Robert Szymanek, PhD
Piano Tutor & Performance Coach
• One-to-one lessons in classical, contemporary, pop, improvisation, theory and composition.
• Fun and focused teaching tailored to the needs of each student
• Beginners to advanced / professional.
• Online and in person in Central London.
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Performance Coaching for Musicians
• Private Sessions and Group Workshops
• Finding more satisfaction, success and happiness in music.
• Realising more creative potential.
• Managing and reducing nerves, self-doubt, stress, burnout and other music-related problems.
• Resolving long-term issues in music.
• Innovative Schema Coaching for Musicians based on Schema Therapy research and training.
Teaching Positions
• Course Leader in Ensemble Performance in Gamelan, The University of Manchester - 2016-present
• Professional Development Tutor and Manson Fellow, Royal Academy of Music - 2013-2017
• Composition and Gamelan Workshops with LSO Discovery & Royal Holloway, University of London - 2014-2015
Performance & Composition
• Albums and other instrumental pieces as Ok Bertie!
• Performances and workshops at WOMAD Charlton Park, Southbank Centre, BBC Madia Vale, and internationally in UAE, USA, Japan and Indonesia.
• LSO Soundhub Composer - 2014-2015
• DBACE Award for Performance and Composition - 2010
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Training and Education
• Schema Therapy Training with Schema Therapy Associates - 2022-23
• PhD in Composition, Royal Academy of Music - 2012
• Masters in Advanced Musical Studies - Royal Holloway, University of London - 2005
• Training in classical piano with Shelagh Sutherland and Cristine Mackie.
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Memberships
• International Society of Schema Therapists (ISST)
• Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)
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