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Salomé

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Donna

« Perfect! Salome is a brilliant piano teacher. She is super nice and friendly. ... More »

Donna

« Perfect! Salome is a brilliant piano teacher. She is super nice and friendly. It's not easy to teach a 6-year-old boy piano online, but my son really enjoys her lesson. During the lesson, you can feel her enthusiasm for music. She also gave many professional tips on how to improve and practice daily. My son is looking forwards to having more lessons with her. »

£35^/h

1^st lesson free!

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Lessons offered by Salomé

Individual

The lessons will be held

By webcam

Taught subjects

Music reading
Piano
Musical keyboard
Synthesizer

Levels

All Levels

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Doctorate Student and Concert Pianist with years of experience gives piano lessons Online

Methodology

My teaching method changes from student to student. If I am working with a beginner, I try to get them interested in music and fall in love with the pieces we are playing. My approach is fun, but I also like to set goals for my students. If I am working with a professional musician, we work on musical pieces on a deeper, more detailed level.

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One of our best tutors! High-quality profile, qualifications verified and response guaranteed. Salomé will plan your first lesson with care.

Experience

I have been teaching piano for the past 10 years to children and adults on all levels. I teach all grades of ABRSM and my students have a 100% success rate distinction/merit. I was also a professor's assistant and helped Bachelor's Piano Students prepare their demanding repertoire.

Rates

Rate for online lessons : £35/h

Rate for 5 hours of lessons : £130

Rate for 10 hours of lessons : £325

Lessons offered by Salomé

Individual

The lessons will be held

webcam

Taught subjects

Music reading
Piano
Musical keyboard
Synthesizer

Levels

All Levels

Salomé's CV

EDUCATION:

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 2019-Present
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance (UK Level 8 Doctorate)

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw 2017-2018
Postgraduate Artistic Training in Piano Performance

Academy of Music in Krakow 2015-2017
Master of Music (Piano)

Tbilisi State Conservatoire 2010-2014
Bachelor of Music (Piano)

TEACHERS:
Pascal Nemirovski, Mikhail Kazakevich, John Thwaites
Jerzy Romaniuk
Andrzej Pikul, Marian Sobula
Nana Khubutia

SCHOLARSHIPS:
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Scholarship Award 2019
Bradshaw Bursary at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 2019
The Georgian Presidential Scholarship 2010-2014
Scholarship for the highest-ranking students at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire 2010-2014

EXPERIENCE:
Chopin Society of Warsaw 2017-Present
I was selected to be the representative of the Chopin Society in Warsaw and have since given about 100 recitals at their venues - “the Chopin Salon” and “Nowy Swiat Muzyki”.

RECENT NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Birmingham Symphony Hall 2019
Pre-CBSO Showcase with Haydn’s Last Sonata in E flat Major

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s “Novemberfest” 2019
Debussy’s “Six Epigraphs Antiques” and Messiaen’s “Visions de L’amen”

Salome Chitaia and friends 2019
A Concert series organized by myself to introduce classical music to children from different regions of Georgia

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Piano Festival 2019

Recital at the Piano Salon of Cormeilles-en-Parisis (Paris, France) 2019

Festival “Georgian Immigrant Musicians in Tbilisi” 2019
A chamber music concert at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire with Pianist Manana Gotsiridze, Volinist Yuri Kuroda and Violist Archil Kharadze. Then a series of Master Classes in local children’s music schools.

“Night Serenades” Music Festival (Batumi, Georgia) 2018
With Swiss Virtuoso Violinist Geza-Hosszu Legocky

Recital - Fryderyk Chopin’s Birthday Celebration Festival (Warsaw, Poland) 2018

Recital at the Georgian Embassy to Poland 2018
In Celebration of the Independence Day of Georgia

Final Concert of the Festival “Contemporary Music Evenings of Tbilisi 2015
Stockhausen’s “Tierkreis”

Festival “From Easter to Ascension” 2015
Premiere of Josef Bardanashvili’s Perpetum Mobile on two pianos (with Pianist Manana Gotsiridze)

COMPETITIONS:
Silver Medal 2018
Frederic Chopin Competition for Young Musicians
Dnipro, Ukraine

