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"... talented
teachers
make students love music..."
—A.
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| Our piano teachers are willing to share their joy and
appreciation of the great musical works with students. |
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| Katrin Arefy |
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Katrin Arefy is the artistic director and head teacher at the Golden Key Piano School in Berkeley, California. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow. Katrin also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Painting from Azad University in Tehran.
Katrin is the author of the series My First Piano Book and has translated Anna Artobolevskaya’s First Meet with the Music and Heinrich Neuhaus’ The Art of Piano Playing from Russian to Farsi. She has lectured on the Russian method and specifically Artobolevskya’s method at various universities in the US and overseas including including recently at University of Oregon and Ohio University School of Music.
Her very first students are now professional pianists graduating from some of the finest music universities in Austria and Armenia.
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| Laima Meurer |
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She studied at the J.
Gruodis Conservatory. She received her Bachelor's
degree in Music Instruction at the Lithuanian National
Academy of Music in Kaunas and her Master's Degree
in Pedagogy from the Academy of Lithuania. After
10 years of teaching music in Europe, she moved
to US and has been teaching at Golden Key Piano
School since 2005. She is a member of the Music
Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) and performs as an accompanist in bay area. Her gentle yet energetic approach supports her students
with their achievements.
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| Diana Aidos |
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Diana Aidos graduated from Kazakh National Conservatory of Music and received her Master's in Piano Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While at KNCM, she worked as a graduate assistant, teaching private undergraduate piano lessons, accompanied students and performed with the orchestras. In addition to numerous solo recitals, master-class performances and chamber concerts, Diana has won several competitions, awards and scholarships. She has taught in exchange program throughout Kazakhstan, Japan and China. She also works as a freelance chamber musician and accompanist in the Bay Area.
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| Maryna Resnick |
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Received her Degree in music, with high honors, from the Kremenchug Music Academy. She then received a degree in Music and Conducting from the Dniepropetrovsk Culture College, and a bachelor’s degree in performance Management from the Kharkov Culture University. She has been teaching music to young children for ten years in Ukraine, and has been teaching piano in the Bay Area since September 2008.
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| Yvonne Hung |
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Received her Bachelor’s degree in Music from University of California, Berkeley. She has been teaching piano for ten years and recently joined Golden Key piano School in 2010. During her spare time, she enjoys accompanying for “joyful Noise Choir” in Walnut Creek, and she has been with them since 2000.
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