The Yehudi Menuhin School (YMS) has announced the appointment of Maxim Rysanov as its first associate artist. The newly-created role will see Rysanov visit the school several times a year, working with the pupils in a variety of guises, including masterclasses, chamber music coaching and as a guest conductor of the senior orchestra. ’I am really looking forward to working with the young musicians of the Yehudi Menuhin School. Rysanov has enjoyed a career both as a viola soloist and a conductor. Rysanov studied conducting with Alan Hazeldine at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has taken part in several masterclasses with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jorma Panula and Oleg Caetani.

Source: CNN June 17, 2022 08:57 UTC