It's all in the name!

My father played many instruments such as piano, organ, saxophone, harmonica and more. Mom played the organ, drums, and tambourine. I received lessons as a child from my parents and other piano teachers. Throughout my life I almost always had a piano in the house but mostly it collected dust. I couldn’t stay away from piano completely though and went through phases where I played the songs I learned in my youth as well as learned a few new songs. There were several times I was ready to sell my piano, but I didn’t, and I am so thankful now!

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In the year 2020, after 2 decades away from the piano, I heard a song on YouTube which I loved so much I  decided I just had to learn it. It was a very difficult song and I quickly realized I would need lessons in order to master it. In 2021 I began formal lessons at New West Music. I accomplished my goal of learning the song I was crazy about and felt so comfortable with my teacher that I pursued learning new songs as well as worked on my technical and my sight reading skills! Contact my piano teacher Konstantin Klimov here for lessons and performances.

In the summer of 2021, I purchased a portable digital piano so that I could take it to the streets and offer the public a community piano to play.  I thought that people would enjoy stopping by my piano to play a few tunes and they did, but also (much to my surprise), people enjoyed hearing me play. My “community piano” idea somehow morphed into me playing my piano on the streets of New Westminster and later landing a successful audition for the Translink Busker program (playing on Skytrain property). View my profile here.