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Master Sessions · Edition 1 · Viola

Amihai Grosz is listening

One piece. One Master. 10 chosen.

Only 10–20% pass orchestral pre-selection. Find out where you stand.

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Opens 16 July · One piece, up to 12 min · Free to apply

A door that doesn't normally open

From Amihai to your music stand.

Direct feedback from Amihai Grosz is rare. This summer, for ten violists, the door opens.

Principal — Solo viola of the Berlin Philharmonic, and your listener for Edition 1.

10— violists selected for personal, recorded video feedback.

One piece — your repertoire, your choice, up to 12 minutes. Free to enter.

The Master

One of the leading violists of his generation.

Grosz is Principal Violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Born in Jerusalem, he was a founding member of the Jerusalem Quartet before taking his seat at the heart of one of the world’s great orchestras.

He plays the c.1719 “Macdonald” Stradivari — one of the rarest violas ever made. For Amihai, the viola is the instrument closest to the human voice: the one that listens from inside the texture.

How it works

One submission. Four steps.

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Download app & Apply — One piece, your choice.
Up to twelve minutes.

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Review — The Younison jury reviews every submission, blind.

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Selection — The ten best are chosen.

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The Master listens — Amihai responds to each of the 10, on video.

“The viola sits in the middle of everything. That’s where I like to listen from.”

— Amihai Grosz