"Without music life would be a mistake." Nietzsche

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NATALIA LORESCH Pianist & Piano Teacher

🏆 Diplom (Piano) Universität der Künste (Berlin)
🏆 LRAM Piano Teaching Licentiate Royal Academy of Music (London)
🏆 MMus (Piano) Royal Academy of Music (London)
🏆 MMus (Musicology) Royal Holloway University of London

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Explore the Russian-German-French-British traditions of piano lessons with a highly qualified & experienced concert pianist in London. Learning could not be less daunting with a systematic approach which boosts confidence by creating skills with quality and understanding. Locations in central London, South East London and at students' homes across zones 1-2-3.

Languages:
• English (fluent)
• German (fluent)
• Russian (fluent)
• French (a bit)

Natalia Loresch is an award-winning concert pianist with over 18 years of piano teaching experience. She studied solo piano performance, harpsichord, piano pedagogy and musicology with Pascal Devoyon, Piers Lane, Kathryn Stott, Virginia Black and Dr. Stephen Rose. Natalia won multiple national and international competition prizes and scholarships and performed at St John's Smith Square, Philharmonie Berlin, Musikhalle Hamburg, Sommerfestspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Messiaen South Bank Festival etc. Natalia has been teaching piano in the UK and Germany since 2004.
For more information please go to the Piano Teacher's Biography page.

Natalia aims at helping pupils to achieve the best possible results in learning piano, exploring music at any level and/or preparing for grade examinations, diplomas, concerts, competitions and auditions with a focus on enhancing musical understanding, developing or improving reading skills, building up technique and expanding repertoire in a healthy way. Preventing or sorting out injuries and pain-related problems is a foundational layer of Natalia's teaching approach.

You are also welcome to learn at any level without exams, competitions or any kind of public performances. The balance between happiness, confidence, results and a sane sense of achievement in a non-judgemental, equality-oriented, multicultural environment in which learners can thrive is of significance in holistic education and the wellbeing of the individual is always of utmost of importance.

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LATEST PUPILS' RECORDINGS
Freya at Royal Academy of Music London

Ruimin at Steinway Hall London

Marcus at Steinway Hall London

Ken & Marcus at Peregrine Pianos, London Bloomsbury

👉 See more on the Piano Pupils Play page

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 “Natalia is an outstanding teacher. I came to her after playing casually for many years, and she is helping me to put my technique on solid foundations and gain a whole new tonal palette. She is an outstanding pianist and demonstrates extensively during lessons. She brings a deep knowledge of the various schools and traditions of piano teaching, and has a passion for placing the music in its historic and cultural context. It’s a rigorous and challenging process, but also richly rewarding.”
Marcus Cox

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "Natalia is a brilliant teacher. She is rigorous in her methods, while also being warm and friendly in her approach. She has immense talent as a pianist and is able to convey her passion for both playing the instrument and learning theory to her students. Natalia’s lessons are always enjoyable and it’s amazing to see how much you can improve each week, thanks to her training. I would highly recommend her as a tutor.
Result: A life-long love of the piano!"
Zeeya Merali

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "I have been Natalia's pupil for more than 6 years and I have to say that I am very lucky to have such a wonderful teacher. Natalia has an individual approach to every pupil, always explains what caused this or that problem and how to fix it. All her lessons are very informative and interesting, she teaches not only the technique of playing but always tries to make you see a story in any piece of music.
Natalia is a very knowledgeable and thinking person who has a high-level professional attitude to the teaching process and when you follow her instructions and advice you can definitely meet your goals.
If you want to learn to play piano, Natalia is that very person who can help you to do it."
Marina Myles

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "I have been a student with Natalia for a few years now. Her approach to music is holistic, uses a variety of teaching methods and illustrations to make each concept very clear. Has a great ability to encourage and motivate to excellency. Provides the possibility of borrowing books from her extensive music library. An asset that allows you to grow in knowledge and understanding of the different aspects of piano playing. In short, she is a complete piano teacher and her playing is amazing!
Outcome: I have been taking lessons for many years and it's the first time that a teacher has helped me improve piano playing technique. She will dedicate the time to make sure that you are reaching your maximum potential."
Yvette Torres

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "Natalia is clearly a very accomplished musician and pianist. I valued her honesty and approach to correct my technique as well as her patience with be as an adult beginner. Lessons are tailored and enjoyable and with the required push for improvement."
Sarah Cruickshank

