Virtuoso Piano Studio

05/07/2022

Happy birthday to the great P.I. Tchaikovsky 🥰
He made world a better place for us🙏🏻🎶

"Music distracts from prose everyday life, and for a moment one may even believe that war, disease and poverty do not exist. My most passionate desire is that my music be widely known and increase the number of those who love and find comfort and support in it. Only music illuminates, calms and consoles. It is not just a fragile support to cling to. It is a trusted friend who protects and comforts and only thanks to it is it worth living in this world . Maybe there won't be music in heaven. So let's stay on this earth as long as life allows it. "

PËTR IL'IC ČAIKOVSKIJ
(Kamsko-Votkinsk, May 7, 1840 - St. Petersburg, November 6, 1893)

05/05/2022

We play, so that we can express through music what cannot be expressed through words…

Here’s my very talented student Samuel Cher performing Elegie op.3, no.1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff 🎹❣️

03/27/2022

Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano) - Si oiseau j'etais (Henselt, Op. 2, No. 6) (1923)

When Rachmaninoff plays we don’t hear his technique. We hear sounds of life and love❣️
My soul fills up every time🥰🎹

Rachmaninoff recorded Henselt's delightful 'Si oiseau j'etais' at Camden on 27 December 1923. It's a fiendishly difficult work to bring off, but as played by...

02/19/2022

If You Want Smarter Kids Teach Them Music, Not Coding, According To MIT

https://awarenessact.com/if-you-want-smarter-kids-teach-them-music-not-coding-according-to-mit/

Most parents want their children to be intelligent and successful. And while some experts have pushed parents to teach their children coding, new research is pointing to music as the gateway to smarter kids. While coding does allow for a great advantage when it comes to technology, it lacks many ben...

02/14/2022

Happy Valentine’s to all music lovers❤️🎹

02/12/2022

— Friedrich Nietzsche

12/29/2021

This was a magical evening❣️🎹
Studio was filled with great music, friendship, peronal achievements and expression on the piano, and a sense of belonging to this better world which music creates for us 🎵. I am so proud and honored to be able to teach this incredible group of people, my adult students ❤️🙏🏻
Wishing you all a Happy New 2022!

11/25/2021

Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. I love the meaningful feeling of gratitude and introspection. Happy thanksgiving to all my students and their families! I am thankful for each and every one of you 🙏🏻❤️

10/31/2021

The joy of performing in person!‼️😍
Specially if you perform in a funny costume.
My youngest pianists performed a Halloween recital followed by candy and cupcakes 😋🥰
Masks were taken off just for the pictures, but long enough for me to see their dear faces and lovely smiles. Soooo much fun🤩❣️

06/13/2021

You all performed 3 amazing, successful, inspiring recitals yesterday! I am proud, grateful and hopeful that the next one will be in person ❣️🎹
Thank you for bringing joy to my life. Let’s do this again soon.

But now.....happy summer ‼️

06/08/2021

Wilhelm Backhaus play Schumann "Des Abends" - "Warum?"

Dearest, most magical Robert Schumann, happy birthday and thank you for everything 🙏🏻🌹🎹🎶🎵

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist." -Robert Schumann, born on this day in 1810 ❤️

from Fantasiestucke Op. 12, No.1 and No. 3Wilhelm Backhaus (March 26, 1884 -- July 5, 1969)recorded Ossiach, 28 June 1969 (the last recital - encores)

05/18/2021

Magnificent Clara❤️

I feel the same🙏🏻

03/15/2021

It was my honor and great pleasure to judge the California state finals in this prestigious competition! I was truly inspired by the amount of talent in all categories .🎶 🎼🎹🎻🎷

Regardless of the pandemic or the situation in the world, young musicians grow, move forward to the better future and continue to amaze us with the quality and maturity of their music ❤️. My hope for the performing arts is completely restored🙏🏻

03/06/2021

Computer brings great classical composers to life with deepfakery

https://fb.watch/42_jyxXl9P/

02/23/2021

Bach competition winner ‼️🎶
Congratulations Bianca👏🏻👏🏻🎹

02/23/2021

Bach competition winner ‼️🎹
Congratulations Grace 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

