We recently connected with Anna Goryacheva and have shared our conversation below.
Anna , appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
I started my music journey at the age of seven in Kaliningrad, a beautiful town on the Baltic Sea in Europe, at the Special Music School for talented kids. By the time I was nine, I had my first orchestra performance during a tour in Hungary. After that, I played as a soloist with orchestras all over Europe. These experiences, along with meeting famous people in the artistic world, inspired me to pursue a career in music.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
In 2011, I moved to Los Angeles to study at the University of Southern California, where I earned a Master of Music degree and an Artist Diploma in Piano Performance. This move turned out to be the best decision of my life. I faced challenges, learned a lot, and gained unique knowledge and experience that helped me grow professionally and led me to create my brand – Elite Piano.
Elite Piano Institute is a unique piano school committed to offering top-quality music education. We are deeply rooted in the rich traditions of the Russian piano school, focusing on imparting essential knowledge and techniques for musical growth. Many of our graduates have successfully earned significant scholarships to prestigious institutions like the Juilliard School, Stanford University, USC, and others.
Our faculty members hold degrees from renowned music schools in Moscow, and they have also enriched their expertise through studies in the United States. This combination of backgrounds equips us with a well-rounded, multicultural perspective on the world of professional piano performance and career development.
Our team provides lessons for kids starting at the age of 4 and covers levels ranging from intermediate to advanced. We also specialize in piano lessons for adults and offer instruction to pre-college and College level students, consult teachers, and provide classes to adult beginners who want to learn piano to enrich their lives. For students who take piano seriously and aspire to pursue a degree in Music, we help them prepare for performance careers at the highest international level.
Beyond being a leading music school in Los Angeles, we are an educational project that organizes international piano festivals, competitions, master classes, and workshops. This is how Glissando Music and Arts Foundation was born.
We connect people through a variety of artistic genres, art forms, and ideas, building bridges between the past, the present, and the future: showcasing talents, introducing international artists, supporting music entrepreneurs, providing educational advice and feedback, and, most importantly, creating performance opportunities for extraordinary young talents and introducing them to the public. We bring the beauty of classical music and arts to underprivileged communities through education, special programs for kids, free family concerts, and residency activities.
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
I believe that promoting classical music is crucial in our modern community. While we share cultural values with Europe, we face noticeable gaps in government support, particularly in areas like high-quality performances, schools, and conservatories. This has led to lower standards in music education. To improve the situation, raising awareness about the importance of classical music education and securing more funding on state and federal levels would greatly benefit both students and educators.
The same holds true for individual contributions; if you have a passion for classical music, consider attending live concerts more frequently instead of solely relying on platforms like Spotify and YouTube. I encourage you to support your local orchestras, ensembles, music schools, and concert organizations, and help spread the word about them.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
I want to continue to inspire young musicians and motivate to achieve their most daring dreams – it is such a fantastic feeling to watch them finding their way in the world of art!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.annagoryacheva.com www.elitepiano.org www.glissando.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anya_piano_ https://www.instagram.com/elitepianoinstitute
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goryachevapiano
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/elite-piano-institute-redondo-beach-15
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Joseph Villar Paguio