Vasile Beluska, Professor of Violin
Bowling Green State University

Romanian-born violinist, Vasile Beluska, graduated with honors from the Liceul de Muzica and the Conservatorul de Muzica G. Dima in Cluj, Romania. He earned a Master’s degree from Southern Methodist University and later became a member of the Class of Jascha Heifetz in Los Angeles.

Beluska has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Mexico with several chamber ensembles including the International Trio, American Arts Trio, as part of the Mozart Fortepiano Duo and with the Guarneri Duo. He has recorded for public television and radio in Iowa, California, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York. Chamber music performances include appearances at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Capitol, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Chautauqua Institution, and the California Music Center. Concert tours have earned him excellent reviews in the U.S., Mexico and Europe.

Vasile Beluska successfully mixes his active performance schedule with an outstanding academic career. Currently serving as Professor of Violin in the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, he has also taught in Romania and at the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Wisconsin and at summer festivals throughout the U.S., including 15 years at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. The recipient of distinguished teaching awards, his students have been prize winners in numerous competitions including the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; Julius Stulberg Auditions; Corpus Christi International; Bluffton Bach Competition; and the Minnesota, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima and Toledo Symphony Young Artist Competitions. Many students have also been awarded scholarships for further study to institutions around the United States including the Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, North Carolina School of the Arts, Interlochen and to almost every major festival in the country. His students have also won positions with major U.S. orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburg Symphony, as well as concertmaster and other principal positions with Birmingham Symphony, New World Symphony, Lima (Peru) Symphony, Dayton Symphony and Toledo Symphony.

Professor Beluska is a frequent lecturer on a new approach to pedagogy, “Talent Development”. He has presented lectures and master classes throughout the United States and Europe.