Rodney Friend's unique place as international concertmaster and globally renowned pedagogue enabled him to bring together an incredible faculty for his violin course in July 2020. Due to the online nature of the course this year, he has been able to invite some of the most distinguished international concert violinists, bringing them together to create an intensive, selective, life-changing week of learning for the most gifted students.

The faculty of FIVA 2020 include an incredible line up of violinists, Rodney Friend, Pinchas Zukerman, Augustin Hadelich, Yuzuko Horigome, Joel Smirnoff, Cho-Liang Lin, Dong-Suk Kang, Siyeon Ryu, Cihat Askin and So-Ock Kim.