North London Violin Teachers

On this page you’ll find a range of different Violin Teachers covering the North London area.

All listings have the key information presented, such as; price, coverage area, contact information, travel information and qualifications. Where applicable, each teacher has provided their genre specialities, such as Jazz or Classical, which can help you find the best teacher for the style of music you wish to learn. Each profile has been written and completed by the music teacher themselves.

Please note that none of the teachers on this site have been independently verified by ourselves and we do not verify or ask for a CRB (or equivalent) check, or any proof of qualifications prior to the teachers appearing on this list.

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Finding a Violin Teacher

When considering which Violin teacher is for you, think about which style of music you would like to pursue. Most teachers will have one or two styles that they specialise in above others. Our listings provide information about the genre specialities of each teacher on their profile, so you can better assess which teacher is right for the ambitions you have for your musical journey.

We recommend compiling a shortlist of 2-3 teachers which you may like to work with and giving each of them a call to see their availability, introducing yourself and setting up an initial trial lesson.

Are you a Violin Teacher in North London?

If you’re a Violin Teacher in the North London area, we’d be happy to add you to our list.

All you need to do is use our submission form to provide us with a few details about yourself and your teaching and we’ll do the rest.

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Violin Teacher List:

Alicia Berendse

alicia berendse violin teacher

Violin Teacher

Haringey, Hornsey, Hackney,

Crouch End, Muswell Hill

aliciaberendse@gmail.com

07835 272 860

aliciaberendse.com

Mainly being a performing violinist, I am also a dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced teacher and currently have spaces available for beginners and advanced students of all ages.

Developing a love and pleasure in music making is central in my lessons. Besides that I am teaching violin technique in a healthy and natural way.

There will be special attention to reading music, posture and ensemble playing. I will also focus on music theory, sight reading and performance skills.

Specialities:

 

Pricing:

Travel:

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

Chamber Music

£55/60m

Will travel

Yes, current.

MMus Royal Academy of Music, Teaching certificate Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Alicia Berendse

alicia berendse violin teacher

Violin Teacher

Haringey, Hornsey, Hackney,

Crouch End, Muswell Hill

aliciaberendse@gmail.com

07835 272 860

aliciaberendse.com

Specialities:

 

Pricing:

Travel:

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

Chamber Music

£55/60m

Will travel

Yes, current.

MMus Royal Academy of Music, Teaching certificate Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Mainly being a performing violinist, I am also a dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced teacher and currently have spaces available for beginners and advanced students of all ages.

Developing a love and pleasure in music making is central in my lessons. Besides that I am teaching violin technique in a healthy and natural way.

There will be special attention to reading music, posture and ensemble playing. I will also focus on music theory, sight reading and performance skills.

Enyuan Khong

enyuan khong violin teacher

Violin Teacher

N1 (North London)

& surrounding areas

khongenyuan@gmail.com

07496 536 850

linkedin.com/in/en-yuan-khong-3a74161a6/

A versatile soloist, chamber musician and writer, Enyuan Khong is committed to promoting music as a tool for connection. Enyuan is currently a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and graduate in German Literature from the University of Oxford, and uses her multidisciplinary interests to seek this through a variety of mediums, working with composers and artists across fields.

As a teacher, Enyuan seeks to inspire communication and close listening through music, and to instil a stable technical grounding through a natural and holistic process. Enyuan has led chamber music and individual masterclasses as well as outreach work with both mature and very young students, and has coached ABRSM Diploma candidates through Viva Voce, with high Distinction results.

Enyuan has appeared as soloist with the Jenaer Philharmonie, Oxford Philharmonic, Sound Collective Orchestra, Hornton Chamber Orchestra and Oxford Millennium Orchestra in London, Prague, Dresden, Weimar, Berlin and Barcelona. She has performed in major venues in London and abroad, including the Barbican and Wigmore Halls, and the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore. Enyuan is a founding member of the De Beauvoir Piano Trio and has collaborated as a chamber partner with renowned musicians such as Miguel Da Silva, Andreas Frölich, Carole Presland and Ursula Smith. She also performs in festivals across Europe, most recently in the Encuentro Santander and the Oxford Chamber Music Festival.

Enyuan was recipient of the Stephen Bell Charitable Trust Award, the Ivy Sharp Scholarship, as well as winner of the Ivan Sutton Prize and the St James Prize. She received a FRSM Distinction and was a string finalist in the Royal Overseas League Competition. Enyuan is a Finalist in the St Martins Chamber Competition, currently postponed due to Covid-19.

As a keen promoter of contemporary music and cross-arts collaborations, Enyuan works closely with composers and performers across the arts. Among other projects, she worked on a Royal Opera House commission of Matt Rodgers’ opera ‘She Described It to Death’ with members of the London Contemporary Orchestra, gave the world premiere of Thibault Charrin’s Sonata for Violin And Piano, which he dedicated to her, at St James’ Piccadilly, and performed Péter Eötvös’ ‘The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies’ as concertmaster of the Santander Festival Orchestra. Enyuan is currently working on a collaboration with the dancer Jasmine Chiu, to promote East Asian artists as voices of change.

