Chinese Flute (Di-Zi or Xiao), Orchestral Conducting and Music Theory Course in Home

From 41.09 £ /h

In my classes, you can learn how to play the Chinese bamboo flute (dizi) or xiao. If you’re interested in orchestral conducting or music theory, I also offer related courses.

Bamboo Flute Course:
You will learn how to play the Chinese bamboo flute and continuously improve your performance skills throughout the course. You can choose to learn the bamboo flute or xiao and play classical pieces or your favorite songs.

Orchestral Conducting:
If you need to prepare for related exams or are interested in orchestral conducting, I can help you prepare the necessary repertoire through score reading, analysis, and conducting techniques during the course.

Music Theory:
Music theory courses are available for children, providing a solid theoretical foundation to enhance their musical learning and make progress much faster!

Extra information

If you need an instrument (Dizi or Xiao), I can order a high-quality flute or xiao for you, and we can choose the one that suits you best together!

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Around Brussels, Belgium

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About Me

Yang, a Taiwanese conductor based in Europe, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts from the Chinese Music Department at the National Taiwan University of Arts. During his university studies, he majored in Chinese flute under the guidance of Professor Liang Wen-Ting. He also studied piano from an early age, with further training during university under Professor Hsu Chia-Chi, where he learned orchestral score reading. He also studied orchestral score reading and opera art under Professor Wang Pei-Yao. During his master's studies, he majored in orchestral conducting under Professor Chen Chun-Hsien, with his thesis advised by Professor Lin Yu-Ting.

His conducting journey began in high school, where he was mentored by conductor Yu-An. He has received guidance from many renowned musicians such as Chuang Wen-Chen, Su Wen-Ching, Chiang Chen-Hao, and Liang Wen-Bin, as well as from masters like Yan Hui, Yeh Tsung, Huang Kuang-Yu, Martin Sieghart, and Douglas Bostock in various masterclasses. During his university years, he was mentored by the distinguished conductor Professor Li Ying, who praised his abilities.

He's conducting experience spans both Chinese and Western music. He has held positions such as ensemble instructor for the Chinese Orchestra at Xingya Elementary School in Taipei, assistant conductor for the Chamber Philharmonic Taipei's summer season, head of the performance department at the Qunyi Chinese Orchestra, and assistant conductor of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra Academy Chinese Orchestra. He has also been invited to conduct numerous solo concerts. In 2022, he won a competition and was recognized as a "New Conducting Talent" at NTUA, performing with the NTUA Chinese Orchestra at the Daguan International Performing Arts Festival. In 2024, he was a finalist in the 2nd Erich Bergel International Competition in Romania. He has collaborated with several orchestras, including the Filarmonica de Stat Târgu Mureș, Prague Philharmonia, Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra, Tainan Chinese Orchestra, NTUA Chinese Orchestra, and DF Modern Music Ensemble.

Currently, he is pursuing an orchestral conducting diploma at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, under Professor Bart Bouckaert.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chinese Music Department, National Taiwan University, 2018-2022
Master of Arts, Graduation School of Chinese Music Department, National Taiwan University of Arts, 2022-2024
Master Student of Orchestral Conducting, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, 2024 -

Experience / Qualifications

Assistant Conductor, Chamber Philharmonic Taipei
Assistant Conductor, NTUA Chinese Orchestra
Associate Conductor, DF Chinese Orchestra
Conductor Assistant, Academy Chinese Orchestra of Taipei Chinese Orchestra

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Chinese

Skills

Music theory

Woodwinds

Conducting

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Mandarin Chinese Class: Customized learning plans tailored for learners of any level

25.9 £ /h

Hello,

I'm a Taiwanese based in Brussels!

I have previously worked as a Chinese tutor with three years of teaching experience. From beginners to advanced learners, I can provide a wide variety of customized Chinese lessons. Whether it’s pronunciation, writing, conversation, or more in-depth literary analysis, I am here to help!

Chinese is a fascinating and philosophically rich language, and with the right guidance and learning approach, you’ll find that Chinese is actually quite easy! I look forward to exploring the world of Chinese with you and, through the learning process, diving into various fields such as culture, art, and more in Chinese.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Lou-Indigo

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The course that I propose is BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH, as well as 2 BOOKS.

Age and musical taste are not restrictive when in the program, you can with qualitative daily work (not quantitative) quickly observe your progress.

