Testimonials...

Jeanette Kelsey

Stamatia Statherou has been my piano teacher for more than a year now. I started with the express wish of making a recording in nine months and she guided me expertly and successfully to that aim. Her extensive knowledge of the composition and performance of the classical and contemporary repertory, (herself a composer and professional concert pianist), means that Stamatia’s teaching of my choices, which range (so far) from Bach to Shostakovich, is sensitive to the composer’s period, style and interpretation. Stamatia recognises the enormous importance of teaching correct technique and is keen to nurture this at the earliest stages right from the start of a child’s learning to play and at every stage thereafter. Every lesson brings me new insights in this respect, building up confidence in tackling more and more challenges. Myself a teacher, I appreciate in her, her erudition, precision, patience and complete dedication to her subject together with her undoubted ability to convey it at every level. Stamatia, with quiet enthusiasm and a complete understanding of the ability and potential of her students of whatever age, is, in my experience, an excellent teacher, who I feel lucky to have found. I leave each lesson bounding with pleasure and raring to go. 

Joyce Si

I have been having lessons with Stamatia for two years to prepare for my diploma/DipABRSM exam. She is very helpful and knowledgeable in what she is teaching. Her excellent piano techniques helped me learning the difficult parts of the pieces a lot easier.

Suramya (Sue) Koswatte

Stamatia Statherou has brought out the best in my 11 year old daughter, Sanhitha. A simple Thank you doesn’t adequately express my gratitude towards Dr.Stamatia. She has been Sanhitha's piano teacher for a year now. I found her for my daughter during the first lockdown.  At first I was a bit skeptical about learning an instrument through Skype. I love Stamatia’s teaching style, technique and methods. She has conquered all the hurdles and barriers of teaching online. My daughter had two “in person lesson, piano teachers” before Stamatia. And she was unable to pick up the technique and progress further. But with Stamatia, she got through Grade 1 in a matter of 5 months of teaching and she scored “121/150 achieved a Merit”. Currently she’s doing her Grade 2. I couldn’t be happier with Stamatia. Stamatia is an outstanding teacher who demonstrates incredible patience! She understands the individual's needs and tailor the lessons accordingly. She’s an inspiring teacher who makes learning fun! Look no further, I would definitely recommend her to anyone who loves to learn piano no matter the experience level. 
Thank you
Sue 

 Luke Madams

Dr. Statherou is an attentive and compassionate teacher who possesses a thorough understanding of what it is about music that makes students want to learn. I would leave each lesson with a genuine renewed excitement and interest in music, and the resulting progress I made in just a year both in terms of technique and understanding was remarkable. I highly recommend her tutorship to anybody wishing to advance in musical studies, no matter what their current ability level or purposes in doing so. 

James Taylor,  James Taylor Quartet 

 Stamatia has been teaching me composition with piano performance for just over two years. In this time my skills for both have improved dramatically I have written choral and orchestral scores for the first time. These works have been commercially released and one has won an arts award. I have managed to empower myself to the point where I can take my musical idiom and combine it successfully with another to create something completely new. Stamatia has been sensitive to my areas of weakness. Nurturing, patient, extremely knowledgable and supportive. Also and maybe most important of all, working with her is great fun. Having tried various piano teachers I am very happy to give her the highest recommendation possible to anyone. I promise you she will up your game!!

Aileen Dickson  

It is rare to find such a knowledgeable and inspirational teacher as Stamatia. I have derived great benefit from her expert tuition which has helped me to improve my technique and enabled me to tackle more challenging repertoire. I would recommend her to anyone with an interest in piano playing.

Oliver Flaig

Stamatia has been a great help in preparing me for my University music course and has helped me with high level theory and composition. She has been very flexible with the material that we have covered and I would definitely recommend her!

Teresa Zuo 

My 8 year old daughter and 4 year old son started learning piano with Stamatia 9 months ago. It has only been less than a year, however, I saw my daughter made such incredible progress. My daughter passed her ABRSM Grade 3 with distinction and is on target to pass Grade 4 with distinction. Besides achieving high level examination results, my daughter now also plays piano like an artist. Stamatia has helped her in all areas of music including fingering technique, sight reading, aural and music theory. With all these skills my daughter loves learning new challenging pieces. She has become very independent and learns new pieces confidently. What's more Stamatia not only teaches my children to play the piano, but also introduces my children to the world of classical music. My daughter enjoys all pieces and composers that Stamatia introduced to her. She is only 8 years old but she is now already preparing to play a sonata by Mozart for an upcoming music festival. Stamatia is professional, patient, very knowledgeable, inspiring and good at planning ahead. Stamatia's rich experience enables both of my children to achieve so much but in a happy, progressive, enjoyable way. There are still lots of years ahead with Stamatia before both of my children start their career in music. Thank you Stamatia 

Glen Allen  

I have been taking piano lessons with Stamatia for a little over two years now. The standard of tuition I have received has been excellent, lessons are delivered in a clear and thoughtful manner and at every step she has taken the time to explain and guide me through learning the piano in a professional and courteous way. Stamatia possesses a truly encyclopedic knowledge combined with obvious natural talent as both a pianist and a teacher, I would not hesitate to recommend her tuition to anyone wanting to learn something new or further their abilities.

