TESTIMONIALS
Mattia Cremonese
Great lessons for a great value
Despite him being a very flexible teacher when it comes to choosing the right musical context, Andrea introduced me to the world of jazz. After over 4 years I can definitely say that my knowledge of jazz music improved, together with my technique and my overall music knowledge. Andrea has become a friend by now, and, being always available to answer my questions when I couldn’t get through something I would say he is my “musical guru”. Would definitely suggest to anyone interested on learning music at any level.
Great lessons for a great value
Despite him being a very flexible teacher when it comes to choosing the right musical context, Andrea introduced me to the world of jazz. After over 4 years I can definitely say that my knowledge of jazz music improved, together with my technique and my overall music knowledge. Andrea has become a friend by now, and, being always available to answer my questions when I couldn’t get through something I would say he is my “musical guru”. Would definitely suggest to anyone interested on learning music at any level.
Francesco Mancinelli
Extraordinary teacher able to gift his passion for music to whoever is lucky enough to meet him. He always tries to encourage independence by teaching first and foremost to love music and then to work on improving every detail, no matter how small. I am very happy to have chosen him as my teacher for his friendly attitude and his ability to sincerely praise and critic work. Just listen to him playing and any doubts will instantly disappear.
Extraordinary teacher able to gift his passion for music to whoever is lucky enough to meet him. He always tries to encourage independence by teaching first and foremost to love music and then to work on improving every detail, no matter how small. I am very happy to have chosen him as my teacher for his friendly attitude and his ability to sincerely praise and critic work. Just listen to him playing and any doubts will instantly disappear.
David Claydon
Excellent guitar teacher
Andrea is an excellent guitar teacher, friendly and patient, with a clear vision of what it takes to be a good musician as well as a good guitar player.
His lessons provide a step-by-step guide through the potentially confusing jungle of musical theory and guitar technique.
Lessons are at an appropriate level, tailored to my needs with the aim of providing me with the knowledge and skill to be the best guitarist I can be; capable of developing and expressing my own musical ideas confidently, not simply borrowing licks and patterns from the greats.
I came to Andrea after a period of struggling to learn from YouTube videos. While there are some great teachers on YouTube (as well as some not-so-great), none of them were able to give me the objective appraisal of my progress and the clear, organised approach I needed to achieve my goals.
Incidentally, his recordings with Qube Quartet, Solarino-Manzi, and MP's Jazzy Bunch (available on Amazon, Spotify BandCamp etc.) are a testament to his own ability as a player and musician
Excellent guitar teacher
Andrea is an excellent guitar teacher, friendly and patient, with a clear vision of what it takes to be a good musician as well as a good guitar player.
His lessons provide a step-by-step guide through the potentially confusing jungle of musical theory and guitar technique.
Lessons are at an appropriate level, tailored to my needs with the aim of providing me with the knowledge and skill to be the best guitarist I can be; capable of developing and expressing my own musical ideas confidently, not simply borrowing licks and patterns from the greats.
I came to Andrea after a period of struggling to learn from YouTube videos. While there are some great teachers on YouTube (as well as some not-so-great), none of them were able to give me the objective appraisal of my progress and the clear, organised approach I needed to achieve my goals.
Incidentally, his recordings with Qube Quartet, Solarino-Manzi, and MP's Jazzy Bunch (available on Amazon, Spotify BandCamp etc.) are a testament to his own ability as a player and musician
Christian Cecchini
Andrea is an excellent guitarist, but he's also an excellent musician as well as a formidable educator. I've been his student since 2013. A fortunate encounter, almost accidental, it became a relationship based on teacher-student mutual respect, something he deeply cares about. A teacher with deep knowledge of guitar techniques and harmonic functions, musical scales and how to use them. Andrea is a true perfectionist who looks into the smallest of details. This makes him, along with his competence and over thirty-year long experience, the ideal teacher: he is able to quickly and efficiently find any problem the student is having (technical, postural, or psychological), while also making the student aware of the progress he has made so far, and giving precise instructions on what needs to be done in order to overcome the problem. All this with great ability to pass his knowledge onto the student. During the lesson, he doesn’t often play his guitar, unlike other so called “virtuoso” teachers, but he is always happy to help, even when the lesson is over. There are many important schools, filled with teachers who all use the same teaching methods for every student, and if one of these students doesn't adapt to these methods, well too bad for them. I would compare Andrea to an "artisan", a tailor who adapts to the student based on his potential. He is truly a "tailor-made" teacher.
Andrea is an excellent guitarist, but he's also an excellent musician as well as a formidable educator. I've been his student since 2013. A fortunate encounter, almost accidental, it became a relationship based on teacher-student mutual respect, something he deeply cares about. A teacher with deep knowledge of guitar techniques and harmonic functions, musical scales and how to use them. Andrea is a true perfectionist who looks into the smallest of details. This makes him, along with his competence and over thirty-year long experience, the ideal teacher: he is able to quickly and efficiently find any problem the student is having (technical, postural, or psychological), while also making the student aware of the progress he has made so far, and giving precise instructions on what needs to be done in order to overcome the problem. All this with great ability to pass his knowledge onto the student. During the lesson, he doesn’t often play his guitar, unlike other so called “virtuoso” teachers, but he is always happy to help, even when the lesson is over. There are many important schools, filled with teachers who all use the same teaching methods for every student, and if one of these students doesn't adapt to these methods, well too bad for them. I would compare Andrea to an "artisan", a tailor who adapts to the student based on his potential. He is truly a "tailor-made" teacher.