Anatoly Zatin completed his studies at the prestigious Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory of Leningrad,where he earned a Doctorate in Composition as well as Master's degrees in Piano and Orchestral Conducting.He studied under renowned masters Sergei Slonimsky and Ilya MusinAt the age of 24, he became the youngest member in the history of the Union of Composers of the USSR, and at 28,he made his conducting debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.His distinguished international career has established him as a leading figure in the world of classical music.
Winner of the Nadia Reisenberg Piano Award (New York) and a Petrof Artist,Mexican pianist Vlada Zatine has received top honors in prestigious international piano competitions and has been a recipient of the System for Support of Creation and Cultural Projects (SACPC). She has appeared as a soloist at distinguished concert venues throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, captivating audiences with the depth and sensitivity of her performances. She has also given masterclasses in numerous countries and has mentored students who have earned awards in international competitions.
International Visiting Faculty
Music is a universal art, and the criteria applicable to professional music education must correspond to the rules of this art that are in force throughout the world. Under this premise, at the Durango Conservatory of Music we establish relationships with prominent concert artists and professors from all over the world, who advise our academic-artistic processes, share their knowledge with our students, and their interpretive talent with the public of Durango and Mexico.
Daniel Tselyakov, Brandon University School of Music (Canada).
Piano
Daniel Tselyakov has been acclaimed for the sensitivity and depth of his interpretations, his emotional intensity, and the bold energy and virtuosity he brings to the stage. His musical journey began in a family of musicians, and at the age of five he started piano studies under the guidance of his father, Canadian pianist Alexander Tselyakov. His exceptional talent was evident from an early age, graduating from The Royal Conservatory of Music at a young age. He later pursued advanced studies at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Université de Montréal, and the University of Utah, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Musicology. Throughout his training, he studied with renowned pianists including Sergei Babayan, Yakov Kaplinsky, Olga Kern, Marc-André Hamelin, and John Perry.
Dr. Tselyakov has built a distinguished and versatile career as a concert pianist. His recitals have taken him to prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Glenn Gould Studio, and the CBC Radio Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, as well as concert halls at universities throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. He has also been featured in numerous interviews on CBC Radio and Classical 107 in Canada. He is the recipient of numerous awards in international piano competitions and has been awarded full scholarships to the Oberlin Conservatory, the Université de Montréal, and the University of Utah. He also received the Pinchas Zukerman Young Artist Award at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. As a soloist, Dr. Tselyakov has performed with orchestras including the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the San Luis Potosí Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), and the Canadian Sinfonietta in Toronto. His concerto repertoire includes works by Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, and Prokofiev. He is Co-Artistic Director of the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival and serves on the faculty of the Brandon University School of Music.
Misha Vitenson, Florida International University, the Wertheim School of Music and Performing arts (EE.UU).
Violin
Misha Vitenson, began violin studies with his father, Yuri Vitenson, in his native city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 1990, Misha immigrated to Israel and continued his studies with Chaim Taub. During his time in Israel, Mr. Vitenson won numerous prizes and awards, including annual America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships and the prestigious Braun Zingel Award as winner of a competition held at the Rubin Music Academy in Jerusalem. In 1996, Mr. Vitenson continued his studies with Sergiu Schwartz at the Harid Conservatory. He’s been awarded top prizes at international violin competitions, including Premio Paganini (Italy, 1998) and Pablo de Sarasate (Spain, 1997) and First Prize in the 1998 Città d’Andria International Violin Competition (Italy). Mr. Vitenson was the winner of the 1999 Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition and First Prizewinner at the 2000 National Society of Arts and Letters Violin Competition and is also both a two-time winner of the Harid Conservatory Concerto Competition and a two-time recipient of the Harid Conservatory’s Joseph Gingold Award for Excellence (1998 and 2000). Mr. Vitenson’s recent engagements have included appearances as soloist with all the major orchestras in Israel, including the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, and the Israel Chamber Orchestra as well as with the Padova e Venetto Orchestra on tour in Brazil, the National Uzbekistan Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival Symphonia Orchestra, the Harid Philharmonia, and the Harid Chamber Strings. Mr. Vitenson has given recitals and chamber music concerts throughout Israel, the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe. As a member of the Kinneret Piano Trio, he participated in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 1995. After receiving the Bachelor of Music from Harid Conservatory School of Music at Lynn University, Mr. Vitenson became a student of Joel Smirnoff at the Juilliard School, where he earned his Master of Music in Violin Performance. There he appeared as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Hugh Wolff. In the fall of 2002, Mr. Vitenson joined the Amernet String Quartet and the faculty at Northern Kentucky University as an Artist-in-Residence, teaching violin and chamber music. Currently, he is Artist-in-Residence at Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts.
