Piano Lessons in Denton

Greetings! I am Matt and look forward to helping you along with your piano journey. I have been a career pianist all my life; I began at age 10 and by age 13 I was giving concert lectures to all the schools in my area where I grew up in California. When I was 16, I won an international concerto competition and had my debut with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. I have had the pleasure of studying with some great artists over the years, most notably, 1985 Cliburn Gold Medalist Jose Feghali. For several years, I was both his student and assistant, and we did some very exciting work.

These days, I am a student of Chopin and his novel, ergonomic piano method which was almost lost to history. My main focus will be that you have an ease and comfort of playing, always looking to find ways to give you more freedom with the instrument, and my hope is that I can enable you to explore the great piano literature in a pain-free, fun way. I usually employ supplemental lessons from Bartok and Bach, and usually ask that you split your time between these things and what you are most excited to learn yourself.

I do remote and in-person lessons, and I do a semi-regular piano stream where I demonstrate my own practice, and where piano enthusiasts and performers often come to discuss music and technique. I look forward to hearing from you.