Horatiu R.

About Horatio
I’m a self-taught piano, acoustic guitar, and synth player, songwriter, producer, and improviser from Romania.

I’ve been playing music since 2003, and I released my first album in 2023. My style ranges from jazz, folk, funk and pop to more experimental genres like ambient, avant-garde, improvised music. I have a bunch of released music and I’m active on Youtube as well – so there’s plenty inspiration to draw from.

My background is in game development, creative technology, and virtual reality, so naturally I’m also into synths and like to stay updated on all the new tech.

I am planning to only teach a little on the side, so I will only take a few students so I can dedicate my attention to them.

About the lessons
Piano is my main instrument, while on acoustic guitar I can play and teach the basics. I also work with production, and sound design – effects, synths as well, and making beats and tracks. My strong suit is creativity and improvisation, and practical music making, rather than hardcore technique, as I only have a few years of classical training as a child. But I love music theory and figuring out why stuff sounds and feels good, and I have an intuitive sense of rhythm and melody, which I can teach you to achieve as well.

I know how it is to be frustrated when learning an instrument, and in my self-learning journey, I discovered that real learning happens when you have fun and a good motivation. Rather than just having a teacher force you to learn it, you should understand why, so that you are willing to learn it yourself. So that’s going to be my approach – we find out what you want to learn, and how to best get there, aided by my knowledge and experience, and you’ll hopefully get a lot of bang for your buck!