Sometimes the goal is not years of lessons but one performance that has to go right — a scene where you play a pianist, one piece at your own wedding, an audition, a recital. I am Dr. Maria Pisarenko, a classical concert pianist and Doctor of Musical Arts, and I coach towards that one date: the piece, the hands, how it looks and how it sounds.
Write the piece, the date of the performance and where it will happen. I reply personally with a plan.
For screen or stage: how a pianist sits, breathes and moves, where the hands go, and how a real performance of your piece looks — so the camera believes it.
For the bride, the groom or someone in the family who wants to play one piece for the people in the room — prepared so that it feels like a gift, not an ordeal.
A piece for a parent, a partner or a friend, played on the day. We choose something that suits your hands and your time, and build it to the date.
Preparation for a single high-stakes performance: the programme, the details that examiners and juries hear, and playing under pressure.
Getting one piece ready for the camera or the microphone, where every take is heard again.
If you want to learn the piano over time, that is Las Vegas Piano School, or Online Piano University from anywhere.
Read the letters conductors and music directors have written about me →
Send the piece, the date and where it will happen, and I will come back to you with a plan.