TEACHERS
OWNER- ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND MUSIC PRODUCTION TEACHER
SINGING TEACHER
PIANO TEACHER
BRUNO GIACOMAZZI
Bruno Giacomazzi is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, and music producer who started his career at the age of 12. Bruno was awarded a Santander Academic Excellence Scholarship to study music in the UK. He gained his **First Class Honours** undergraduate degree in Popular Music from Middlesex University in London. Bruno has previously performed in Norway at 'Notodden Blues Festival'. 'Notodden Blues Festival is the largest blues festival in Europe, and it is widely known as "Europe's best blues experience". He has also performed at HSBC House, in Brazil, as the opening act for 'Capital Inicial', one of the most famous rock bands in the country. The concert had an audience of 3,000 people. In the UK, Bruno has performed at London Chinese New Year, "Cavern Club" in Liverpool, at "Ain't Nothin' But Blues Bar”, "Hope & Anchor", and many more.
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As a composer and music producer, Bruno has already released 3 video clips on YouTube reaching more than 130K views in total. Bruno has also released a single and a 5-track EP called "Black Hat”. The EP is available on all digital platforms and as physical copies. He has also recorded for his University's final assignment a single and another 5-track EP, which were gained first grade and will be released soon.
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'I believe that everyone can learn music. A balance between practical and theoretical knowledge must exist to improve the learning process to the maximum level.'
TATIANA ANDRÉ
Tatiana André is a singer in her final year of a BA jazz music degree at Middlesex University. She has sung since she was nine years old, started performing live at eleven and finally found out she wanted to live with what she loves the most at eighteen. Hence, she started having vocal, piano and theory lessons in a conservatory. She did grade 8 in vocals by Rockschool music, and by that time, she fell in love with jazz music, so she joined a combo jazz band.
She has had a project called "The Lunar Souls" since 2017. The project started as an acoustic duo with her boyfriend, Miguel Carepa, performing covers in many live gigs in Portugal. Now, they have the first album, "9", released on 1st February 2022. She started composing music in 2019 till now. On 11th September'22, they presented the album in Nazaré, Portugal, in a full band context with drums, bass, trumpet, sax, guitar and vocals.
TRISTEN
Tristen is a recent graduate with a degree in BA Music ( Jazz). He is a multi instrumentalist and music producer with over 10 years of piano playing experience and 8 years of production experience. Tristen performs in multiple bands, one of which is currently in the artist residency at 'The Roundhouse'. As a Jazz pianist, he has played at many different venues such as ; Roundhouse, Ronnie Scotts, O2 academy Newcastle,
Bridgewater hall, Exeter Cathedral, Great Escape festival Brighton, Camden assembly and many more.
ANDRÉA BRETHERICK
PIANO/SINGING TEACHER
Andréa Bretherick has a Bachelor Degree in conducting and songwriting from Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in 2009. She is also graduated in classical piano from Tatuí Conservatoire, where she obtained a scholarship to work as a piano accompanist. In this institution, Andrea taught piano, singing, and other musical instruments. In addition, she has studied lyrical singing with reputed teachers such as Daniela Vega, Francisco Campos Neto, and Diogo Tornilli.
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As a teacher, she has been developing consistent work, especially with beginners of all ages since 2010. For eleven years, Andrea taught piano, singing and choral singing lessons at ‘André da Silva Gomes’ Conservatoire. Nowadays, she has been teaching private piano and singing lessons, focusing on more personalised tuition.
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In 2018, she was invited to work as a coach to the Brazilian version of the British TV show 'All Together Now', named "Canta Comigo" in Brazil. She has worked in all three adult seasons and also in the Colombian version, recorded by Caracol TV.
LUAN VICTOR
DRUM TEACHER
Luan Victor is a drummer who has been working with music since 2015. Coming from a diverse family of musicians, Luan had everyday contact with several music genres throughout his life including Rock, Pop, RnB, Soul, Funk, Jazz and Bossa Nova. At the age of 15, he made a decision to become more actively involved with the drums and percussion as it was his main instrument at the time. By playing in several bands while growing up, he's acquired valuable musical knowledge about the instrument and its role as another important element of music.
Luan also has international experience as a musician, playing in venues such as 'Peniche Le Marcounet' in Paris, 'Teatro Malaposta' in Lisbon, 'Camden Assembly Hall' in London, 'Clube da Esquina' (one of the most important venues in Brazilian music history) and many music festivals such as 'Notodden Blues Festival' in Oslo, the largest blues festival in Europe.
Currently studying at Middlesex University in London, Luan is always eager to learn new ways of expressing himself through music and is very passionate about teaching these same concepts to his students.
ANDRE ARAUJO
BASS/GUITAR TEACHER
Andre Araujo is a bassist, guitarist, and songwriter from Portugal. He started his music journey at 14 by playing acoustic guitar. One year later, he started developing his primary skills as a bass player, learning both in parallel. Andre is keen on several music genres. He has honed his craft to be able to play any genre of music 'truthfully'. Andre is currently studying BA Jazz at Middlesex University, which is his third and final year. Andre has been teaching for years people of various ages and levels as a private music teacher. He has performed with several solo artists and bands, both in the UK and Portugal, such as Bruno Giacomazzi & The Foreigners, Big Duke 6, and Montara.
ADITYA SHRESTHA
PIANO, BASS, AND GUITAR TEACHER
Aditya Shrestha is a composer, sound designer, music producer, and music educator based in London with a BA (Hons) in Music Composition from Middlesex University.
In 2022, Aditya composed music and did sound design for the game Carbon - 12, which received 1st price, Unity Choice award and Social Impact Award at the NSE Game Innovation Challenge 2022. Aditya continues to write music and sound SFX as a freelancer for game developers and media producers.
Aditya primarily teaches piano/keys, acoustic/electric guitar, bass and music production. He has experience teaching Trinity and ABRSM Curriculums in KM College of Music and Technology under the A.R. Rahman Foundation in India and has also been involved in teaching IB Curriculum for performance arts (Music) for PYP and MYP students in other schools.
Aditya teaches all levels of students; from non-experienced students who are looking for casual lessons as a hobby, to advanced musicians looking to pursue a formal education in music.
ALEXANDRA PACEANA
ACOUSTIC GUITAR TEACHER
Alexandra was born in 2001 in Craiova, Romania. She started her musical journey at the age of seven with piano tuition and continued with an intense focus on classical guitar until the age of twelve.She was awarded numerous prizes in national and international musical competitions, including the Romanian Olympics of Music. After completing the High School of Arts Marin Sorescu' in 2020, she then moved to London to complete her music degree at Middlesex University London. She studied under the tutelage of Irish guitarist and composer Professor Benjamin Dwyer and composer and professor Peter Fribbins. In 2023, three of her compositions had their live premieres in London.
Alexandra is an experienced teacher, structuring each lesson with care according to the needs of each student. Her experience encompasses three years of continuously teaching individual and group lessons to students of various ages.
