Daniel

Trained Concert Pianist at:

Yehudi Menuhin School
Royal Academy of Music
Further studies in Law at the University of East Anglia.

Performances at (amongst others) Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and perhaps the highlight at the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall in New York.

Featured on Deutsche Grammophon.

Special interest in the music of Franz Liszt.

Subsequent 10 year career as a Manager of celebrity classical musicians (including some of the most famous pianists in the world), giving unique insight into music-making, performance practice and instrumental technique at the highest level.

Co-Founder of multiple companies in both music and Artificial Intelligence.

Tutoring Experience

Taught for the past 15 years

Tutoring Approach

My approach is entirely based on the individual student and not possible to detail. Every student has a different level, facility, pace, and talent. An empathetic and evolving approach is everything and this is what I offer.

As far as my approach to the piano itself is concerned, I am trained primarily in the Russian School of Igumnov and Goldenweiser etc as well as the principles of Claudio Arrau which emphasise a reduction in tension as well as the application of arm and body weight in creating a more harmonious relationship with the instrument. This is best illustrated in a consultation lesson as many books have been written about this subject and still do not give a fully accurate picture.

I can teach anyone at any level provided the fit between us is good and I feel I can help. I do not teach people I cannot help.

Lessons vary in length but a good guide is an hour. If a student is working on complex repertoire I can easily go on for longer than this. Again, I can only advise on what will suit each individual student once I have met them - as well as understood their own goals.