ESTA 2026 Special Offers

Learn Colourstrings with Prof. Géza Szilvay

Explore two special online training packages for violin teachers, available during the 54th International ESTA Conference 2026 in Helsinki.

Whether you are starting with young beginners or guiding students into advanced position playing, Minifiddlers gives you direct access to Géza Szilvay’s teaching, explanations, and real lesson demonstrations.
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Choose the package that best matches your teaching:

Colourstrings Beginner Package

Build the first year of violin teaching step by step.

A complete combination of pedagogical lectures and real teaching demonstrations for working with young beginners.

Includes

• Colourstrings Lecture: Book A
• Colourstrings Lecture: Book B
• Minifiddlers Violin Pedagogy 1st Year Course: 32 real teaching lessons

What you'll learn

• Start beginners with a clear, structured progression
• Establish posture and basic movements without tension
• Introduce note reading and music-making from the beginning
  
• Build foundations for later technical development
  

144 € / 12 months access

Equivalent to 12 € / month. Paid in full at purchase.
Normally 239 €.

New to Minifiddlers? You'll create a free Library account first.

Colourstrings Lectures: Books G1–G5

Teach the position playing step by step across the fingerboard.

Five in-depth Colourstrings lectures with Prof. Géza Szilvay, guiding you systematically from second position through seventh and high positions.

Includes

• Book G1: Second position
• Book G2: Third position
• Book G3: Fourth position
• Book G4: Fifth position
• Book G5: Sixth, seventh, and high positions

What you'll learn

• Introduce new positions in a clear, systematic progression
• Connect reading and playing in each new position
• Develop shifting gradually between positions
  
• Guide students towards confident playing across the whole fingerboard
  

295 € / 12 months access

New to Minifiddlers? You'll create a free Library account first.

How to get your ESTA offer

1. Create your Minifiddlers Library account
Click Get the Offer and create your free account.

‍2. Verify your email address
After verification, you’ll be taken to the Minifiddlers Library.

‍3. Choose your ESTA 2026 Special Offer
The ESTA packages will appear first in the course list.

‍4. Complete your purchase
Choose your package and follow the checkout instructions.

‍Already have a Minifiddlers Library account? Simply log in and choose the ESTA 2026 Special Offer from the course list.

For music schools, conservatories, and universities

Minifiddlers online training materials are also available for organisations and teacher-training programmes.

We offer multi-user access tailored to your needs, whether you would like to provide training for a small group of teachers, an entire string department, or violin pedagogy students.

Institutional access can include selected courses or a broader Minifiddlers training package.