Meet the Violin Garden Summer Academy Team!
TEAM
VIOLIN GARDEN SUMMER ACADEMY VIENNA
The Heart of our Violin Garden Summer Academy Vienna is our Team!
Our Suzuki certified teachers provide wonderful group classes in the Palace, along with highly accomplished piano accompanists, playful outdoor activity teachers and a leadership development specialist for the parent workshops!
Our violin teachers have all had a life long journey with music and the violin and bring a multitude of different experiences and views into the world of music. Our love for music and trust in a bright future is what brings us together for your children!
Anna Lea Stefánsdóttir
Artistic Director and Violin Teacher
Anna Lea is the founder and Artistic Director of the Violin Garden Summer Academy Vienna. She believes that learning the art of violin playing is one of the best tools a child can get for neural, emotional, and personal development.
Gustav Krachler
Violin Teacher and Coordinator
Gustav is the coordinator of the Violin Garden Summer Academy. Teaching is his passion and it is very important for him to convey the joy of music and art, so that the violin and the language of music become an integral part of the children’s life. He is particularly responsive to the personality of his students so that they enjoy learning important musical and technical contents playfully and with creativity.
Monika Witzany
Violin Teacher
„To teach music, is to touch somebody’s life.“ (Tove Tetriköy) These words are one of the leading sentences in my classes.
Chizu Miyamoto
Piano Accompanist
Chizu is a very dedicated and accomplished accompanist. She has performed with various international soloists such as Maxim Vengerov and received the award for the best piano accompanist of the David Oistrakh competition in Moscow in 2010. Her aim is to support her students musically and thus help them reach their highest potential.
Ruei-Ran Wu (Algy)
Piano Accompanist
A piano accompanist from Taiwan and a renowned composer who also plays the bandoneón in Tango music.
Sandra Binder
Outdoor Activity Teacher
I love creating a relaxed and safe atmosphere in the gardens between the intense violin classes with diverse activities. As a paedagogue, I consciously plan activities that encourage curiosity, team work, focus and vigor.
Caroline Sandara
Outdoor Activity Teacher
Three words that describe me are friendly, helpful and competent.
I’m really looking forward to being with the children and adolescents!
Annette Mittendorfer
Outdoor Activity Teacher
Michael Gutiérrez
Parent Coach
Michael believes in the power of music to facilitate personal development and he is passionate about sharing the transformative power of music with children.
Midori Resch
General Assistant
Studied Economics in Tokyo (Bachelor of Economics).
Mother of two children, one of whom plays violin and joins the Violin Garden Summer Academy 2021.
Shinichi Suzuki
“Perhaps it is music that will save the world”