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "Natalia has been teaching my 9 year old son for 8 months. I have found her to be very approachable, she is calm and can converse concisely with my son. It takes great skill to make a 9 year old be engaged and attentive whilst learning Piano and she does that very well. She is very patient with him and I can only highly recommend her."
Nili S. Dodhia

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "Natalia is an excellent piano teacher. Her approach is thorough and nurturing and Natalia provides excellent mentoring for the pupil to develop their own autonomy in the areas of practice responsibilities and aesthetic awareness, preferences and judgements. Whilst her attention to detail in monitoring the pupil's musicality of playing, technique and sight-reading is impeccable, Natalia's approach is holistic and includes a strong awareness of the pupil's physical and mental wellbeing while progressing with the piano and gives an excellent grounding in general musicianship and philosophies of music.
Outcome:
Lessons and guidance of the highest quality. Dramatic improvement on the instrument. A deeper philosophical, embodied and aesthetic understanding of piano playing and what is required to improve."
Jack Durtnall

PIANO LESSONS REVIEW:
📝 "Natalia's piano lessons are amazing and, as a beginner piano learner from China, I would highly recommend students from China to learn from Natalia. She can explain everything in such a clear and digestible way and, in particular, introduce students to the rich and interesting music culture and history in Europe. I find her lessons truly beneficial. It would be extremely hard, if not impossible, to find such an excellent piano teacher like Natalia in China. So, to Chinese students in London: go for Natalia!"
Ruimin Jia

To read more reviews please go to the Reviews page. Or to verify please scroll down the reviews page.

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📖 "There is no end to learning."
Robert Schumann

📖 "The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead."
Igor Stravinsky, New York Times Magazine, September 27, 1964

📖 "Music is all important to the human race. It has the power and the charm to move, disturb, sadden, gladden, bring consolation, celebration, salvation. We remember the stages of our lives by the music we heard, sang, danced to. … Without music life would be a world without harmony, without singing and dancing."
Emily Fragos Music's Spell

📖 "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
I've read that things inanimate have moved,
And, as with living souls, have been informe'd,
By magic numbers and persuasive sound."
William Congreve

📖 "Music the fiercest grief can charm,
And fate's severest rage disarm.
Music can soften pain to ease,
And make despair and madness please;
Our joys below it can improve,
And antedate the bliss above."
Alexander Pope
From ODE ON ST CECILIA'S DAY

Last updated on the 27th of August 2024

Latest updates on:

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(Gustav Klimt The Music)

SITEMAP

📖 "The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments: its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry."
George Bernard Shaw, in Fortnightly Review, 1894, 'The Religion of the Pianoforte'

📖 "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."
Plato

Professional Classical Piano Lessons in London for All Ages and Levels

📖 "The piano as a medium for expression is a whole world by itself. No other instrument can fill or replace its own say in the world of emotion, sentiment, poetry, imagery and fancy." Leopold Godowsky

Music is much more than just a profession to practise, a hobby, an activity to pass time and free your mind, an interest or a development tool. Music is a universal language which exceeds the capacity of verbal expressivity and speaking this language can bring a human being to the verge of what the human mind can grasp with its intellectual facilities. It can expand consciousness and connect to unknown realms of reality. Through music you can express and experience expressions of thoughts and emotions, brief insights and stories, fear and reverence, happiness and fulfilment and much more. Music is not only an island of life in the storming ocean of materialism and instant entertainment, a refuge and salvation from the speed and superficiality of the modern time, it is also a rich heritage which spans through many centuries, containing many different directions and accommodating various kinds of tastes. Making music connects us to the greatest of times long past and through them breaks through many of the divides of contemporary existentialism.
So, let's delve…

Having studied both piano performance and musicology and having actively followed interests in literature, philosophy, history, religions, other arts and further music-related disciplines, Natalia has a versatile and holistic approach to teaching piano. While there are intrinsic components of serious attention directed towards technique, reading skills, theory, analysis, musical understanding and further necessities, interdisciplinary connections are also explored and wrapped in individual imagination. As August Strindberg said, "Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist; on a significant bases of reality, the imagination spins, weaving new patterns; a mixture of memories, experiences, free fancies, incongruities and improvisations."

From the latest Piano Pupils' Concert at Steinway Hall London:

2023.12.9 Piano Pupils Concert Steinway
2023.12.9 PP Concert

In general about Natalia Loresch's piano lessons in London

🎵 What is offered: professional piano lessons, music theory, aural skills, piano duet playing, accompaniment, ensemble playing, chamber music, learning to sight sing within a solfège framework.

🎵 All piano lessons are held on individual basis; we do not believe that group tuition is a functional format for learning piano.

