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Piano lessons for experienced pianists and motivated beginners at my home or online.
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I am a concert pianist, composer, and writer! I have 30 years of teaching experience with all levels in different countries and 40 years of stage experience. I trained at the Gnessin Academy in Moscow in 2004.
I have been living and working in France since 2010.
Whether you are an experienced pianist or a beginner, you have already understood that music is not just about notes, but what lies behind them.

Do you want your playing to be more expressive, with a more human intonation? Do you wish to be able to breathe with your body during your performance? To play with all parts of your arm for a richer palette of colors and touches?

Do you need to play virtuoso passages without fatigue or wrong notes? To perform on stage from memory or with scores without fear?
Would you like to know how to use the pedal according to the style and period of the composer and understand his message?
If so, then I'll be waiting for you!
Online or at my home in Rambouillet, I give piano lessons in French, English and Russian.
See you soon !
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  • Rue d'Angiviller, Rambouillet, France
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About Me
Veronika (Kuzmina) graduated in the Russian Academy Gnessin (State Musical College) in 2004, and passed successfully the concert examination in 2006.
In 2005-2006, she studied in the University of Music and Performing Arts (State Music Academy), Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
She won russian and international competitions: All-Russian Piano Competition in Volgograd (1993), international piano competition “Young talents” in Moscow (1994), international piano competition Shostakovich (1997 – Hanover, Germany). In 1995, she was awarded an international scholarship “New Names”, in 1997 a scholarship of the Government of Russia, in 2005 a scholarship from DAAD.
In Russia, she played on famous concert stages, e.g. in the International House of Music, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, in the Great Hall and Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1995, she participated to the project “Berlin-Paris-Moscow”, and gave for this occasion concerts with international orchestras (including with the conductor M.A.
Schlingensippen). In 2004, she took part to the project for the musical elite of the future, with the conductor A. Sladkovsky. She already gave concerts
in Russia, Germany, France and Brazil.
From 1999 to 2009 she worked in the famous Russian Academy Gnessin (Moscow), as a piano teacher and accompanist, and the last 2 years with the label “master of Moscow” (third best accompanist of Moscow).
She speaks russian, french, german, and english.
Since 2010 she lives in France and dedicates her time to the musical composition, recoding and teaching piano.


Since 2010
Private piano lessons for all levels.
Composition (including three commercially released CDs):

- Musical Tales ("3 Tales by Andersen," "A Russian Tale" - Eponymes Editions, distributed by Harmonia Mundi / FNAC)
- Works for Piano ("Scarlatti, Franck")
- Piano Method for Beginners ("The Beauty of the First Notes" - 70 pieces)
Publishing of sheet music for my compositions.
Recording in studio and concert hall (videos, CDs).
Education
The Gnessin School for Child Prodigies in Moscow, The Schnittke Music Academy, The Gnessin Academy in Moscow 2004 Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main 2006, Artevero Paris 2011
Experience / Qualifications
30 years of pedagogie, piano solo, composer of film music, chamber music, international concert pianist
Since 2010
Private piano lessons for all levels.
Composition (including three commercially released CDs):

- Musical Tales ("3 Tales by Andersen," "A Russian Tale" - Eponymes Editions, distributed by Harmonia Mundi / FNAC)
- Works for Piano ("Scarlatti, Franck")
- Piano Method for Beginners ("The Beauty of the First Notes" - 70 pieces)
Publishing of sheet music for my compositions.
Recording in studio and concert hall (videos, CDs).
Age
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in
French
English
Russian
German
Availability of a typical week
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In this context, I was trained in interpersonal communication (Transactional Analysis and NLP)


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When you start learning a musical instrument, you rarely think about a career as a musician.
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It is essential to remember that learning a musical instrument aims first and foremost to develop a taste for music and to know how to communicate that music speaks to the life of feeling.


The Harmonica is essentially an instrument dedicated to improvisation
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== For beginners, learning is done in two main points:

1- A progressive initiation into reading notes by immediately playing the piano.

2 - the discovery of pieces without scores: the great classics, the repertoire, popular songs, inventions and songs. My students realize that they can have fun and play the full extent of the piano, from the first lessons.

Ex: "the Letter to Elise", Titanic "," The Snow Queen "," Let it be "," Over there "," If it was enough to love ", from film music to the hits of classical music.

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Organization of small student concerts once or twice a year.


Payment by service employment check possible.
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My concert experience (50 per year) represents a major asset in supervising students.
This asset is complemented by my extra-musical experience, since I managed a computer training center and provided training.
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My instrumental pedagogy is not based, as tradition dictates, on teaching in the same way as I was taught.
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