02/23/2021

TobiLe_InventionNo13,BWV784,J.S.Bach_MarinaGrozdanovic

We participated in Southern California Junior Bach Competition. I have sent 5 students and THEY ALL WON‼️ Because that’s what we do in this studio, we winn💪🏻🎼🎹🎵🎶
Here is the performance of my youngest winner.
Way to go Tobi! ❤️

https://youtu.be/U1kGG1EIoB8

01/01/2021

12/22/2020

Meet Ryker❤️
He is 7 years old and last week he went through yet another surgery...🙏🏻
But nothing is going to stop Ryker‼️
He was determined not to miss our recital and he played his two songs beautifully, with the smile on his face. He has a big, brave heart and we are incredibly proud of him❣️
Bravo Ryker and thank you for being a member of our musical family 🙏🏻🎶🎹
We could all learn a lot from you....

12/20/2020

Smiles, wonderful music and togetherness was the main theme of our winter recital 2020❣️
Happy holidays and may the New 2021 bring us everything we dream of...... including real hugs... in person 🥰‼️

12/16/2020

Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven - Sonata no.23 in F minor, "Appassionata", op.57

Happy 250th birthday L.V.Beethoven 🌹

How you changed our world 🙏🏻

Beethoven - Sonata no.23 in F minor, "Appassionata", op.571. Allegro assai2. Andante con moto 3. Allegro ma non troppoMay 1960, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), ...

12/13/2020

Adult students’ performance of Beethoven sonatas and other works.
An unforgettable evening ‼️🎵
In honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, we celebrated MUSIC, happiness it brings to our lives and the way it brings us together, in spite of the distance 🙏🏻🎹🎶

12/11/2020

Piano lessons 2020....
Everything is virtual, but music is real🙏🏻
🎼🎹

11/30/2020

How Could Playing The Piano Be Good For Your Health?

How Could Playing The Piano Be Good For Your Health?

The piano is a beautiful instrument that is used for playing pop music just as much as it is used to play classical scores. Learning to play an instrument, particularly as a child, has many well documented benefits, such as good concentration, but could learning to play the piano actually be good fo...

10/19/2020

French baroque...
If anyone ever thought that music of François Couperin ( 1668-1733) was easy to play, let them think again 🤔
This was my practice session today......🤯😰😍

07/28/2020

What did 2020 bring for Virtuoso Piano Studio so far?
- Bach competition: 5 winners, 1 honorable mention‼️

- students participating in an international piano series, televised from Brazil‼️

- 3 very successful student recitals on Zoom:
2 with children ages 5 to 19, and 1 with adult students. Beginners to very advanced level. ‼️

- All 12 students who participated, passed Certificate of Merit testing with high scores and State Honors ‼️

We had so much success!And it’s only July.....
Teaching is done online, but that didn’t prevent us from making music and achieving high goals.
At least for our musical family, this is not a bad year after all...😉🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎵🎶

07/28/2020

Results are in:

All 12 students who participated in this year’s Certificate of Merit testing, passed the test with high scores and STATE HONORS ‼️‼️‼️🎵🎶
Testing was done in performance as well as music theory and ear training.
To have these kinds of results during the time of COVID-19 conditions imposed on us, was close to impossible, but not for us‼️🤩

I am proud and honored to be able to work with all of you 🙏🏻

06/30/2020

Isn’t it true? ❣️🎹🎼

06/09/2020

Happy birthday dearest Schumann and thank you for the world you created for us🙏🏻🎵🎹

06/07/2020

In Virtuoso Piano Studio we can play even when we’re upside down !😃😂

Why can’t we all be like children?🤔😍
Thank you Aaron for bringing light to our world and putting smiles on our faces ❣️🙏🏻🎵🎹

05/26/2020

These days I am overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude and pride🙏🏻.
Grateful for the music which I want to share with you.... music played in our homes, music that makes us feel alive and reminds us to keep dreaming...
Please close your eyes and enjoy Debussy’s
“Clair de lune”🎵🎶🎹

Here is Bianca❤️

05/21/2020

Sonata quasi una fantasia

And if you want to get lost in another world, all you have to do is close your eyes and listen with your heart ❤️
Here it is, coming from Kaylin’s living room,
Beethoven, Moonlight sonata, 1. movement

Our dearest Kaylin Olster, our graduate, class of 2020❣️So proud of the person you have become.

Thank you for letting me be part of your journey
🙏🏻❤️🎹