“Hello to all music lovers. I am Eliseu Silva, I am International solo violinist, Conductor and Professor, Festival Director and PhD in music performance.
As a violin soloist I have played as soloist, with piano and chamber music in many countries such as Australia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Malta, China, Hong Kong, among others.
I have recorded for many labels such as Deutsch gramophone, Munich Regroup and different Radios and TVs channels.
I have also been invited as jury of many international competitions such as Talents For Europe International Violin Competition, International Competition Santa Cecília, Alice and Eleonor Schoenfeld international Violin Competition, Hong Kong international Competition.
As a conductor I am the resident conductor of the Bonjoia Youth Orchestra and Antonio Fragoso Orchestra and participated in social projects involving music as a powerful dinamic tool.
As a professor I teach at Porto Catholic University, and I have taught in ESMAE, and gave many amsterclasses in Bratislava, Shangai, Beijing and Shenzen music Universities.”
Eliseu Silva is supported by some brands such as D’Addario strings, Sir violins, and Saroni suits and plays nowadays in a C. Guadagnini violin.
All my professores influenced me tremendously…
Max Rabinovitch for the connection to the Auer school and bow technique, through Efrehem Zimbalist teachings…
Mikhail Berzverhkny for the genius and sort of sauvage liberty when playing.
Phillipe Aiche for the connection to the french delicacy and a specific French elan phrasing.
Radu Ungureanu for his connection to romanian high music culture and is relation to Enescu.
Gerardo Ribeiro for his connection to galamian teachings and music approach.
But I really should mention a professor that for many reasons as well because he died with COVID anonymously and solitary a few days ago, and whom I miss immensely, who was huge artist and a true fighter…Valenton Stefanov who taught me how to sing from the soul through the strings of the violin, a teacher that will remain in my memory for ever.
In this way my philosophy as professor is to be as wide as possible with the students. Thus I try to bring up my students as great musicians but most important, as individuals more resilient, sensitive, ready for life, and more altruistic and human.
As a musician I have had very important moments in my life, such as recording for Deutsch gramophone or playing with great musicians such as Pierre Boulez but also having played for great personalities such as the Japanese emperors or the Spanish Monarchy. But also there where many moments that, for the emotion, made them eternal for me, such as playing a very intimate phrase in Brahms violin concerto 2 movement that left me and some people in public in tears.
Strangely enough my most admirable performers died a long time ago, like Heifetz, Hassid, Goldstein, Seidel or Elman, but lately I have been discovering huge and sort of anonymous artists such as Vasa Psihoda and Grigoras Dinicu.
I believe that music is the most powerful tool for changing the world for better and that artist should strive to deepen their duty and power as social actors. Thus, any social cause is a great cause for using our talent art passion and dedication to improve the world. P
ersonally I have an association called AMEP and we work consistently with foster houses, nursing centres, psychiatric hospitals, prisons.
However I prefer to work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, with which results have been measured scientifically and have been proved several times in different ways how powerful music can be in improving lives for better.”
