Mr. Rafael R. Videira
Violin, Viola Teacher
SAA Member
Teaching Availability
Accepting new Violin, Viola students in:
Eugene OR 97401
541-844-8298
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www.rafaelvideira.com
Eugene OR 97403
541-844-8298
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www.rafaelvideira.com
Eugene OR 97405
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www.rafaelvideira.com
SAA Registered Training
Core Units
- Every Child Can!
- Violin Book 1
- Violin Book 2
- Violin Book 3
- Violin Book 4
- Violin Book 5
- Violin Book 6
- Violin Book 7
- Violin Book 8
- Violin Book 9-10
- Viola Book 2
- Viola Book 4
- Viola Book 5
- Viola Book 6
- Viola Book 7
- Viola Book 9
Rafael Videira was born in São Paulo, Brazil and started his music studies at the age of 15, at the São Paulo Municipal School of Music where he studied with Henrique Müller (Viola and Orchestral Practice) and Rogério Wolf (Chamber Music).
He is a graduate from the the UNESP Arts Institute (São Paulo State University), studying with Dr. Emerson de Biaggi and, afterwards, Dr. Ricardo Kubala.
Mr. Videira has participated in many Music Festivals, including Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival (2005 and 2006), the most prestigious Music Festival in Brazil, where he played under the direction of maestro Kurt Masur.
He has also played in master-classes taught by Ori Kam (Soloist – Israel/USA), Richard Young (Vermeer String Quartet), Wilfrid Strehle (Berlin Philharmonic), Naomi Seiler (Concerto Bamberg), Soon-Mi Chung (Oslo Camerata), Peter Borck (Gewandhaus Leipzig), Maxine Neuman (Germany) and John Graham (Eastman School of Music). He also participated in short-term courses given by Renata Kubala (Trondheim Soloists), Marcelo Jaffé (São Paulo String Quartet), Joshua Bell (Soloist – USA) and Igor Naidin (Borodin String Quartet). Interested in the contemporary repertoire, he has attended to master-classes of 20th Century Music Interpretation with Martine Joste (France), Prof. Ana Vega Toscano and Prof. Adolfo Núñez (Spain).
Mr. Videira holds a Masters Degree in Viola Performance from the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he was a student of Prof. Kimberly Fredenburg’s studio. During his studies at the UNM, he received the Long Term Training in Suzuki Pedagogy/Philosophy, oriented by the outstanding Prof. Susan Kempter. In March, 2010, he was invited to a workshop on Suzuki Violin Teaching with Mr. John Kendall in Ann Arbor, MI.
Currently, Mr. Videira is the Assistant Director of the Northwest Suzuki Institute. He is also pursuing his DMA in Viola Performance at the University of Oregon, as a student of Dr. Leslie Straka, and teaching at the Community Music Institute, in Eugene, OR. He is also pursuing Suzuki Viola training, working extensively with teacher trainer Elizabeth Stuen-Walker.
