Learn from Great Jazz Piano Teachers

Ted Taforo is a Los Angeles-based musician known for his powerful saxophone sound, versatility and unique compositions. Taforo is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award and was recently named semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Taforo has been featured on JUNO award and GRAMMY award nominated albums and a Telly Award winning commerical.

Somesh Das in an Australian born and raised, LA based professional pianist, composer, music producer, and audio engineer. Somesh is a Berklee College of Music scholarship recipient and graduate, and has played in venues across Australia, Europe and the USA as a soloist and band leader/MD, and has performed everywhere from mansion parties, weddings, wineries, festival stages,…

Hey there! I'm Zlatan, a friendly piano tutor and performer with 12 years tutoring and 20 years performing experience, and I love showing my students how to have fun learning the piano. I enjoy teaching all levels from complete beginner, to intermediate, to advanced. Piano is a life study, and no matter your experience, there is always something new and interesting to learn.

Cornel Schenk is a multi-instrumentalist holding Licentiates in Piano, Harp, and Flute, and has over 40 years of experience as an international performer and educator. I bring a lifetime of musical heritage to every lesson. Growing up in a family-owned music store in South Africa, I began learning to play piano at the age of 3, and started teaching piano at the age of 15.

"Mark is a very enthusiastic and supportive teacher. With me hardly having any musical background he rapidly managed to turn me into a musician. Without any boring exercise, or too much theory, he taught me how to connect to the musical side in me and express myself through the piano. I highly recommend him, he is truly amazing." Yoel G.

Steven Gordon has performed as a piano player with artists including Esperanza Spalding, Jackson Browne, Kenny Burrell, Bob Mintzer and others at venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Blue Whale, and Catalina’s Bar and Grill.

I approach music with a holistic mindset: with work ethic and discipline, yet also empathy and passion from the student's perspective. I see music as a tool to enhance the expression that already exists within the individual, while pinpointing necessary skills that still need to be developed.

I am a woodwind performer, composer and educator who loves to make serious subjects fun and fun subjects serious. I graduated from Eastman School of Music in 2012 as the only Rogers Scholar in my class, and received a PhD in Music Performance and Composition from New York University in spring 2022.

Gwen Wahman has performed with such Jazz legends as Ron Carter, Elvin Jones and Frank Gant (more listed below) and in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Aaron Davis Hall, many NYC Jazz clubs and venues, Tavern on the Green and internationally.

I am a pianist, arranger and music teacher with over 25 years of experience teaching piano, guitar and music theory. My journey in music education began at the age of 21, at the Marist Center, an NGO where I had the privilege of teaching music to children between the ages of 7 and 14.