Valerija is an experienced, certified and highly competent singing, piano and music theory teacher.  She has studied piano and violin from a young age (4). Valerija has a thriving career as a performer and educator spanning various lessons, workshops and masterclasses, which began in her home country of Lithuania and now continue to grow and develop in the UK. Valerija has graduated  BA Theatre Degree from the Vilnius University of Applied Sciences and London College of Music, Bachelors of Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Master of Arts from the Royal Academy of Music. Prior to this, she gained three diplomas from Vilnius Juozas Tallat – Kelpa Conservatory (professional music performance diploma in jazz music) and Panevezys Music School (violin and piano, equivalent to ABRSM grade 8). Valerija’s talents have been recognised by Theatre Director Vilius Malinauskas, who says ‘Valerija is very talented and versatile in music and drama…Valerija always prepares her tasks well and even tries to do more than required’. The Director of EC Lighthouse Supplementary School also commends Valerija citing that ‘she is enthusiastic, responsible in preparing her lessons having interesting ideas and trying to implement them’. Pupils with Valerija will enjoy energetic lessons delivered with charisma and fun with creativity drawn from a very diverse background in the performing arts.

Valerija has over ten years of teaching experience in formal school education and running a thriving private music studio. Valerija is a member of AOTOS, ISM, EPTA and MU. As an experienced musician, Valerija has been holding her annual masterclasses, workshops and festivals (Summer Talent Showcase, Christmas Wonderland Music Festival). Valerija enjoys preparing pupils for ABRSM, Rock School and Trinity music exams in various subjects and has a 100% exam success rate. Many of her students already have their own professional careers, attend extremely competitive voice, piano and musical theatre Junior Departments at the Royal Academy of Music; have prepared roles in the West End musicals and UK national tours (School Of Rock, Sound Of Music, Addams Family, Six and others) and successfully participated in popular TV shows such as 'The voice kids UK', ‘ X Factor UK’, 'X Factor Lithuania', 'The Voice', 'Eurovision' etc.

Valerija Lessons associate tutors

Due to an outstanding demand of lessons in SW London, Valerija Lessons has expanded and offers lessons both in person and online.

JUSTINA

Justina is a professional singer-songwriter, performer and session vocalist with over 10 years of experience in the music industry and a Bachelor's degree with honours in Popular music performance. Juna is a winner of many national and international competitions in Europe. Juna has studied with Nao, Snarky Puppy, Jonas Blue, Carla-Marie Williams, Lisa Laudat, Annabel Williams, Iain Mackenzie, Pete Smith, Gretchen Parlato, Jaz Karis, Cherise Burnett and others. The songstress has over 4 million views combined on Youtube.

TOMAS

Tomás Matos is an award-winning international pianist with a number of prizes from international and national competitions, to name a few: International Music Competition Cidade do Fundão - 1st prize; XIII Ria de Vigo Piano Competition - Honorary Prize; 14th International Competition St. Cecilia - 1st prize; Alexander Scriabin International Competition -1st prize; National Piano Competition - 1st prize, performing Chopin's First Piano Concerto with the Centro Orchestra. Tomás was a holder of the Jimmie Cross Fund Scholarship and has a Master's degree in Piano Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, in the class of Prof. Yekaterina Lebedeva.

ALEX

Alex is a London-based Hongkongese pianist, organist and freelance composer, participating in different competitions. He also teaches piano, holds freelance repetiteur and accompaniment posts, and is a church piano accompanist. His musical style is heavily influenced by Mahler, with his great orchestration sound, and by Beethoven, with his classical structure in orchestral pieces. The counterpoint of Bach also shows a constant influence in his orchestration texture. The use of orchestral sound by contemporary composers, such as Gwen Pritchard, James McMillan, and Thomas Ades left a great impression of Alex, and enriched his expressiveness in orchestration.

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