Teaching
Technique opens the door.
Music is the room.
Lessons with András Keller begin with the score and end somewhere deeper: why this phrase, why this silence — why you.
Philosophy
What a lesson really teaches
András Keller teaches advanced violinists through masterclasses and private lessons — at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Guildhall School in London, and at festivals across Europe.
Every student who walks in with a violin walks out with something harder to name. Keller trained under Dénes Kovács at the Liszt Academy, and has called György Kurtág his teacher since childhood — to this day. What he passes on is what they gave him: that quality stands above everything, and that a piece of music is not something you perform but something you live in.
His own rule for every lesson is simple: the student must leave the room playing better than they came in. Some days that is a matter of technique. More often it is the harder questions — why this phrase, why this silence, why you.
Learning from András Keller means more than mastering your craft. It means discovering the profound beauty of music — and your own place within it.
Institutions
Where the work has taken him
András Keller has taught at some of Europe's leading schools and festivals — a few now behind him, others returning year after year — with many more masterclasses besides.
- i.Guildhall School of Music & Drama Béla Bartók Chair · London
- ii.Verbier Festival Annual masterclasses · Switzerland
- iii.IMS Prussia Cove Annual masterclasses · Cornwall
- iv.Franz Liszt Academy of Music Former professor · Budapest
- v.Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Over a decade · France
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