Faculty (Strings)

Andrea Bargabos holds a Master of Music, cum laude, from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Bachelor of Music, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her teaching experience began in her undergraduate when asked to teach violin, viola and voice to local students in Duluth, reaching at her pinnacle, 40 students. She was later appointed as Voice Adjunct Faculty at UMD. After receiving her Masters from CIM, she taught voice at Lakeland Community College and GArfield Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio until her appointment as faculty in the Distance Learning Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Ms. Bargabos performance credits include the Governess in Britten's "Turn of the Screw", Queen of the night in Mozart's "The MAgic Flute", Rosalinda in Strauss' "Die Fledermaus", Fiordiligi in Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte", Rosina in Rossini's "Barber of Seville" and Countess Almaviva in Mozart's "Marriage od Figaro". She has performed numerous opera galas featuring works by Verdi, Donizetti, Bizet, Lehar, Richard Strauss, Puccini and Johann Strauss. Her affiliations include Opera Roanoke, Cleveland Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland and has been asked to return to the University of Minnesota Duluth for Alumni performances. She also frequently performs new music, performing two One Act Operas by Milton Granger, compositions by Margaret Griebling-Haigh, Orianna Webb, Peter Gilbert and others. Ms. Bargabos is under the management of Dietsch Internationale Associates.

For over 20 years, Mr. Berlinsky has been a soloist and leader of the orchestra for the Orchestra in the Theater of Music and Dance in St. Petersburg, Russia. When not actively performing, he has given masterclasses in Seoul, Korea and here in New York regarding the technical skills in music. He has been teaching at SICOM since 2008. Mr. Berlinsky received his Bachelor of Art in Music from St. Petersburg Music College in Russia and his Master of Art in Music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Mr. Hoffman is a graduate of the Julliard School, where his teachers were Mischa Mishkoff and Oscar Schumskky. Later, he studied privately with Raphael Bronstein and Arthur Grumiaux in Belgium. He made his debut in 1962 at Weill Recital Hall, performing the solo sonatas of Honegger, Bach C Major, Bartok and Hindemith. As founder and director of Dal Segno Ensemble since 1962, Mr. Hoffman has commissioned vocal chamber music from Allan Blank, Meyer Jupferman, and Shlamit Ran among others. In 1973, he was invited by the Soviet Cultural Committee to play Gundar Pones Violin Concerto and Gundar Pones solo Viola Sonata in Riga, Latvia. Mr. Hoffman was appointed assistant chairman and performer for Henry Hardley’s Annual All-American music series, which was broadcast over station WNYC. While living in Israel, he recorded for Radio KO1 Israel. Also, as a soloist with several orchestras in Israel, he performed the Violin Concert of Tchaikovsky and Bruch.