As a result of an aptitude test, when I was a 7 year-old girl, I was placed in music school (Russia). And ten years later (1972) I started my career as a performing pianist and professional piano instructor.

I acquired unique insights after 16 years of academic music education, 38 plus years as a piano instructor (and as a performing pianist for ballet, ballroom and folk dance, jazz, choir, and solo vocal – including Bolshoi performers – at the Moscow musical scene).

Having studied and practiced every known piano teaching method, I developed my own one, with extraordinary results: An average child will learn piano 2 to 4 times faster than normal. And even with dyslexia or poor coordination, a child may learn about as fast as what is considered to be the norm. (And the student learns the perfect techniques: Some of my piano students were admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, the Russian equivalent of the Juilliard.)

How things work

Usually, the prospective student (and/or parent) is invited to witness a lesson given to a current student (ages 7 and up). Thereafter, the prospective student gets a free "pre-lesson" to get mutually acquainted and evaluated. I check and discuss the student's capabilities and his/her likely rate of progress.

At the very first lesson, we start playing four octaves with both hands. By the end of the first year, the student can play Mozart's minuet, Czerny technical etudes for children, Kabalewski, Schubert's waltzes, Bach, Bartok, or other classical and modern composers. (Normally it takes at least 3 years to reach this level.) [Please note that classical training allows one to easily play jazz or other types of music]

Where

Since the year 2000 I reside in the Talega area of San Clemente, Orange County, California

Fees

I am a member of the California Music Teachers Association and charge standard fees.