Diogo Carriço Piano Lessons in Utrecht

Piano Lessons Utrecht

I'm Diogo Carriço, Portuguese pianist and piano teacher in Utrecht centrum. I'm passionate about many kinds of music, and I'll be happy to go guide you on the exciting and fulfilling journey, that is learning piano and expressing yourself through the music you like the most. Please let me know your favourite music styles!

Piano is your Passion?

Ever wished you were able to play your favourite music on the piano? Ever wondered how professional musicians can so naturally create such beautiful and varied music using the same instrument? Are you about to take your first piano lessons or do you want to pick up playing again?

Beginner Piano Lessons

Enjoy the best of contemporary piano-methods, songs and fun exercises and acquire a solid foundation of piano technique in no time! You'll learn to read music, rhyhtms and basic music theory.

Intermediate - Advanced

Maybe you become very discouraged because you make too many mistakes and become convinced that you are a poor pianist. Maybe you practise too fast, or too slow, and end up thinking that the piece you're playing is too hard for you. What a pitty!

How to become a better Pianist?

What defenitely helps you solve most problems, is taking piano lessons from a piano teacher, who understands why things do not improve while you practise a lot! Maybe some bad practise habits give disappointing results?  I guess this is where I come in!

Time saving piano practice!

I believe the key to good results is practising better, not practising more. I'll help you structure and improve the efficiency of your practicing time so that you can enjoy more time playing what you like, and less struggling to achieve those joyful moments.

Piano Repertoire

Piano etudes, scales and wonderful classical and romantic piano repertoire to start with. Personalised exercises help increase your agility and dexterity. With attention to posture and relaxation, your sound and performance will improve! This will benefit directly to your expression and transfer of your musical ideas!

Lesson Location

I give the piano lessons at my home studio, close to the Central Station Utrecht, where besides the piano there is also electronic music gear.

Piano Lessons at your Home

Piano lessons at your home in Utrecht are possible. Depending on distance and schedule/travel time, travel costs may be charged.

Lesson Packs

Enjoy good value and flexibility with the Packs of 5 and 10 piano lessons.

Classical Piano Music to Contemporary

The best way to learn an instrument is to play the music that moves you. I teach a wide variety of musical styles focusing on classical, neoclassical, minimalism, rock, film music and experimental.

Electronic Music and Piano

I also love creating electronic music to play with the piano, and this we can do together as well! You would learn music production techniques, how to prepare a set for live performance and how to naturally integrate the piano in it. Thus, learning more about Ableton Live, effects, controllers, keyboards, synthesizers, audio interfaces, mixers and other electronic gear.

Piano and Computer

Experimenting and composing are amongst my favourite activities! I've bowed the piano strings with magnetic tape, or scratched them, recorded sounds of real life and manipulated them on the computer, put electronic effects on the piano, made video respond live to my piano playing, used hand gestures in the air to play synthesizers and even embraced more complex Indian rhythms! If you enjoy experimenting or would like to try, I'll welcome your ideas with open arms, and we can even work on customised versions of the pieces you are working on.

About me

My attraction for piano started already when I was very young in my hometown in Portugal. Aged around five, I started having piano lessons, which eventually prepared me to later study in institutions like the Porto Conservatory, Centro Superior Katarina Gurska (Madrid) and School for the Applied Arts of Castelo Branco (Portugal), where I earned my bachelor degree. These years constituted my solid classical training, but as I grew older, I missed something.

Video

I was looking for mute movies to which I could play piano, when one day in a concert I discovered that video could be programmed to react live to what the musician is playing. This had a great influence on me and led me to delve deeper and deeper into the electronic music and audiovisuals world. Today, in my concerts, I use the piano, electronic music and live video together as a whole, having each element reacting to each other in an immersive audiovisual performance.

Scholarship

In 2018 I was awarded a merit scholarship by GDA Foundation to pursue a master degree in Live Electronics in the Conservatory of Amsterdam. I'm also interested in pushing forward the way new technologies can be used for music making, and have been since using the Leap Motion hands sensor to control electronic music with the gestures of my hands in the air.

Artist in Residence

As result of this work, an invitation to be artist in residency in the University of Arts of Amsterdam followed. I performed in numerous locations, pointing up EYE filmmuseum (Amsterdam), MaderiaDig festival, Uitmarkt festival (Orgelpark, Amsterdam) and Hard Club Porto, as well as appeared in media as De Groene Amsterdammer, RTP Madeira, and Cycling74. In 2019 I was awarded the prize "Young Creators" by the Portuguese National Centre of Culture.