Here the pleasure of playing music is put forward.

The kind of music you love most will be the focus of the course, their codes and secrets will be the focus of our study, that's what I want to share with you.

We can do technical lessons and simply learn together how to play one or more songs of your choice or mine, enrich your game with this approach and your repertoire!

(For example, We can re-arrange the pieces and make them more original by approaching the system (CAGED), and enriching their chords, resulting in new positions, new techniques and new sounds, using arpeggio techniques rather than strumming for 4-chord pieces, voicing and fingerstyle techniques, in short, expanding the instrument's playing fields and playing skills to keep progressing in your game and improve your rehearsals ...)

If you make a request, this program is obviously accompanied by the pleasure of learning more in theory and being able to directly apply new knowledge on its instrument and identify its common or rare use in the pieces discussed in class.

In this case, the theory is translated to be accessible to anyone, both for those who are connoisseurs and for those who discover everything from absolute zero.
The exercises, songs, and theoretical explanations offered throughout the program are organized in an order of progressive difficulty.

I wrote and produced 2 books of my method to learn the guitar and the music, that I sell to accompany my course and your apprenticeship in the best conditions and so that you can continue the course even at home and to review etc ... .
There is ONE BOOK OF COURSES containing all the theoretical and practical program of the year, as well as a BOOK OF EXERCISE on the ranges and the modes that you can obtain directly.

You can find here an indicative list of objectives that I propose in my theoretical program, which can of course adapt to your request.

The general theoretical objectives of the course:

--- Tuning / tuning and knowing his guitar:
* Standard Tuning
* Drop Tuning
* Open Tuning
* Adjust the optimal tension of the strings
* Adjust the shaft axis
* Adjust the action of the strings
* Choose the strings adapted to the style of play / tuning
* Change his strings

-Know his chords:
* Triads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* Tetrads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* The chord progressions of the Range
* Arpeggio techniques (tapping, sweep, 1/2/4 fing.shape, etc ...)

--- Know his scales and his modes

* The Mode of the Major scale
* 3 Modes of the Minor scale: Natural / Melodic / Harmonic
* Modes of the Pentatonic range: 5 positions
* Modes of the Blues range: 5 positions
Etc ...

--- Technique to the Pick / Plectrum / Tab / Pick (Electric Guitar):
* Alternate Picking
* Fast Picking / Tremolo Picking
* Hybrid Picking
* Palm Mute
* Natural Harmonics
* Pinch Harmonics
* Artificial Harmonics
* Shredding
* Tapping
* Sweep Picking
* Legato Picking

--- Strumming / Hand Picking (Acoustic Guitar)
* "SnareDrum" percussion on the guitar
* Arpeggios pinched with 4 fingers + thumb
* Rasgueado (Flamenco Technique)
* Generic Strumming
* Fingerstyle Picking
* Two-finger picking + Legato for fast melodies (eg a solo)

-Play the metronome
* exercises on click
* practice on song riffs

-Learn his favorite songs
* without thinking about the difficulty, nothing is impossible with the right methodology

-Improvise
* choose ranges and positions
* to place oneself rhythmically, to finish on the judicious notes

-Theory of Harmony
* Understand harmonization and its practice

-Theory on the Melody

-Theory of Rhythm

Katia

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Russian-Korean violinist born in Moscow, graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Vienna Conservatory and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (with distinction), gives violin and solfege lessons in English, French or German in the center of Brussels (Place Jourdan, Etterbeek).
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Will I learn how to play the violin? Then you will have the right address!

Professional musician with music lessons as a violinist with a diploma from the Moscow Conservatory "PI Tsjaikovski", Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna and Royal Conservatory of Brussels;
I offer my service in the cafeteria, which has a level of interest in the music. Aarzel nit om contact met mij op te nemen. Ik spreek Engels, Duits, Frans, Russian and envoudig Neederlands.

Location: Place Jourdan, Etterbeek Brussel
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The Moscow violinist, a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Vienna Conservatory, and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (with honors), teaches violin to children, adults, and teenagers. Music lessons for children ages 1-4 are offered in the form of a small concert. Courses are available in English, French, German, or Russian. Lessons are held in Etterbeek (Place Jourdan) or online via webcam.
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Lenaart

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Looking for eager adults 18+ who want to learn the piano
Jazz, classical or/and pop, .....

