the BBC SO London and its music director Jiri Belohlavek (www.supraphon.cz). Thanks to the Harmony Foundation of New York, Ivan Zenaty plays on a rare Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu violin made in 1740. In addition to master classes in Germany, Spain, USA and Canada, Ivan Zenaty taught at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. In 2012, Ivan Zenaty was appointed to the strings faculty at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music. Since oktober 2018 Ivan Zanaty has been visiting professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Prizes 1982 - he was a finalist of the International Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow 1987 - he was a sovereign winner of the International Prague Spring Violin Competition 1989 - he was awarded the title Laureate of the International Tribune of Young Performers UNESCO 1990 - the main prize of the Ruggiero Ricci international master-classes in Berlin which resulted in his engagement as a soloist of the Berlin Philharmonic. External links Biography Concerts-prague.cz 1962 births Living people Czech classical violinists Male classical violinists Cleveland Institute of Music faculty 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Czech male musicians