🎵 All levels: Beginners, intermediate, advanced, graded exams, diplomas, professional preparations.

🎵 All ages: Children and adults of all ages from 3 years onwards are equally welcome. Read more about beginners and advanced piano lessons for children and adults of different ages and levels.

🎵 Locations: Piano lessons take place at the Bluthner Piano Centre, Steinway Hall, The Music Studios in Marylebone and at students' homes in central, south east, north west, south west and west London across zones 1-2-3. Visit the Location and Schedule pages for further information.

🎵 Online piano lessons are available every day 7am - 10pm UK time. For online classes to work please check your internet connection and procure a device with a bigger screen such as a laptop or tablet. Phones could be used in emergencies but they are really not the most ideal of all devices for online tuition. Please visit the page Online Piano Lessons for more information.

🎵 All in-studio lessons are held on high-quality grand pianos such as Yamaha, Steinway, Irmler etc.

🎵 Preparation for graded piano and theory exams (ABRSM or Trinity), diplomas, auditions, competitions, festivals, concerts is offered.

🎵 Discovery of music through learning piano at any age or level without exams, competitions or performances is also encouraged.

🎵 Piano lessons can be held in English, German or Russian (bilingual / full professional proficiency).

🎵 Start regular tuition with block bookings any time or book lessons on ad-hoc basis; visit the Policy page for more details.

🎵 All regular students have access to an extensive music library from which they can borrow books, recordings, magazines etc.; pupils receive systematic advice and there is an online catalogue for own-choice borrowing.

🎵 A friendly, non-competitive, zero-stress nurturing environment.

From a PIANO HOUR at Steinway Hall London:

2023.4.1 Piano Hour Collage

What are the educational goals and components of lessons? Values & Ethos

📖 "Teach the children to think, show them how, and how to apply thought to life and fact, and fancy, and music, and you will have a nation less influenced by the daily press, and seeking more earnestly the things that really matter: in other words a musical nation."
Alec Rowley Do's and Don'ts for Musicians. A Handbook for Teachers and Performers

📖 "One does not play the piano with one's fingers: one plays the piano with one's mind."
Glenn Gould

Depending on the age, level and circumstances of a pupil, tuition goals will be balanced with individual tailoring consisting of the following components:

🎵 The main educational goal is to develop a pupil into an independently thinking and functioning pianist or piano amateur with a life-long passion for music.

🎵 Clarity in the thinking process is the key to learning piano.

🎵 To equip pupils with all necessary skills for making music without the need of a teacher.

🎵 Enjoying exploring music and everything that is related and relevant in context - music history, literature, the arts, history, philosophy etc.

🎵 Sharing the joy of music with others in ensemble playing .

🎵 Incorporating musical development into overall personality development holistically.

🎵 Growing in confidence and self-belief.

🎵 Developing functional reading skills, technical accuracy, musicianship and sound quality.

🎵 Learn to play with a beautiful tone from the very first lesson or improve your touch at an advanced level.

🎵 Grasping music theory in an interesting way; music theory is a crucial component without which learning to play the piano would be essentially impossible.

🎵 Developing logical and imaginative interpretations based on knowledge of style and compositional backgrounds of piano repertoire students play.

🎵 Furthering an understanding and appreciation of music as well as its cultural and historical background.

🎵 Working on fitness and health problems as they arise, on relaxation techniques and anxiety issues in performance at any level; Natalia's technical approach resolves pains and as well as problems related to movement and strain.

🎵 Realising that learning can be exciting, fun, aspirational and inspirational.

🎵 Opening eyes to the multiplicity of learning and performing opportunities.

🎵 Creating environments and opportunities for pupils to be praised and feel appreciated for their achievements.

Read more on the About Lessons and Ethos pages.

From a PIANO HOUR at Peregrine Pianos, London:

2023.7.8 Piano Hour Collage

Pupils' Exams, Performances & News

🎵 Pupils are encouraged to participate in various kinds of performance opportunities but learners who choose not to participate are also equally welcome.

🎵 Internal non-public performance events called Piano Hours (please see the News for more details) are organised on regular basis and give pupils the opportunity to play for each other, learn to produce constructive criticism and also provide a social setting for making friends and enjoying piano music in a social framework.

🎵 Pupils can be prepared for ABRSM or Trinity College piano and music theory exams, concerts, festivals, competitions, auditions for scholarships and entrance exams for specialist music schools, music colleges and universities.

🌟 The latest event was a Students' Concert at the Bluthner Piano Centre on 29th of June 2024.