Training: Classical: 1995 - 2013: Academie Eeklo + BA and Ma at Royal
Conservatory Brussels.
Jazz: 2004-2009 Academie Eeklo

Teaching Experience:
Over 10 years of solid piano teaching skills, mainly children but also experience with adults and prefer to teach myself the latter.

Professional experience:
Duo Dyptik - Cello & Piano
Several concert experiences with singers, jazz ensembles, winds in different types of formation (duo, trio, quartet,...)
Currently studying with Belgian jazzpianist Nathalie Loriers

Classes available in MULTIPLE LANGUAGES:
Dutch, French and English fluently.
Less fluent in Swedish, Spanish and Italian

Gabriele

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During my training, I had the opportunity to study with famous teachers with whom I was able to discover different violin techniques and different pedagogical approaches, which allowed me to create my own methodology. If Italy gave me the passion of sharing and communication (a typical Italian characteristic), Belgium taught me to convey a message, an idea in a concrete way. My meeting with Mr Lawson also made me aware of the importance in the life of an artist to share his knowledge, and teaching is for me the best way to put this sharing into practice.

Marius

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Hello !

In order to be as effective as possible, my course logically adapts to the student: One type of course is not for everyone.
I want to know my students on a case-by-case basis to offer them courses adapted to their needs. Personalized exercises, always at the student's pace to maintain the pleasure of learning.

Graduated in Jazz and Classical Music at the French Conservatory, I can teach the science of reading, rhythm, melody, harmony, the ability to use one's ear to better effect, etc...

Lorenzo

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Je donne cours en français - Description disponible en Français
Do lezione in Italiano - Descrizione disponibile in Italiano

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The course method, inspired by the Agostini school (French method used in French and Belgian academies and conservatories) is divided between technique and drums. At the rate of one session each we will focus once on technique and movements outside the drums (on pads) and the other time on the drums and the application of technique and movements.

-> The technique lessons and the movements will be those of the so-called 'Moeller technique' that I learned through his direct lineage of student.
-> The drum lessons are greatly inspired by the pedagogy of the M.A.I. (Music Academy International - Nancy (fr)) and in particular that of Richard-Paul Morellini, renowned instructor.

The courses are complete, in-depth but above all specifically thought of to be progressive. They are suitable for children from 7 years old as well as adults of all ages.

=> Particular attention is paid to the movements and their correct application, to the total independence of the limbs and finally to an understanding of the rhythm and its theory. My main goal is to give the student complete control behind the drums and skills to be able to self-learn any piece in any musical style. 1 hour of weekly lessons are never enough, they should only be used to fuel the passion that will make you play at home more and more.

On demand or for advancs students:
- I am very passionate about the study of South American rhythms. Due to their complexity, apart from the samba and Baïon ostinatos, they are not included in the program before the advanced level. They can be at the request of the student.
- I am also specialized in metal (musical style) and double pedal. The latter is not included in the program unless requested by the student. The double pedal courses are based on the methodology of Virgil Donati.

Technique:
* Moeller technique (the 'whipping motion' - the Free stroke -Full/Half/Low stroke - accepting the rebound - its application etc.)
* Snare rudiments and their applications through reading systems
* Readings of scores and exercises for the snare drum
* Speed drills
* Military marches
* Control of the different subdivisions (quarter notes - eighth notes - triplets - sixteenth notes - quintuplets - sextuplets - triple eighth notes - nonolets etc.)
* Displacement of accents and polyrhythms
* On request, double pedal technique (application of the Moeller to the double pedal as well as everything listed above but with the feet)

Drums:
* Bass drum reading and independance
* Snare drum reading and independance
* Applications of ghost notes
* The 16 sixteenth-notes ostinatos
* Jazz readings and independence
* Binary and ternary readings
* Coordination and movements of both feet
* Dynamics on the instrument
* Creation of fills and original drum grooves
* On request, application of the double pedal
* On request or for advanced students, readings and independence of South American rhythms (study and independence of the clave/Cascara/Mozambique etc.)

Svilena

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Want to learn how to play your favourite song or piece? Or perhaps you would like your kids to learn about classical music? Learning the violin is a great way to develop your musicality and so many skills.

Introducing music notation, learning how to sing and play pieces in a fun and engaging way for all ages.

