Kristina is both a fantastic teacher and an incredible musician.
As a teacher she has a very open, adaptable teaching style and an engaging, positive personality that enables her to teach directly to the needs of her student, encouraging the underconfident and productively channelling the energies of the enthusiastic. She is incredibly perceptive in identifying the subtle causes underlying mistakes, and very capable at explaining the reasoning behind advice rather than just issuing instructions.
As a musician her passion for and sheer enjoyment of music in all its forms really shines through; teaching at all levels with equal enthusiasm and verve, demonstrating conventions of the genre and techniques unique to the piece in every case. She has an excellent ear and is able almost effortlessly to identify minor imperfections in tone, tune, or technique and correct them before bad patterns are learned, as well as guiding a student's expression and dynamics even from their early lesso
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