Piano Teacher

Pavle Cajic

Piano Lessons

I am an experienced and skilled pianist with solo and chamber music performance experience in Australia, New Zealand and Italy, and have studied with pianists such as Natalia Sheludiakova, Nikolai Evrov, Mikhail Voskresensky and Acquiles Delle Vigne (see my General Details for a more detailed biography). I offer all my knowledge to my piano students as it becomes relevant and engage student’s musical and physical (technique) understanding of the art of piano playing. We can work on many aspects of music, including improvisation and composition if you wish. I will teach you to effective practice methods so that you can build a technique and performing ability free of unnecessary tension and effort. I can also teach performer-audience relations so that you can play at your best in front of an audience. I can lead you through exams or auditions as you wish (AMEB, etc.).

Pavle Cajic

Pavle has been playing piano from the age of 6 and in 2007 got accepted into the highly competitive Sydney Conservatorium High School under the Russian teacher Natalia Sheludiakova. In 2012 he was accepted to continue his studies at the Sydney Conservatorium on a full scholarship and with the top audition mark where he also studied with Paul Rickard-Ford and Nikolai Evrov.

In 2012 Pavle was accepted into the prestigious Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy, where he studied with renowned pianist Mikhail Voskresensky. In May 2014, he performed a solo recital in Auckland, New Zealand as the winner of the 2013 Theme and Variations Emerging Artists Series, and in 2014 he won their Foundation Scholarship to further his pianistic studies.

In 2014 and 2015 he was selected to attend the Conservatorium’s newly established Estivo Chamber Music Summer School in Verona, Italy where he toured with his piano trio, St Veaux Trio and studied with renowned pianists such as Acquiles Delle Vigne and Christian Mueller.

He is now a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium with a Bachelor in Piano Performance, which also included study in Piano Pedagogy.

He is also a graduate of a ‘BodyMinded’ movement training course which combines principles of the Alexander Technique with anatomy to enhance coaching and performance through mindful practice and movement (Issued by Sydney Alexander Technique).

Pavle works with students of any age and adjusts his teaching style to each individual! He also offers accompaniment services for any style of music of any difficulty. His preference is to teach at home but can negotiate travel to your house.

Pavle’s other musical interests are classical music composition and arrangement and he has written numerous compositions for orchestra and chamber ensembles with recognitions awarded by the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra and Fine Music 102.5 FM (the Young Composer Award). He has also arranged many orchestral pieces for solo piano and piano chamber ensemble which have been broadcast on radio.

Examples of his work can be found on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzN1OrTuy_A

Qualifications -

• 2016

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