Violin with Vlad E.

Internationally trained violinist Vlad Evstafiev holds a Master in Music diploma from Glenn Korff School of Music where he was accepted as a Graduate Teaching Assistant on a full scholarship studying with David Neely, a former student of esteemed Joseph Gingold. Vlad served as a concertmaster of UNL Symphony Orchestra in 2015-2017. Vlad also holds a Performer Diploma in violin performance from Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with a brilliant and bright violinist, a member of Grammy awarded Pacifica Quartet, Austin Hartmann. Vlad, originally from Ukraine, received his first Master in Music diploma in Moscow, Russia, studying with Prof. Golovina, a former student of both, Leonid Kogan and Yuri Yankelevich. He worked professionally with many orchestras including The Bolshoi Theatre and Moscow Central Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Simonov. In 2010, Vlad was invited to join San Luis Potosi Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, where he played with them for four years as the assistant principal of second violins as well as in a professional string quartet. At the same time, Vlad worked as a violin teacher at the State of San Luis Potosi School of Music and taught privately as well. Throughout his career, he has had great opportunities to work with such amazing, internationally recognized well-known artists as: Yuri Simonov, Maxim Vengerov, Anton Miller, Ben Folds, Leila Josefowicz, Midori Goto, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Pinchas Zukerman among others.