Private classical piano lessons in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village — for beginners and intermediate students who want to learn the repertoire and the technique that goes with it.
Not ready to book? Email Nick directly →
Classical piano lessons here are about real music from the first lesson — Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schubert — alongside the technique and theory that lets you actually play them.
Beginners typically start with simpler repertoire from the canon — early Bach two-part inventions, Schumann’s “Album for the Young,” appropriate Chopin preludes, Beethoven sonatinas — chosen to develop specific technical skills while introducing the historical periods. The technique work runs in parallel: scales, arpeggios, the basic posture and motion patterns that make playing well possible.
Intermediate students typically come in with some background and a clear goal — a specific piece they want to learn well, an audition or recital they’re preparing for, or a desire to round out gaps in repertoire from earlier study. Lessons calibrate to where you actually are, not to where a method book says you should be.
Theory and ear training get woven in throughout. Understanding what a piece is doing harmonically is what separates playing the notes from playing the music.
This isn’t a conservatory pipeline. Students pursuing conservatory-level or competition classical training should seek a specialist in that area. What this is: a serious classical piano education for students who want classical repertoire as a real part of their musical lives, either as a destination in itself or as the technical foundation that lets them branch into other styles.
A lot of students who study classical here also study jazz, pop, or contemporary alongside it. The skills transfer in both directions — classical technique strengthens contemporary playing, and the harmonic vocabulary of jazz and pop opens up classical pieces in new ways.