Vladimir Mendelssohn descends from a great family of music, and has performed worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, composer and arranger. He has made a large number of recordings for several publishers. Mendelssohn is a chamber music professor at the Paris Conservatoire, teaching in The Hague, Essen and Bologna, and also gives master classes around the world. Mendelssohn is the artistic director at the Kuhmo Chamber Music festival in Finland.