🏆 The kids' trophy hunt results for the January - April 2024 term are: trophies for 7 pupils with the best concentration, for 1 pupil who learnt 60 pieces, for 1 pupil who learnt 90 exercises, for 2 pupils who finished 2 theory books each, for 1 pupil who completed 70 sight-reading exercises, for 1 pupil who played in 4 concerts and 1 pupil with the overall highest quantity of points (150). Visit the News page for find out more.

From a Pupils' Concert at Bluthner Piano Centre:

2023.7.15 Piano Lessons Concert Concert

Read more on the News and Pupils' Successes pages.

Pupils' Successes

🎵 Distinctions in ABRSM piano & theory exams

🎵 Distinctions, 1st and other top prizes in competitions and festivals such as the German national music competition Jugend musiziert, Leigh-On-Sea Competitive Festival of Music & Drama, West London Pianoforte Festival, Maidstone Music Festival, Farnham Competitive Music Festival, Oxford Music Festival, Bromley (Kent) Festival of Music and Speech.

🌟 The latest event was a pupil's performance at the Blackheath Music Festival 2024 where he won a silver medal.

Read more on the News and Pupils' Successes pages.

Our autumn term 2023 trophy winners in the categories highest number of pieces learnt, exercises/studies, performances, best concentration, overall highest number of points:

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Recordings of Live Performances and Music for Piano Lessons

More recordings including pupils' recordings can be found on the Media pages.

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 KV 271 "Jeunehomme"
Philharmonie Berlin
Natalia Loresch, piano
Rüdiger Trantow, conductor

César Franck Prélude, Chorale et Fugue

J S Bach Well-Tempered Clavier II, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884
Natalia Loresch, harpsichord, at the Royal Academy of Music London

J S Bach Well-Tempered Clavier I, Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor
Natalia Loresch, clavichord, at the Royal Academy of Music London

From the project "Repertoire Recordings for Piano Lessons":
Carl Reinecke Libellen im Sonnenschein/Dragonflies in Sunlight from Notenbuch für kleine Leute/Notebook for Little People, Op. 107
Natalia Loresch, piano

From the project "Repertoire Recordings for Piano Lessons":
Ernest Bloch Lullaby from Enfantines
Natalia Loresch, piano

Location of Piano Lessons

The main studio locations are the Bluthner Piano Centre, Steinway Hall London and Music Studios in Marylebone but in-home piano lessons can also be booked in a variety of other areas (subject to availability), among them:

🎵 Central London: Westminster, Marylebone, Mayfair, Soho, Holborn, London Bridge, Waterloo, Paddington, Covent Garden, Kensington, Chelsea, Southwark

🎵 South London: Battersea

🎵 South East London: Hither Green, Lee, Blackheath, Lewisham, Catford, Bromley,

🎵 North West London: St John's Wood, Swiss Cottage, Kilburn, South Hampstead, Maida Vale, Finchley Road, West Hampstead, Camden

🎵 West London: Holland Park, Ladbroke Grove

The postcodes possible for home tuition are among others W1, W2, W9, W10, NW1, NW8, NW3, NW5, NW6, WC1, WC2, N1, N7, SW1, SW3, SW5, SW7, SW8, SE11, SE1, SE3, SE6, SE13, EC4, EC1. If you live elsewhere but are interested in booking home lessons please get in touch to check if there are enough availabilities for that. More details can be found on the location pages.

COVID-19 update: back to in-person lessons and continuing online lessons

As a preventative measure to ensure the wellbeing of students and teacher piano lessons continue to be run online as well as in studios. To see more information about learning via Skype, FaceTime or Zoom please visit the page for online piano lessons. Tuition has returned to the face-to-face format in Marylebone, Hither Green and at pupils' homes in some areas but online lessons continue to be available for those in temporary self-isolation, travelling, residing too far from London or abroad etc. Since the pandemic encouraged the realisation that online tuition works much better than expected and is also very convenient it will continue to be offered for those interested.

How To Enquire or Book a Consultation Lesson

For any questions or to book a consultation piano lesson please feel free to call or send an email:

☎️ +44 (0) 7454766539
📮 contact@pianolessons-london.co.uk

If you prefer getting in touch via email please include the pupil's (perhaps approximate) age and level as well as experience with the piano, other instruments or music in general.

Acceptance of students is subject to a selection process based on criteria such as willingness to practice, conscientious preparation for lessons and performances as well as a generally serious approach to learning.

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And finally, as Nietzsche said, a life without music would indeed be a mistake because music is irreplaceable. Music is with us, in us and around us throughout our lifetimes whether we are aware of it or not.

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