Golden Key Piano School , Piano Lessons for all Ages and Levels, Based On Russian School of Piano
   
 
 
"... talented teachers
make students love music..."

—A. Artobolevskaya
 
 
Our piano teachers are willing to share their joy and appreciation of the great musical works with students.
 
Katrin Arefy
Katrin Arefy She received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in piano performance and pedagogy from Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music, and has a Bachelor of Art in painting from Azad University in Tehran. She is the translator of The Art of Piano Playing by H. Neuhaus and First Meet With the Music by A. Artobolevskaya into Farsi. She is a member of the Music Teachers' Association of California, and has lectured on the Artobolevskaya method.

Her very first students are now going on to become professional pianists attending some of the best music universities in Austria and Canada.

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Lina Dzhambazova
Lina Dzhambazova She received her Bachelor’s and Master's Degrees in Music from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music specializing in Piano and Flute. She is an award wining musician who has performed with orchestras and choirs in many European countries. She has extensive teaching experience in Bulgaria, Chicago and San Francisco.

After teaching piano for more than five years, she says “I have enjoyed every moment I have spent with the students. I love my students and they are my inspiration.”

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Laima Meurer
Laima Meurer 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). Her gentle yet energetic approach supports her students with their achievements.
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Paul Schrage
Paul Schrage Considered “a world-class piano soloist,” Paul is an equally able classical and jazz pianist with solo, orchestral, and jazz appearances throughout the United States, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Rio de Janeiro. A finalist in the 2001 International Young Artists Piano Competition, he has performed with such jazz greats as Bob Brookmeyer, Gary Foster, Steve Smith, and Louis Bellson. He has also frequently collaborated with the classical violinist Mark Hochberg and tenor John Tsotsoros. He has performed all Franz Liszt recitals, and often performs half classical, half jazz recitals. He was broadcast on radio in the U.S. and on live television in Poland.

Paul Schrage is currently Staff Pianist at Foothill College and an Artist-In-Residence at the Golden Key Piano School in Berkeley. An ardent supporter of modern music, Paul was Pianist-In-Residence of the Contemporary American Music Project. His world premiers include works by Ken Steen, Ingrid Stolzel, Robert Carl, Reynold Simpson, Bob Brookmeyer, Ruben Zahra, and the world premier recording of Richard White’s Sonata for Flute and Piano.

Paul attended the Kansas City Conservatory, under full scholarship, studying with Dr. Ruth Anne Rich; then on to Hartford, CT, to study with the famous pianist Luiz de Moura Castro at the Hartt School of Music, earning his master's degree. Doctorate studies were with Ivo Kaltchev at Catholic University of America. He travels to England throughout the year to study orchestral conducting with Denise Ham and George Hurst.

Awards include the Harry S. Truman Foundation Award and a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
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Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006 Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006
Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006
Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006 Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006 Students performing at school second anniversary Sept 2006
 
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