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Adriana
- Price $43
- Answer 24h
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Students25
Number of students Adriana has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
Number of students Adriana has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

$43/h
1st lesson free
- Music Reading
- Cello
Qualified and experienced cello teacher with more than 20 years experience, based in Randburg
- Music Reading
- Cello
Lesson location
Recommended
Adriana is a respected tutor in our community. She is highly recommended for her commitment and the quality of her lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Adriana
I am a classically trained and qualified professional cellist with over 30 years experience in chamber music and performance, and 20 years experience in teaching. In the past thirty years, I have played with orchestras such as the Pro Musica Orchestra under Weiss Doubell, and others, I have performed as a soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra and I have played numerous commercial gigs for weddings and functions. I have previously also taught clarinet, flute and cello at the 'Eyethu' Project in Soweto, from where new members are sourced for the Soweto Buskaid Chamber group. Exams for this body were specifically ABRSM, in which I have maintained a good track record, and the students at the JCE section whom I taught were all members of the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra, which is well-known and highly accomplished. From the beginning, a new player is taught to play studies with a second voice duet format, which I play with, to achieve good intonation and aural development, and giving the new player a head start when playing with other musicians for the first time, and beyond. My experience in exam preparation is also solid, and I do preparation for both Trinity and ABRSM up to grade 8 level. In this past year (2019), my exam entries achieved their 80% for up to Trinity grade 7 cello in the second session external exams. ****During 2022, one of my students, playing grade 7 Trinity, scored 21/22 for The Swan, composed by Saint-Saens. I do believe that this is quite unique and very seldom achieved, to score this high for this particular piece. (the two other pieces scored 20/22....) Further scores achieved had been for a matric cello student achieving a 90% score for her matric year. In the past five years, I have produced three scholarship students (starting from scratch) at the secondary school, Brescia House School in Bryanston, where I teach part-time. These music scholarships, awarded only once a year to just one student in grade 7, are currently worth approximately R 400,000, covering 50% of absolutely everything for high school, making a huge difference at the cost of private schooling. I currently teach clarinet, saxophone and cello at ST Peter's Girls Prep in Paulshof, as well as saxophone and cello at ST Peter's COLLEGE in Sunninghill. I also teach flute as a secondary instrument, however, cello remains my principal instrument. Should a student not have an instrument at first, I am able to point the person in the right direction for cello rental on a month-to-month basis.
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
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Beginner
Intermediate
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Kids
1st Year
2nd Year
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
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I teach both beginners and advanced students, European method as well as Suzuki, and approach each student in an individual manner, with a personal program based on the student's previous experience, or lack thereof, and focus on technique and sound development primarily.
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Perfect! Adriana is a wonderful teacher with great patience and truly loves her cellos. I enjoyed our lesson, her technical knowledge is excellent as well. I look forward to learning from her and playing duets with her.
- A wonderful passion for the instrument, quick grasping in the first lesson, am confident that Bruce will become a solid cellist.Adriana's response :
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Adriana has been an excellent Cello teacher. She helped my correct my bowing technique and has been patient and supportive. She has let me progress at my own pace but always showing me something new.
Adriana has been my teacher for 4 years now and she is nothing short of an incredible teacher and person. She is extremely helpful in terms of teaching techniques in cello and also a constant source of encouragement always making you feel good about any achievement. She always provides cellos of high calibre as well as bows, rosin and any other equipment. She always has a fun, loving nature and personality and has certainly made me a better cellist throughout my time with her
She is a very kind and patient teacher while also being extremely effective in conveying the necessary techniques to take you to the next level. She has a lovely energy and that of a true artist in every sense of the word. Spending time with her will improve your skills and enrich your life on a deeper level.
Adriana is an outstanding musician, whom I have known for the better part of a decade. I had the honour of working with her and seeing her teaching skills at a prestigious Johannesburg-based music school, and naturally thought of her first when it was time for us to book musicians for our wedding where she rendered a superlative performance. Adriana has the skill, expertise and experience to guide any musician on their path to greatness!
I know Adriana as a very special and good friend and found her to be a very gifted and inspiring person.
Adriana is absolutely trustworthy and as straight as an arrow.
her commitment to her effort is to be recommendedAdriana is a great teacher because she combines her expertise in multiple musical instruments with the most important thing in a teacher: she makes learning fun.
Lessons are always enormously enjoyable, and Adriana has a knack of helping you feel comfortable and confident as you learn. Progress is rapid, and because it's fun then it feels easy!
She plays the cello, clarinet and flute to a high standard, gives concerts regularly, and also restores old musical instruments. All this experience means that she brings a huge depth of knowledge to help you improve and reach your potential.Adriana is a superlative teacher, because she is capable of accessing all the personal blockades which prevent a student from playing his/her best. She is devoted to her students and to her instrument. She has numerous years of teaching experience in schools around Johannesburg to draw on, which stand her and her present and future students in good stead. In addition, she can simply draw on a very broad experience of artistic life, making her an empathetic and open-minded teacher.
Adriana is my sister, so I do know her well.
If I can attempt to categorise her, I would say that she is an intuitive teacher.. intuition is the higher form of knowledge.
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Price
- $43
Pack prices
- 5h: $198
- 10h: $387
online
- $43/h
free lessons
The first lesson with Adriana will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.
- 1hr
Details
If a student is more than 10km in distance from me, the additional travel cost will be R 100 per extra 10km, up to a maximum of 30 km. This is for out of peak traffic hours. A 24-hour cancellation policy applies should a lesson be cancelled for any reason.
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