March-April 2012 – Master Classes of Kirill Kasyanov, Senior Interpreter, Russian Interpretation Section, UN Headquarters, New York.

From 18 March to 8 April 2012 the School hosted Kirill Kasyanov, a senior interpreter from the Russian Interpretation Section at the UN Headquarters in New York who gave a series of master classes. During three weeks of rigorous work the students practiced their interpreting skills doing actual speeches from the UN meetings. Thanks to our guest’s professionalism every class became a unique experience in professional communication, and his criticism helped the students to understand and try to avoid the most typical mistakes of a simultaneous interpreter. In addition to the classes, Kirill Kasyanov took part in several mock-conferences and sat as an expert on the Admissions Panel for the new applicants.