Specialities:

 

Pricing:

 

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Violin, Piano.

Music Theory

£25/30m, £35/45m,

£45/hr

Will travel

(ask for details)

Upon Request

Artist Masters in Music Performance, Distinction, Guildhall School of Music and Drama; Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music, Distinction, ABRSM; Bachelors in German Literature, First Class Honours, University of Oxford.

Enyuan Khong

enyuan khong violin teacher

Violin Teacher

N1 (North London)

& surrounding areas

khongenyuan@gmail.com

07496 536 850

linkedin.com/in/en-yuan-khong-3a74161a6/

Specialities:

 

Pricing:

 

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Violin, Piano.

Music Theory

£25/30m, £35/45m,

£45/hr

Will travel

(ask for details)

Upon Request

Artist Masters in Music Performance, Distinction, Guildhall School of Music and Drama; Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music, Distinction, ABRSM; Bachelors in German Literature, First Class Honours, University of Oxford.

A versatile soloist, chamber musician and writer, Enyuan Khong is committed to promoting music as a tool for connection. Enyuan is currently a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and graduate in German Literature from the University of Oxford, and uses her multidisciplinary interests to seek this through a variety of mediums, working with composers and artists across fields.

As a teacher, Enyuan seeks to inspire communication and close listening through music, and to instil a stable technical grounding through a natural and holistic process. Enyuan has led chamber music and individual masterclasses as well as outreach work with both mature and very young students, and has coached ABRSM Diploma candidates through Viva Voce, with high Distinction results.

Enyuan has appeared as soloist with the Jenaer Philharmonie, Oxford Philharmonic, Sound Collective Orchestra, Hornton Chamber Orchestra and Oxford Millennium Orchestra in London, Prague, Dresden, Weimar, Berlin and Barcelona. She has performed in major venues in London and abroad, including the Barbican and Wigmore Halls, and the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore. Enyuan is a founding member of the De Beauvoir Piano Trio and has collaborated as a chamber partner with renowned musicians such as Miguel Da Silva, Andreas Frölich, Carole Presland and Ursula Smith. She also performs in festivals across Europe, most recently in the Encuentro Santander and the Oxford Chamber Music Festival.

Enyuan was recipient of the Stephen Bell Charitable Trust Award, the Ivy Sharp Scholarship, as well as winner of the Ivan Sutton Prize and the St James Prize. She received a FRSM Distinction and was a string finalist in the Royal Overseas League Competition. Enyuan is a Finalist in the St Martins Chamber Competition, currently postponed due to Covid-19.

As a keen promoter of contemporary music and cross-arts collaborations, Enyuan works closely with composers and performers across the arts. Among other projects, she worked on a Royal Opera House commission of Matt Rodgers’ opera ‘She Described It to Death’ with members of the London Contemporary Orchestra, gave the world premiere of Thibault Charrin’s Sonata for Violin And Piano, which he dedicated to her, at St James’ Piccadilly, and performed Péter Eötvös’ ‘The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies’ as concertmaster of the Santander Festival Orchestra. Enyuan is currently working on a collaboration with the dancer Jasmine Chiu, to promote East Asian artists as voices of change.

Kauri May

Kauri May Violin Teacher

Violin Teacher

N16 (London)

kaurimay64@gmail.com

07471 445 935

Specialities:

Pricing:

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

£45/hour

Will travel

(£5 extra)

Yes

PGDip with Distinction in violin performance, BMus(Hons) with First Class Honours in violin performance, BE(Hons) with First Class Honours in biomedical engineering.

Kauri is a Japanese/Kiwi violinist and teacher, recently moved to London. She has a passion for education, having started teaching the violin to other children in her neighbourhood from the age of 14. Kauri takes great joy in teaching others violin, believing that not only is she teaching the instrument itself, but she is fostering an encouraging environment for creativity, experimentation, learning, and perseverance. She is also happy to teach violin in Japanese as well as English.

Kauri graduated from the University of Waikato with First Class Honours in violin performance this year, and has a Postgraduate Diploma in violin performance with Distinction. She also completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering with First Class Honours at the University of Auckland in 2019. With her backgrounds in both the arts and sciences, she has a unique approach to teaching, incorporating both methodological problem-solving and creative thinking in her lessons.

With her multi-disciplinary background, Kauri has formed a compassionate, patient, and encouraging teaching method. This includes bits and bobs from her biomedical engineering degree, and how physics plays a role in music-making and sound waves; her 15 years of ballet and contemporary dance training, linking to the importance of mind-muscle connection and how to play violin without stress and strain; her Suzuki Method violin training, and how your ears are your biggest ally when it comes to practising.

Central to this multi-disciplinary approach to teaching is patience, kindness, encouragement, and curiosity. Kauri believes that these four pillars are what produces a learning environment with zero judgement that allows for creativity to flow – which is what brought her to love music, and hopes that it will be what brings others to love music too.

Kauri May

Kauri May Violin Teacher

Violin Teacher

N16 (London)

kaurimay64@gmail.com

07471 445 935

Specialities:

Pricing:

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

£45/hour

Will travel

(£5 extra)

Yes

PGDip with Distinction in violin performance, BMus(Hons) with First Class Honours in violin performance, BE(Hons) with First Class Honours in biomedical engineering.

