The First Chair Academy gathers a team of prominent orchestra leaders, conductors, musicologists, motivational trainers and scholars, led by Igor Gruppman to inspire the next generation of orchestra leaders.
Principal Conductor of Münchner Philharmoniker
"The First Chair Academy is a wonderful initiative.Young talented musicians would have an opportunity to experiment their leadership capacities and to learn from the best.I am happy to support this program under the direction of Igor Gruppman."
"Your idea [First Chair Academy] is so valuable at the moment, because it is badly needed."
"It's an opportunity to study with fantastic teachers but also to be introduced to managers, to have performance opportunities, introduce to conductors, people in the business, and creating the conditions to start a wonderful career."
"It's an opportunity to study with fantastic teachers but also to be introduced to managers, to have performance opportunities, introduce to conductors, people in the business, and creating the conditions to start a wonderful career."
"Your idea [First Chair Academy] is so valuable at the moment, because it is badly needed."
Principal Cellist of Vienna Philharmonic
"Many thanks to Prof. Igor Gruppman, because of his idea to creat the First Chair Academy!"
This project is really wonderful and extremely important. A team of prominent orchestra leaders, soloists and conductors will inspire and train the next generation of string section's leaders.
Leading is joy and a really wonderful experience of making music together!"
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Principal Cellist of Vienna Philharmonic
"Many thanks to Prof. Igor Gruppman, because of his idea to creat the First Chair Academy!"
This project is really wonderful and extremely important. A team of prominent orchestra leaders, soloists and conductors will inspire and train the next generation of string section's leaders.
Leading is joy and a really wonderful experience of making music together!"
Grammy Award winning recording producer
The art of the concertmaster is even more mysterious to the average music lover than that of the conductor yet the role of this individual is equally important. It requires not only a musician with complete mastery of the violin allied with a broad musical culture encompassing the entire repertoire and the charisma required to lead a large group of musicians. Igor Gruppman has all of these attributes and has honed them to perfection leading a number of the world's finest orchestras. For me, as a recording producer, knowing that Igor is sitting in concertmaster's chair is an assurance of good results.
"Sharing experience brings tremendous results sometimes. Talking about Igor Gruppman, who is my very good collegue, [...] I believe he has a lot to say, and it will be very good for young people".