Finalist 2018
III Agustin Aponte International Piano Competition Tenerife, Spain

2nd place and a prize for the best performance of a piece by Frederic Chopin 2016
Tengiz Amirejibi International Piano Compeititon Borjomi, Georgia

2nd place 2016
Mikhailo Vukdragovic International Competition Sabac, Serbia

2nd place 2012
“Autumn in Japan” Competition for Composers Tbilisi, Georgia

MASTER CLASSES:
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire International Piano Festival 2019
Stephen Hough, Stephen Kovacevich, Peter Frankl

10th International Piano Master Classes (Katowice, Poland) 2019
Andrzej Jasinski, Wojciech Switala

6th International Master Course for Young Pianists (Radziejowice, Poland) 2018
Krzysztof Jablonski, Nikolai Demidenko

Cadenza International Summer Music School (London, UK) 2018
John Thwaites, Fali Parvi, Julian Jacobson

London Master Classes 2018
Norma Fisher

9th International Piano Master Classes (Katowice, Poland) 2018
Anna Malikova, Philippe Giusiano

London Master Classes 2017
Norma Fisher

Summer Master Classes at the Imola Piano Academy (Italy) 2015
Boris Petrushansky, Ricardo Risaliti

Master Classes with other Professors: Paul Badura-Skoda, Sergei Babayan, Klaus Hellwig, Markus Groh, Michael Leuschner, Neal Larabee, Alexander Korsantia, Natalia Troull, Mi-Jo Lee, Linde Grossman, Rusten Hayroudinoff.

7 reviews on Salomé

5/5

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Donna

Perfect! Salome is a brilliant piano teacher. She is super nice and friendly. It's not easy to teach a 6-year-old boy piano online, but my son really enjoys her lesson. During the lesson, you can feel her enthusiasm for music. She also gave many professional tips on how to improve and practice daily. My son is looking forwards to having more lessons with her.

Salomé's response

Tim has a great future ahead of him. He is very intelligent and talented! He has a wonderful personality and is very interested in finding out more about music! I haven't had any 6-year-olds ask me a question on how to perform until Tim! It was great to have Tim's mom, Donna at the lesson! She is very present and attentive to Tim's needs! I know Tim will make great progress and will grow up to be a very good pianist!

Toscane

Perfect! Salomé is a great passionated teacher. She is very nice and always reachable for further questions in between the lessons. She is also well organized and it is obvious to me that she has a lot of experience. She gave me precious indications and advices which once applied have been helping me to progress.

Salomé's response

Toscane is extremely nice, is very talented and eager to learn! She played Beethoven beautifully and I am sure she will keep making progress and become an even better pianist with time!

Eric

Perfect! Salomé is a phenomenal pianist and brilliant instructor! As a very perspicacious musician, she is able to precisely detect all the musical nuances and offer specific, professional tips that are creative and yet efficacious. Her enthusiasm for music is also contagious! My two lessons with her so far have been enriching experiences! I appreciate her assistance to bring my playing to the next level!

Salomé's response

Eric is a great student. Very talented and eager to learn! It was a pleasure to work with Eric, he is motivated and hard-working!

4 recommendations

Ángela

Salome is an excellent teacher. She is very professional, charismatic, intelligent and passionate about music. Not only is she an expert in classical music, she can also improvise in many styles such as Bossa Nova. She is super nice and knows how to connect with each student. I feel lucky to have met her.

Katy

Have you noticed? When people do what they love their eyes shine! Salomé is such a person. She’s passionate about music and it’s inspiring! I had a pleasure of visiting her in Warsaw while she was completing her Postgraduate Artistic Training at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music; those were the unforgettable musical days of my life! I attended several of her concerts at Nowy Świat Muzyki and Chopin Salon, as well as rehearsals, and got engulfed into her wonderful world of music. I saw how much hard work, love and determination go into the preparation of each piece. Salome practiced day and night and I felt like she was pouring her heart into every note she played. Apart from being a talented musician she’s also a beautiful human being. She’s an open and genuine person who radiates positive energy, and her easygoing and welcoming nature makes people feel comfortable around her. The cherry on top is Salome’s brilliant wit and sense of humor! One can never get bored with her. I believe she makes a wonderful musician as well as a tutor because she’s got it all: talent, strong will, intelligence and a radiant, charismatic personality. I am happy to know her and recommend her wholeheartedly!

