PETERSFIELD youngster Pradip Tran, a gifted violinist, will be attending a week-long violin masterclass at The Alfred Schnittke Academy in Hamburg this week, ending with a performance.

A year nine student at the The Petersfield School, Pradip (pictured) is looking forward to meeting up with his teacher, Professor Savely Shalman, who is based in St Petersburg in the Russian Federation and who is considered by many to be the best violin teacher in the world for gifted children aged eight to 18.

Pradip is working hard in his ambition to be a professional violinist and is thrilled to have been invited to perform as a soloist in The Netherlands in August.

He said: “I’m really looking forward to seeing Professor Shalman again.

“I’ve been working very hard for him, as his expectations are so high.”