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Playing the violin has been part of Iveta Hlavenkova's
life since she was seven years old. Although Iveta now
lives in Leeds, she spent her early years in the Czech Republic, where her violin teachers inspired her to an ever-increasing love of playing the violin and of listening to violin music - and ultimately to becoming a violin teacher herself.
Profile
of Iveta Hlavenkova
"My violin teacher was very passionate about music and really enjoyed teaching the violin, I always left my lessons with a very positive feeling that I had learnt a lot that day. My violin lessons with him were always full of energy and enthusiasm”
For 13 years, Iveta also attended an annual
violin summer school for advanced violin
students. Her violin teachers were illustrious
violinists, who not only taught Iveta advanced techniques in violin playing, but demonstrated how beautiful the violin could sound.
Iveta Hlavenkova, about her
violin teacher Petr Mechura
From the ages of 7-19 years, Iveta studied the violin at Pisek School of Music. During those years, Iveta won several awards for her violin playing, including the Pisek Annual Strings Competition.
“Once in a lesson when my teacher demonstrated a bit of Vivaldi's Summer, I remember being paralysed with emotion because he played it so beautifully. I just wanted to listen to him playing and really struggled to focus back on my own playing"
Iveta Hlavenkova, about her
violin teacher Jindrich Pazdera
The memory of her early violin teachers and the legacy they have left inspires Iveta in her own teaching, where she aims to inspire her violin pupils in the same way.
Iveta's roots in the Czech Republic - the land of Dvorak, Smetana, Janacek, Martinu - have given her a love not only of classical music but also of national folk music. Initially centred on the traditional music of her homeland, her travels to the USA broadened Iveta's repertoire to encompass American country music. Having now made her home as a violin teacher in this country, she has added English folk music and Celtic fiddle music to her musical activities.
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