About Studio Pizzicato
Music Studio Pizzicato is an educational platform dedicated to contemporary violin pedagogy, created for children, parents, and teachers who seek more than mere technical progress.
The studio is built on many years of pedagogical experience and a clear belief that the violin should not be learned mechanically, but thoughtfully, patiently, and in harmony with a child’s developmental needs.
Studio Pizzicato was founded out of a need for high-quality, professionally grounded, and aesthetically considered materials that connect classical music with today’s ways of learning. Through printed and digital publications, online content, and educational programs, Studio Pizzicato supports teachers in their daily work, helps parents navigate music education with confidence, and offers children a healthy, encouraging relationship with music.
The focus is not on speed or competition, but on understanding, musicality, and a lifelong love of the violin.
MA Ines Ana Tomić
MA Ines Ana Tomić, Professor Senior Advisor, is a music educator with over 25 years of experience. She has received numerous awards for her work, including three “Oskar znanja” (Knowledge Oscars) and the annual award from the Croatian Association of Music and Dance Educators.
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Knowledge Oscars
Her students have won more than 120 prizes at national and international competitions, and in addition to performing at numerous concerts, they regularly appear on Croatian Television programs. A significant number of her students have studied or graduated from music academies in Croatia and around the world (Yale, Texas, Berlin, Vienna), and some have already become established and respected musicians.
She is a member of competition juries and a mentor to university students and trainee teachers. She has given over 100 lectures at international congresses and professional gatherings in Croatia, and for the past 15 years, she has held masterclasses for students and teachers, as well as seminars in music schools, several times a year.
She is the author of Violina 1, 2, and 3 (Školska knjiga 2008, 2018, 2021, 2023), the highly popular violin teaching manual Exercises and Scales for Violin Positions, and The Pizzicato Method – a series of seven books of methodological and didactic materials in English. She has also written methodical teachers’ handbook Growing Violinists in English and Croatian as well as numerous professional and popular articles on music pedagogy.
Her handbook Exercises and Scales for Violin Positions was reviewed in The Strad, where Celia Cobb called it “my new favourite shifting and position-work book.”
She is the mother of two children.