Doctoral Candidate, FMusTCL, MMus, BMus (Hons) at Royal Academy of Music
Solo Performer
LRAM Teaching Certificate holder

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Personal Message

I teach violin with passion and great patience.
My method of teaching is very flexible that there is no fixed way, so it is natural to adapt to each student. I speak both Japanese and English.

Interview

Which subject(s) do you teach?
Violin
Classical Music as well as Music Theory and solfage.
(I teach violin and also music theory, basic knowledge which are necessary to playing music.)

Tell me about your qualifications.
Bachelor of Music (Hons) Degree at the Royal Academy of Music
Master of Music Degree
Fellowship FMusTCL
LRAM Teaching Certificate from Royal Academy of Music.
Doctoral Candidate

Biography

Mansoon Bow is frequently in demand as both soloist and chamber musician in many major cities in Japan, as well as in the UK where she is currently based.
Mansoon was born in Japan of Korean origin. She began studying the violin at the age of three. She proceeded to the Royal Academy of Music in London where she worked first with Richard Deakin and then with Mayumi Fujikawa for Bachelors and Masters Degrees. She was recipient of a full scholarship, with the Derek Butler Scholarship, the Bratton Scholarship and Leverhulme Scholarship. Later she proceeded to further study on a Research Programme at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, to study about Late Works of Robert Schumann.

Mansoon has been awarded prestigious prizes in the Osaka International competition, Classic competition, Soloist competition and the David Martin/Florence Hooton concerto Prize at the Royal Academy of Music where she was also a recipient of the Poulett Scholarship and the Bloch Award. In 2008, Mansoon won the First Prize and the Audience Prize in The Cavatina Music Competition, and most recently she has been chosen to receive the Byram Jeejeebhoy Prize as well as the Silver Medal Prize which is awarded to students who make the most outstanding contribution through the work and performance activities.

Latest concerts include the complete Schumann Violin Sonatas recital in Osaka, Japan, as well as recitals at Cheltenham Music Festival in the UK, Bristol Cathedral, and in London at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. James's Piccadilly, St. Barnabas, Reform Club, Regent Hall, the University of East London Knowledge Dock, Southwark Cathedral, Mandeville Place and Foundling Museum, as well as chamber music concerts in England and Scotland.

What kind of experience do you have?
I have been teaching since 2003.
Solo performing recitals
Chamber Music performings
Leading Orchestras

How much do you charge?
I charge £45 (1 hour) or £35 (half hour) + Travel cost

Consultation lesson is charged at one hour rate.

Where do you teach?
Normally I teach at students' homes.

When are you available?
My Schedule is flexible.

Which ages and levels do you teach?
Beginner to Advanced
Available language in English and Japanese

Do you have an up-to-date CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) disclosure certificate?
Yes

Where and with whom did you train?
I graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London where I studied violin under Richard Deakin and Mayumi Fujikawa who is the first Japanese winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition.