three Days of Online Masterclasses Through iClassical Academy". The Peabody Post. April 23, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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