Teaching Staff

Teaching Staff

The London Piano Practice brings together active performers, teachers and composers. Teaching is individual, shaped around the pupil, and informed by professional musical practice.

Artistic Leadership

Guidance for the Practice.

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Portrait of Deniz Arman Gelenbe
Honorary Artistic Director

Deniz Arman Gelenbe

Deniz Arman Gelenbe is an internationally recognised pianist and pedagogue. She has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau and Carnegie Weill Hall, and is regularly invited to give masterclasses and adjudicate international competitions. As Honorary Artistic Director, she brings her extensive experience to The London Piano Practice.

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Regular Teaching Staff

Individual tuition at the Practice.

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Portrait of Giacomo Tora
Founder · Piano

Giacomo Tora

Giacomo Tora is a concert pianist, recording artist and educator. His international career has taken him across Europe, India and Russia, with performances at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai. He studied with Roberta Bambace in Italy and Deniz Arman Gelenbe in London, with further coaching from Martino Tirimo, Mikhail Kazakevich and Sergio De Simone.

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Piano

Yixuan Tian

Yixuan Tian has recently been selected as a piano teacher. Her biography and photograph will be added soon.

Visiting Professor

An additional perspective in composition.

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Portrait of Nimrod Borenstein
Visiting Professor of Composition

Nimrod Borenstein

Composer and conductor Nimrod Borenstein has had his music performed at major venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Opera House, Salle Gaveau and Carnegie Hall. His works have been championed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and performed by artists and ensembles including Pascal Rogé, the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. He is a Laureate of the Cziffra Foundation and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

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The Practice

Teaching shaped around the pupil.

The faculty share a commitment to individual teaching, serious musicianship and clear, purposeful practice.

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