Information About Kosmas - Manchester teacher -

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Personal Description:

Kosmas is a music teacher and pianist, currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music (Master in Music in Perfromance). He started piano lessons at the age of 5, with Eleni Mantziafou and later with Konstantinos Matis at the Contemporary Conservatory of Larissa,Greece. In 2012, he obtained his piano diploma with honours, and he got accepted at the University of Macedonia in the Music Science and Art department. There, he studied with Igor Petrin and graduated with a BA in Music Performance (honours degree) in 2017. During his studies at the University of Macedonia Kosmas has given several
oncert Hall (Megaron) of Thessaloniki. For two years, he studied with Klara Wurtz in Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the moment, he is studying with Frank Wibaut at the Royal Northern College of Music, having received the Ian Scott Award.

During his studies he participated in masterclasses with musicians and pianists such as: Maria Asteriadou, Giorgos Hadjinikos, Agathi Leimoni, Sergei Senkov, Borislava Taneva, Dimitris Toufexis, Lampis Vassiliadis and Vasilis Varvaresos.

His repertoire consists of wide range pieces, which vary from the baroque era to compositions of the 20th century, giving an emphasis to the great Impressionists and the Russian repertoire. In addtion, he has premiered works of new greek composers.

Tutoring Experience:

2021: Piano Tutor at the Bloxham School, Banbury.

2019- 2020:Placement at the Saint Malachy's Primary School, Manchester

Private piano and music theory lessons in Manchester

2017-2019: Private piano and music theory lessons in Utrecht, Netherlands.

2015-2017: Private piano lessons and music theory lessons in Thessaloniki, Greece.

2013-2015: Piano lessons at the Modern Conservatory of Larissa, Greece.

Tutoring Approach:

Using different and various ways to approach the unique personality and needs of each student is a basic principle of my tutoring scheme. I respect this uniqueness of each student and I always ask for feedback so I can adjust better my lesson plan according to each individual. In that way, the repertoire I use for teaching, reflects the needs (both technical and musical) of the student and at the same time focuses on their personal interests( jazz, rock, musical, pop etc.), keeping in that way their music interest active. At last, my tutoring approach includes improvisation, singing and sight reading, elements that improve the musical awareness, stimulate and entertain the student at the same time.