Boris

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Whether you want to play just for fun or to become a professional pianist I can give you a personalised course. At the beginning of the course, I will evaluate your level and give you recommendations of what we can work on. There are two main types of courses:

- a hobbyist course: it won’t be time consuming. I will help you learn new pieces and a little theory and solfege. The primary goal of this course is to make you enjoy playing in your spare time without having to practice too much.

- a professional course: in this course I will help you reach the level of a professional musician. I will give you an insight of how to prepare a piece or pieces for a competition or an audition. I will also teach a lot of theory and solfege so that you can prepare for a conservatory or a school of music.

Kai

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The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodwind family, ranging from the BB♭ contrabass to the E♭ soprano. The B♭ soprano clarinet is the most common type, and is the instrument usually indicated by the word "clarinet".

German instrument maker Johann Christoph Denner is generally credited with inventing the clarinet sometime around the year 1700 by adding a register key to the chalumeau, an earlier single-reed instrument. Over time, additional keywork and airtight pads were added to improve the tone and playability. Today the clarinet is a standard fixture of the orchestra and concert band and is used in classical music, military bands, klezmer, jazz, and other styles.

Sara

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My singing lessons are designed to help each student express themselves to the fullest, accompanying them in the process of discovering their own voice.
I give in-person and online voice lessons for students of all levels and needs with a personalized curriculum depending on the student's interests and style preference.
During my lessons I range from vocal technique to music theory with the intent of creating a personal and varied repertoire that follows the aptitude and predisposition of the student.
I also offer the opportunity to explore the area of composition and interpretation.

Henry

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I am Henry, concert pianist, currently a student at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

I have had extensive experience as a soloist on stages and in concerts, as well as experience as a teacher for children and adults with very good results.
The teaching method involves different learning processes in the student;

- recognition of notes on the keyboard
- correct positioning of hands and fingers
- learning to read sheet music
- learning works and resources to interpret them
- basic musical, melodic and rhythmic theory.

Ricardo

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Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced musician looking to refine your technique, these saxophone lessons are tailored to your needs and goals. With a personalized approach, I will guide you through the fundamentals of playing, improvisation, and musical expression.
What you can learn with me:
✔️ Proper saxophone technique (breathing, embouchure, fingering)
✔️ Scales, exercises, and repertoire interpretation
✔️ Jazz improvisation and stylistic development
✔️ Music theory and ear training (if desired)
✔️ How to play with confidence and express yourself through music

Vera

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Let’s personalize your violin classes to fit your own goals!
Whether you would like to refine your technique, enlarge your repertoire or start from the beginning, I will focus on designing the route for your next musical journey.
I am a graduate of the Institut Royal de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) in Belgium, with a violin specialized Master’s degree (2023) and a Pedagogical Master’s degree (2025). With more than 3 years of experience with students from 5 years old to adults.

Evan

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Hello and Welcome to the Class! I am a Master's Piano Student at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, Belgium, and I am offering Piano Lessons to all levels and ages. My program will consist of Elementary Music Theory, along with shortcuts for Sheet Music Reading and Learning Pieces from a Wide Range of Composers. The lessons will be conducted in English. Please contact me if you are interested or would like more information, and I am very excited to embark on this musical journey together!

George

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Looking to grow as a guitarist and musician? Whether you’re starting out, or stuck beneath a musical “glass ceiling”, I offer fully personalized lessons mainly for intermediate but also to beginner level guitarists. I will be happy to discuss your or your child's needs and craft a course with you!

If you’re an intermediate player, here’s the steps:

- We’ll find out your level and current blocking points ⚠️
- We’ll carve a path together, targeting your weak spots (do you miss scales? modes? extended chords? arrangement theory? melodic development? and countless more)
- We’ll create material together, based on your ideas or ideas that I will provide you ✏️
- You’ll become an all-around player that can create ideas, express them clearly, and elaborate them tastefully, while improvising in real-time. 🤘

If you’re a beginner player of any age:

- We’ll figure out your vision (what do you listen to, and what would you like to sound like)
- We’ll start with basic but engaging material, so that you reach base musicality as fast as possible. You’d be surprised how creative you can become with a couple of constraints and a bit of engagement!
- We’ll slowly introduce the theory that sits behind your vision, the material, and your playing
- You’ll develop intuition on the instrument and fluid playing in your preferred genre: The world is now your oyster 🤘