Sue Mullaley  

I enjoy my piano lessons with Stamatia, I am learning a lot with her. She has a wealth of knowledge to advise on interpretation and technique.

Stuart Ross

Over the years I have had several piano teachers, some very good, some not quite so good, but there has been no-one to compare with Stamatia. Her unsurpassed technical skills are combined with a depth of musical knowledge and a wide repertoire all of which she is anxious to bring to her students and which not only has greatly developed my ability at the piano, it has hugely increased my enjoyment of the instrument.

Benny Yu - with his mother's, Sijia Yu, permission

The composition sessions were very helpful and assisted me to complete and perfect my GCSE Music work (27/30 and 28/30 composition score). She brought an enthusiastic perspective on my compositions, helping me develop my musical understanding. Overall, a very useful, applicable and reassuring experience.

Antonio Celotto

Thank you for your help in teaching me Orchestration and Music Scoring. This was the most helpful support for my string recordings.

Margaret Sumner

Stamatia has been teaching Chloe piano and music theory for four years now. She helped Chloe our daughter with her music scholarship preparation which led to our daughter winning the award. 

Diane MacMillan

Stamatia Statherou has been giving me piano lessons for the past year. Her advice on how to practise, and introduction to a much wider repertoire of music, together with her enthusiastic encouragement of my efforts has given me great pleasure.

Alina Kopelchuck 

I want to use this opportunity to express our gratitude for everything that you’ve done for Nikolay. He always enjoyed your lessons and we are thankful for everything you’ve taught him!

Katie Moh

Oliver has thoroughly enjoyed his lessons with Stamatia. He was a complete beginner at the start of September 2018 and in a short space of just 6 months Stamatia has given him the technique and confidence to perform and enjoy his piano pieces expressively. He is looking forward to his first exam on the piano at the end of the summer term. Thank you Stamatia for giving Oliver a love for the piano!

 

Lei Yuqion

Dr Stamatia Statherou has been my daughter’s piano teacher for the last seven months. She is so professional, knowledgable, and passionate of music, which leads to my daughter’s great improvement in her piano playing technique and performance. She is patient, fun and explains things clearly. My daughter is so delighted that she has Stamatia as her piano teacher. Under Stamatia’s teaching, my daughter who is aged 7 has obtained a distinction in her ABRSM grade 4 exam and won the second place in the group of under the age of 8 at the Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival Class in Kent.

Paul Glynn

I just want to say thanks for all the hard work over many years teaching both Patrick and Pablo. They learned so much from you!

Marina Gower

Stamatia is a highly skilled and qualified academic, performer and composer.  She has a philosophical approach to teaching that brings about a far deeper understanding of each composition as it is considered within social and historical contexts. This has helped me to determine the best way to approach technique and interpretation when learning, memorising and performing a piece and has allowed me to make so much more from every minute I spend at the piano. As a mature aged student who reached diploma level in my youth, my time with Stamatia has helped me gain the confidence to tackle even the most difficult pieces again. She has also introduced me to wonderful compositions I might otherwise never have studied.  Every lesson leaves me with far greater knowledge and inspires me to find as much time as I can to apply this at the piano.  I highly recommend her to students of all levels and ages.

Mehdi  Ghassemizadeh

Stamatia has been my piano teacher for just over a year and a half. She has been absolutely brilliant and massively increased my confidence and my technical abilities on the piano. In this time I sat my grade 8 piano exam and achieved a distinction, and am now working towards my diploma. Stamatia has a truly comprehensive knowledge of classical music; no question is ever too big or small and I have learnt so much along the way. I couldn't ask for a more supportive teacher, I thoroughly enjoy my piano lessons and would not hesitate to recommend Stamatia to anyone.

Liang  Zhang

Dr Stamatia  has been a brilliant teacher of my children. They have both made great progress since we started with her. Not only does she teach them the skills and techniques, she helps them to understand the composers, the style of music and the emotions within the piece. She also introduced a variety of music pieces in the lessons to make them more interesting to the children. Strongly recommended!

Sonia Ren

We are incredibly grateful to have such a passionate and professional piano teacher. Over the past ten months, Eric has made a remarkable progress, especially in musical expression. His ability to convey emotion and interpret the style of each piece has improved significantly. This growth is a direct result of the teacher's dedication and meticulous guidance. In every lesson, she pays close attention to musical details and explains each concept with clarity and depth. Eric has learned to thoughtfully consider the flow of music, dynamics, phrasing, and character of the piece before even starts practicing. This has fundamentally changed the way he approaches the piano. Her musical sensitivity and expressive playing have been truly inspiring - not just teaching technique, but also nurturing a deeper understanding and love for music.