Mari Tampere-Bezrodny is a well-known violinist and professor. For decades she has played as a soloist with many famous symphony and chamber orchestras as well as recitals and, of course, chamber music in more than 40 countries in Europe, Asia and America. She has performed with conductors like Eri Klas, Leonid Grin, Neeme Järvi, Mstislav Rostropovich and many others.

Mrs. Tampere-Bezrodny has made many world-premieres of Russian and Estonian composers’ works for violin such as violin concertos by Jaan Rääts, René Eespere, sonatas and pieces by Nikolai Rakov, Lepo Sumera, among others. She has also appeared as a pianist, cembalist and conductor. As chamber musician she has collaborated with, for instance, Bruno Lukk, Risto Lauriala, Erkki Rautio, Valentin Feigin, Igor Bezrodny, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Feodor Druzhinin.

She studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and completed her Post Graduate studies with a legendary violinist, professor Igor Bezrodny. Today Mari Tampere is professor of violin at the Estonian Music Academy and Sibelius-Academy in Finland. She has been teaching in Moscow Conservatoire (1996-2001) and she held regular Master Classes in Madrid (2001-2006). Mrs. Tampere-Bezrodny has given many master classes in most European countries, USA, Israel, China, Russia, Japan among others.

She has already raised two generations of high professional violinists, many of whom are prize-winners of different international competitions, and leaders of numerous orchestras all over the world. As a jury member Mari Tampere-Bezrodny has been in many international competitions.