David Zafer
David Zafer is a Canadian violinist and pedagogue.
Background
Zafer studied with Albert Pratz at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. From 1966 to 1999 he was a Professor of Violin in the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto,[1] where he is now professor emeritus.
He founded the Chamber Orchestra at the Toronto University and directed it until his retirement.
David Zafer gives master classes in schools such as the Menuhin School in Surrey (England), the Meadowmount Summer School, the University of British Columbia, and Rice University in Houston, Texas. Also he has directed the European Seminary of Strings in Budapest and he has given master lessons in Prague.
In 1998, Mr. Zafer conducted the Real Chamber Orchestra of Seoul (Korea) and this concert was nationally televised there. For 25 years he has been titular conductor and violin professor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and he has made tours with this orchestra to the Young Orchestras Festivals in Aberdeen, Scotland, Boston and Banff.
In 1997, he recorded a CD with the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra during a live performance in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts of Toronto. At the present time, he gives private classes and he continues to perform with different orchestras and chamber music groups and at various festivals.
His new project is the Toronto Chamber Youth Orchestra, of very recent creation.
References
- ↑ "University of Toronto violinist David Zafer". thestar.com. August 22, 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2010.