Vladimir Kromin is an experienced violin instructor for more than 40 years. His professional background includes violin performance, collaborative piano performance, vocal choir performance, conducting and musical arrangements. Vladimir was born and raised in Ukraine, where he received his professional training as a violin performer and pedagogue. He began violin lessons at the age of five in Simferopol (Crimea) with renowned Russian pedagogue and composer Pavel Scholtz, who studied at Moscow Conservatory with legendary Konstantin Mostras. After graduating from the Tchaikovsky Music College in Simferopol and serving in the Black Sea Navy Band in Sevastopol, Vladimir continued his professional education at Odessa State Conservatory where he studied with Professor Zoya Istomina receiving his Master of Music degree in 1993. Before moving to Israel in 1995, Vladimir continued teaching and performed extensively as a chamber musician in Ukraine, Russia, and Western Europe. He has received numerous prizes and awards for excellence in both teaching and performance. In Israel he continued his career as an independent teacher and a freelance performer, collaborating with classical and klezmer musicians. In 1999 Vladimir moved to the USA to work as a full-time violin/viola teacher at the Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia, where he still maintains a large violin/viola studio and conducts the violin group. In 2006 Vladimir started to work at Radford University as a part-time professor of violin and viola and chamber orchestra conductor. In 2011 he joined the String faculty at the Virginia Residential Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts where he teaches chamber music and conducts the Chamber Orchestra. In 2018 he joined RU Department of Dance as the piano accompanist for the Classical Ballet program. Vladimir is an active member of the Virginia Music Teachers Association as well as the Music Teachers National Association. His students are winners of a number of regional and international string competitions, they have been members of the National Youth Orchestra, and have had numerous performances at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in NY. Vladimir performs regularly with The Roanoke Symphony and Roanoke Opera.