A few words on my background
I will always remember my first violin...

It was made of cardboard !
I was 4 years old and it was to learn how to hold my instrument.
I started with the Suzuki method.
A few years later, I recall a major masterclass in France, attended by hundreds of young violinists. We were all gathered in a large hall and I played a piece solo for Shinichi Suzuki, who had come even though he was already in his 80s. I was so proud!
These childhood memories are still with me today, and are with me throughout my career as a teacher and concert performer.
Now that I teach the violin, I do so by developing my own material, searching through the many methods of the past and the writings and compositions of pedagogues and musicians alike.
To have resources adapted to my teaching.
I supplement this material with my own compositions and exercises.
It's very time-consuming, but I like to have personalized solutions, and in this way I maintain my creativity and curiosity.
I've started work on publishing Violinotech in 2021, little by little, alongside my activities as a concert performer and teacher.
My aim is to gather enough material to be able to help and support violin teachers and violinists in the long term.

Nicolas Penel is a Swiss violinist, graduate of the Geneva High School of Music. He won first prize at the Musica Antiqua International Competition in Bruges and an honorary diploma at the Joseph Joachim International Competition in Weimar.
He has taught string quartet at the Conservatoire Populaire in Geneva and music at public school for primary and secondary cycles.
He has been teaching violin to children and adults for over 30 years. In 2022, with his wife, he founded L’AMMY, a music school where he teaches violin, viola, baroque violin and chamber music.
As a concert artist with various chamber music groups, he travels throughout Europe, performing at the Berlin Philharmonie's Kammermusiksaal, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Salzburg Festival and at Paris Salle Gaveau among others, and plays in recordings for labels Brilliant Classics and Alpha Classics.
Contact
My email : nicolas[at]violinotech.com
Please feel free to write me a note.
I always answer with pleasure !
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Nicolas