Louis-Marie

When I met Salomé during my studies at one of the most widely acclaimed royal conservatories in the United Kingdom, I was much struck by the fact that, even there, she stood out as both an accomplished musician and as an exemplary tutor.

Throughout the year I’ve known her, Salomé has exhibited a flair for effective communication; the ability to capture the imagination of a group of listeners; an aptitude for engaging students with humour, relatability and a strong presence; an inexhaustible capacity for empathy; and a sincere and profound dedication to the continued education and enrichments of her pupils.

One memorable personal experience of Salomé’s talents is an occasion in which she gave a recital of Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata (a work whose length and difficulty bar its performance from all except the most elite of musicians). Not only did she display breathtaking technical masterful, but also, her interpretation was of transcendent beauty. The round of applause she gained was very long, very loud and, in my humble opinion, very well deserved.

It is not only her technical ability that impresses me, however. Salomé also possesses great natural charm and authority and fluency: that which is often described as the charismatic part of tutorship. She holds, at her core, a simple kindness that attracts various people, and could put even the most anxious of individuals at ease.

In short, Salomé is, by a not inconsiderable margin, one of the most splendid pianists and tutors I have ever had the good fortune of knowing. It is my highest pleasure to recommend her.

Andria

Salome is a very experienced teacher and her lessons are super fun. I had no previous experience playing piano and I was able to play a piece by the first lesson. Salome has been teaching me for the past few months and I will continue working with her in the future. Highly recommended!

Interview with Salomé

QUESTION 01 | 08

When did you first develop a passion for music and your favourite instrument?

Salomé — I can't remember when I first fell in love with music. My mother is a piano professor, so music was all around me since I was born. I absolutely adored the piano from as soon as I heard it, but also loved drums, saxophone and the flute!

QUESTION 02 | 08

2) Is there a particular type music or artist that you listen to on a loop without it driving you crazy?

Salomé — I listen to many different genres of music - Classical, jazz, funk, electronic. I can always listen to Bossa nova. I absolutely love Jamiroquai and any kind of funky music! There are periods when I listen to a certain genre of music on loop and I can't seem to stop! Then it changes to a different artist or genre.

QUESTION 03 | 08

3) Explain to us the most difficult or riveting course you could personally give to a student of music.

Salomé — The most difficult and interesting task we have a teachers is to teach our students how to express themselves freely. How to put our fingers in service to the music, so that the technical side of music poses no threat to our musical one. That's something we can direct our students to, but they will certainly have to work towards this goal themselves as well.

QUESTION 04 | 08

4) What do you think is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

Salomé — In the words of the great masters - "piano is the most difficult instrument to master, but the most joyous once you've mastered it"

QUESTION 05 | 08

5) What are your keys to success?

Salomé — Love, practice and determination.

QUESTION 06 | 08

6) Name three musicians you dream of meeting in your favourite bar in the early hours of the morning. Explain why.

Salomé — I would love to have met Oscar Peterson, Frederic Chopin and Antonio Carlos Jobim. All three are my favorite musicians representing different genres of music. I admire them all for many different reasons and I think it would be incredible to sit down with each of them and share our musical journeys with one another.

QUESTION 07 | 08

7) Provide a valuable anecdote related to music or your days at music school.

Salomé — I don't know if it's much of an anecdote, but I have dreams sometimes, that I have a concert, where they announce a different programme from what I have to play, I step on stage and am forced to play a piece of music, which I have never even looked at! I have spoken to a few friends about this and they all have the same dreams! Must be a musician thing!

QUESTION 08 | 08

8) What are the little touches that make you a Superprof in music?

Salomé — I like to get to know my students, so along with being their teacher, I become a friend that they can trust. They can always email me between lessons if they have more questions about their musical pieces.
I tailor my lessons to each individual student. I like to make lessons extremely fun and informative. If I see that my student likes detailed work and is a serious professional, we go into as much detail as we can, music really is a never-ending world of discovery, so I like to make sure there isn't too much for the student to struggle with on their own.
If the student is learning piano for fun, as a hobby, we will concentrate on getting quick results, and learning as much as we can during the lesson, so that they don't have to practice too much on their own!

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