Elena Mazor, Moscow-born Elena Mazor began her violin studies under Zinaida Gilels and graduated the Gnessin Music High School for gifted children with Prof. Irina Svetlova. Thereafter, she studied with the renowned Semion Snitkovsky and Viktor Pikaizen at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, graduating with the highest degree. A member of the Gnessin School violin Faculty for 12 Years, Elena immigrated to Israel in 1990 and now Teaches at the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel-Aviv, the Givatayim Conservatory and the Buchman-Mehta School of Music. During the academic year of 2007-08 was teaching in the “ Scoula di Musica di Fiesole” in Florence,Italy. She has served as a judge for America-Israel Cultural Foundation, was a member of the Keshet Eilon international violin Masterclasses Faculty as well as the Portogruaro Festival, Wiener Meisterkurse, Eilat Chamber Music festival and the “Sinfonia-Scoula di Musica”.