加拿大皇家音乐学院（RCM）已任命加拿大著名小提琴家兼中提琴家巴里·希夫曼（Barry Shiffman）为RCM——格伦·古尔德学院（GGS）的候任院长，即刻生效。他将接替自2007年起担任院长一职的詹姆斯·阿纳格诺森（James Anagnoson）。阿纳格诺森将于今年夏季卸任院长职务，届时希夫曼将正式就任。

阿纳格诺森将把精力重新投入教学，担任GGS钢琴系主任，并继续担任该学院的钢琴教师。卸任院长后，他将成为荣誉院长。

皇家音乐学院（RCM）首席执行官亚历山大·布罗斯（Alexander Brose）就此任命表示：“巴里·希夫曼（Barry Shiffman）的任命是对詹姆斯·阿纳格诺森（James Anagnoson）卓越贡献的自然而令人振奋的延续。他与加拿大各地的RCM社群有着深厚的联系，此外，他享誉国际的艺术和学术视野也极具创新精神，这使他成为引领GGS走向未来的理想人选。我期待在未来的几年里继续与吉姆（Jim）和巴里合作。”

希夫曼是一位小提琴家和中提琴家，他的职业生涯涵盖演奏、录音、教学和管理等多个领域。他于1989年联合创立了圣劳伦斯弦乐四重奏，并在其17年的音乐生涯中与该乐团录制了大量唱片。

作为一名管理者，希夫曼是班夫国际弦乐四重奏比赛和音乐节的总监，同时也是罗克波特音乐的艺术总监，负责指导位于马萨诸塞州罗克波特的沙林·刘表演中心举办的夏季室内乐音乐节和其他古典音乐演出。

他是一位备受追捧的比赛评委，曾担任柴可夫斯基国际音乐比赛、蒙特利尔国际小提琴比赛、伦敦威格莫尔音乐厅国际小提琴比赛、日内瓦国际音乐比赛、班夫国际弦乐四重奏比赛和里昂国际弦乐四重奏比赛的评委。

他荣获纳迪亚·布朗热卓越教学奖，并获得卡尔加里大学荣誉博士学位。他曾就读于皇家音乐学院、多伦多大学、乌得勒支音乐学院、哈特音乐学院、茱莉亚音乐学院和耶鲁大学。

The Canadian violinist and violist will become dean designate effective immediately and take on the dean role in summer. Barry Shiffman | Photo: Jonathan TadielloToronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) has named Canadian violinist and violist Barry Shiffman as the dean designate of RCM’s post-secondary performance training school, the Glenn Gould School (GGS), effective immediately. He is succeeding James Anagnoson, who was in the role since 2007. Anagnoson will step back from his duties as dean this summer, when Shiffman will officially take on the role.

Anagnoson will refocus his efforts on teaching as the new director of the GGS’s piano department and will continue as a member of the school’s piano faculty. When he leaves his position as dean, he will become dean emeritus. Shiffman was previously associate dean of the school, as well as its head of chamber music. He will continue to lead the RCM’s pre-college programme, the Taylor Academy, therefore becoming dean of both the academy and GGS as of 20 July.

Alexander Brose, CEO of the RCM, said of the appointment: ’Barry Shiffman’s appointment represents a natural and exciting continuation of James Anagnoson’s legacy. His deep connection to the entire RCM community across Canada, in addition to his internationally renowned artistic and academic vision steeped in innovation, makes him the perfect choice to guide GGS into the future. I look forward to continuing to work with both Jim and Barry in the years to come.’Shiffman is a violinist and violist with a career as a performer, recording artist, teacher, and administrator. He co-founded the St Lawrence String Quartet in 1989, and recorded extensively with the ensemble during his 17 years in it.

As an administrator, Shiffman is director of the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Festival and is artistic director of Rockport Music, directing the summer chamber music festival and other classical programming at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts.   He is a sought-after competition juror, having served on the jury of the Tchaikovsky and Montreal Violin Competitions, as well as London’s Wigmore Hall, Geneva, Banff, and Lyon String Quartet Competitions.   He is the recipient of the Nadia Boulanger Prize for Excellence in the Art of Teaching and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary. He studied at the RCM, University of Toronto, Utrecht Conservatory, Hartt School of Music, Juilliard School and Yale University.