Kauri is a Japanese/Kiwi violinist and teacher, recently moved to London. She has a passion for education, having started teaching the violin to other children in her neighbourhood from the age of 14. Kauri takes great joy in teaching others violin, believing that not only is she teaching the instrument itself, but she is fostering an encouraging environment for creativity, experimentation, learning, and perseverance. She is also happy to teach violin in Japanese as well as English.

Kauri graduated from the University of Waikato with First Class Honours in violin performance this year, and has a Postgraduate Diploma in violin performance with Distinction. She also completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering with First Class Honours at the University of Auckland in 2019. With her backgrounds in both the arts and sciences, she has a unique approach to teaching, incorporating both methodological problem-solving and creative thinking in her lessons.

With her multi-disciplinary background, Kauri has formed a compassionate, patient, and encouraging teaching method. This includes bits and bobs from her biomedical engineering degree, and how physics plays a role in music-making and sound waves; her 15 years of ballet and contemporary dance training, linking to the importance of mind-muscle connection and how to play violin without stress and strain; her Suzuki Method violin training, and how your ears are your biggest ally when it comes to practising.

Central to this multi-disciplinary approach to teaching is patience, kindness, encouragement, and curiosity. Kauri believes that these four pillars are what produces a learning environment with zero judgement that allows for creativity to flow – which is what brought her to love music, and hopes that it will be what brings others to love music too.

Nikolas Jokesz

Nikolas Jokesz Violin Teacher

Violin Teacher

N1 (North London)

jokesz1995@hotmail.com

07814 111 811

Specialities:

Pricing:

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

£40/hr

Will travel

(£5 extra)

Yes

HND in Violin and Music theory

Nikolas has been playing the violin from the age of 8 and picked up the piano at the age of 12. After he finished his education in Hungary he moved to London in 2015 to further improve his skills and studied with professor Hu Kun for 5 years. During his time in London he has been an active participant in the East London art scene. He has been involved with multiple art collectives and participated in various fusion art projects such as interactive theatres, visual fine art performances, and various convention breaking acts. He has been looking to find new purposes for his instrument in a modern setting, while keeping the traditional values of it. In his quest to find evernew angles to perform, he had been participating in some unlikely scenarios, such as when he was playing with Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka in the Barbican, or when he was showing new discoveries of balance between the classical sound of violin and industrial noise in Cafe Oto.

He has been teaching both kids, and adults since 2016. Ever since then he has been looking for new and more efficient ways to teach, with the same dedication as he has to his own improvement. His teaching is performance focused and aiming to prepare his pupils both technically and psychologically for their concerts and exams. He is aiming to give the necessary skills to his students to become professional musicians themselves if they wish to do so, but also practical knowledge which is useful for someone’s everyday life as well. The kind of knowledge which is outside of the spectrum of traditional schools such as how to keep focus without getting lost in the details or how to deal with anxiety before an exam or performance or a job interview etc…

He is not only a performer and teacher, but he has been composing music as well. He has been working as a session musician/writer for established studios, and he has immersed himself with classical music from a compositional angle as well. Most lately he has been studying music production to further broaden his tools for his compositions.

Nikolas Jokesz

Nikolas Jokesz Violin Teacher

Violin Teacher

N1 (North London)

jokesz1995@hotmail.com

07814 111 811

Specialities:

Pricing:

Travel:

 

DBS Check:

Qualifications:

Classical Violin

£40/hr

Will travel

(£5 extra)

Yes

HND in Violin and Music theory

Nikolas has been playing the violin from the age of 8 and picked up the piano at the age of 12. After he finished his education in Hungary he moved to London in 2015 to further improve his skills and studied with professor Hu Kun for 5 years. During his time in London he has been an active participant in the East London art scene. He has been involved with multiple art collectives and participated in various fusion art projects such as interactive theatres, visual fine art performances, and various convention breaking acts. He has been looking to find new purposes for his instrument in a modern setting, while keeping the traditional values of it. In his quest to find evernew angles to perform, he had been participating in some unlikely scenarios, such as when he was playing with Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka in the Barbican, or when he was showing new discoveries of balance between the classical sound of violin and industrial noise in Cafe Oto.

He has been teaching both kids, and adults since 2016. Ever since then he has been looking for new and more efficient ways to teach, with the same dedication as he has to his own improvement. His teaching is performance focused and aiming to prepare his pupils both technically and psychologically for their concerts and exams. He is aiming to give the necessary skills to his students to become professional musicians themselves if they wish to do so, but also practical knowledge which is useful for someone’s everyday life as well. The kind of knowledge which is outside of the spectrum of traditional schools such as how to keep focus without getting lost in the details or how to deal with anxiety before an exam or performance or a job interview etc…

He is not only a performer and teacher, but he has been composing music as well. He has been working as a session musician/writer for established studios, and he has immersed himself with classical music from a compositional angle as well. Most lately he has been studying music production to further broaden his tools for his compositions.

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