Evgeny Zvónnikov, West Texas A&M University School of Music (EE.UU)
Violin
Evgeny Zvonnikov joined West Texas A&M University as a lecturer of the violin and member of the Harrington String Quartet in 2017. He received his music degree at Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia. Dr. Zvonnikov won several international Competitions such as: second prize in the Maria Udina Concerto Competition; Second prize in American Protege Concerto Competition. In 2012 Evgeny won the Ft. Hays University Orchestra Young Artists Competition and performed Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Ft. Hays University Symphony. As soloist, he performed with Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of the Karelian State Philharmonic, National Conservatory of Mexico City Orchestra, Wichita State University Orchestra. From 2010- 2014 he was a second violinist of Grammy Nominated Saint Petersburg String Quartet. Mr. Zvonnikov is a founding member of The Orfeo Trio with pianist Julie Bees and cellist Leonid Shukaev. He taught master classes in Dallas, Eureka Springs, San-Francisco Conservatory, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, and at other universities in Southeast Asia. He has collaborated with many famous musicians, including pianists Anton Nel, Misha Dichter, Leon Fleisher, Gilbert Kalish, and Peter Donohoe. From 2011-2017 he worked as Adjunct Faculty at Wichita State University. He serves as Associate Concertmaster in Wichita Symphony orchestra and as a Concertmaster in Wichita Grand Opera.
Leonid Shukaev, Wichita State University School of Music (EE.UU.).
Violoncello
Dr. Leonid Shukaev graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire (1979-1984 Master of Music Degree; 1986-1989 PhD), where he studied with Emanuel Fishmann, the teacher of Misha Maisky and Boris Pergamenshikov. Mr. Shukaev had a rich and successful teaching experience at St. Petersburg Conservatory and the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College (1988- 1999), where he held the position of professor of cello and string quartet. He was also on the faculty at Oberlin Conservatory (1997-2003), and currently is a tenured associate professor of cello and chamber music at the Wichita State University School of Music in Kansas. He is principal cellist in the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and the Wichita Grand Opera Orchestra. Mr. Shukaev is a founding member of The Orfeo Trio and Orfeo Duo. The recent performances of these groups includes tours in the USA, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. He was also a founding member of the Brahms Trio and the St. Petersburg Trio. Dr. Shukaev founded the St. Petersburg Quartet in 1986, which was in existence for thirty years and regularly performed in North America, Europe and Asia at prestigious music series and festivals, including an opening night performance at the Mostly Mozart festival at Lincoln Center, NY; seven concerts over five years at London's Wigmore Hall; numerous British festivals, including Aldeburgh; Canadian débuts in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver; Lincoln Center's "Great performances" series; NYC's Frick Collection and 92nd Street Y series; and the Caramoor, Piccolo Spoleto, and Music Mountain Festivals. The Quartet has toured Germany (including the prestigious Frankfurt Alte Oper and Herkules Hall in Munich), the Netherlands (including the Concertgebouw), Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Japan, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Belgium and major festivals in Mexico. With the St. Petersburg Quartet Mr. Shukaev recorded the complete cycle of the Shostakovich string quartets on the Hyperion label, as well as the Prokofiev and Glazunov quartets on the Delos label, and the Borodin and Prokofiev quartets on the Dorian label. The quartet’s disc of Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 3, 5 & 7 on the Sony label was nominated for a Grammy, and the disc of Quartets Nos. 5, 7 & 9 won the Chamber Music America/WQXR Radio Prize for Best Chamber CD (2001). Some other recordings include the Debussy, Ravel, Dvorak and Mendelssohn quartets on the Marquise label (2008), Tchaikovsky chamber music works (2009).
Adrián Griffin, (EE.UU.).
Trumpet
International orchestral musician and trumpet soloist Adrian D. Griffin is enjoying a vivid and busy career. Prior to his appointment of principal trumpet with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Monterrey, Adrian has held positions as principal trumpet with the Filarmonica de Jalisco, co- principal trumpet with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Monterrey, Ballet de Monterrey, and Opera Metropolitana de Monterrey; fourth/utility trumpet with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra; as well as trumpet professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He also appeared in the 2011 Pan American Games in the Inaugural Ceremonies. As a clinician, Adrian has appeared at such events as The Texas Band Masters Convention, The Texas Music Educators Association, The Iowa Music Educators Association, The New Jersey Music Educators Association, and has presented master-classes and clinics throughout Mexico. Adrian is a contributor to The Instrumentalist magazine, having published more than a dozen articles. His greatest literary accomplishment, a book entitled Buzz to Brilliance, is published by Oxford University Press. Adrian was the first person in North America to be signed by Mr. Denis Wick as a Performing Artist for Denis Wick Mutes. Adrian is a Performing Artist/Clinician for Yamaha, and exclusively plays Yamaha trumpets.