Learn Piano with Zuzana Lenartova

Over the years, my students have asked me the same questions, again and again...

How do I actually understand key and time signatures?
How do I practice without getting frustrated?
How do I stop feeling nervous before exams?

I’ve answered these one-on-one, in lessons, for years. But not everyone can take lessons with me - so I put all of it into a book instead.

“Do Re Mi To You” is everything I’d tell you in a lesson - the real theory, the practical technique, the encouragement - so you can get those same answers whether or not you and I ever sit down at a piano together.

It’s for you if you’re just starting out, or if you’ve been playing for years and still have questions nobody’s really answered for you.

A few of you also know I coached the piano scenes for Netflix’s “Pieces of Her”. It was an incredible experience. Coaching for the screen meant finding a completely different way to teach, and it gave me a whole new perspective on how people actually learn. Some of that is woven into this book too.

You don’t need to be my student to learn from everything I know. It’s on Amazon. Link in bio.

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Tchaikovsky’s life was turbulent and complex.

He was homosexual at a time when it could cost you everything in Russia - exile, shame, destruction. He fell in love with his own students, knowing it was something he couldn’t act on. So he did what society expected: he married. It was a disaster.

He spent his whole life at war with himself.
He died at 53. Officially, it was cholera. But even today, historians aren’t sure - it may have been su***de. We may never know.
What we do know is that all of that pain went straight into his music.

Part 8 of my Love Notes series is live on Patreon - where I explore the real love lives of the composers behind the music.

Only $5 - the price of a cup of coffee ☕

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Learning a new piece isn’t just about knowing how it should sound - it’s about knowing how to get there.

I see so many adult students stuck in the gap between vision and reality. They can hear the destination in their heads… but they don’t have the road map.

In my latest Patreon post, I share the 5 stages I teach every student - from learning the notes all the way to making the music truly yours. Each stage builds on the last, and you really can’t skip one.

(Heinrich Neuhaus, teacher of Richter and Gilels, knew this too - vision without structure is just dreaming.)

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The step most piano learners skip.

Two hands need to be practised separately first. Why? Because each hand deserves its own attention, confidence and independence.

Think of it like a relationship - when two people are truly secure within themselves, they come together as equals. That’s when something harmonious is created.

The same goes for the piano.

New piece? Hands separately first.
Know it well? Go back to hands separately again.

It will surprise you.

This is my second from three S’s - and it works hand in hand with the first: play slowly.

Full article on Patreon. Link in bio.

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Why do I tell every single one of my students to slow down? Because real mastery of the piano is not built by playing fast. It is built by playing slowly. Full article on Patreon - link in bio.