piano lessons
Hello!
I’m looking forward to working with you, and helping you grow into the best pianist you can become! A little about my approach to teaching:
With over 15 years of dedicated teaching experience, I carefully tailor lessons to your strengths and weaknesses to provide the most well-rounded education possible. Above all my focus is on principles-based learning, which principles you are then able to apply yourself to any music you learn and far beyond the piano as well: teaching you to fish so to speak, rather than handing you fish. Depth of musicality, a strong technical and theoretical foundation, understanding appropriate historical styles and context, and a practical approach to the stresses of performing are all fundamentals we’ll build on. Together we’ll strive toward focused artistic development and guiding a lifelong love for creativity, music and growth!
Lessons are held locally in the greater Sandpoint, ID area or remotely via Zoom. Remote lessons can offer you greater opportunity by studying with a non-local teacher, and can be just as effective as lessons held in-person!
Fees:
$70 USD/40 min
$95 USD/60 min
*A discount is applied for those with more than one student per family. Fill out the contact form for more info!
let’s get started!
about Daniel
“truly, a remarkable artist” (Anna Ouspenskaya)
An internationally acclaimed pianist, Daniel won first prize and the audience favorite award at the 2021 Glory International Piano Competition, first prize at the 2020 Sound Espressivo International Competition, and top honors at the Oregon Petri, Lillian Pettibone, and Maude Sardam Collaborative scholarship competitions, as well as the collaborative division of the Oregon MTNA competition. Among his collaborators are singers from the Metropolitan Opera, Grammy Award–winning artists, top Billboard performers, and distinguished international soloists, including Robert McPherson, Damien Geter, Thomas Lauderdale, Pink Martini, and Alexander Shonert. He has appeared as soloist with the Coeur d’Alene Symphony and toured throughout the Americas and Europe, performing in major venues such as the Teatro Colón and the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall. Highly regarded in masterclasses with Tamara Stefanovich, Andrew Brownell, Arnaldo Cohen, and the Takács Quartet, Daniel is also an active chamber and collaborative musician with emphasis in the vocal, flute, and cello repertoires. He is a student of Irene Peery-Fox and previously studied on scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music with the late Phillip Kawin, after beginning his university studies at Portland State University with Julia Hwakyu Lee; he has also studied with Heasook Rhee, Jonathan Klibonoff, Scott Rednour, Lisa Marsh, Chuck Dillard, Velma Schludermann, Geneva Wright, and his dear ma Corina Hughes who was his first teacher.
Critical acclaim
“a pianist of striking sensitivity and sterling musical intelligence . . . considerable technical skill . . . and a bold, mature and individual musical voice.” (Marc Silverman)
“[possesses] a deeply moving sense of musical style” (Peter Sanders)
“a master of deep philosophical interpretation” (Galina Ivannikova)
“an exceptionally expressive, creative, and imaginative pianist” (Joanne Polk)
“truly, a remarkable artist” (Anna Ouspenskaya)