Piano Lessons in Eugene, OR

Originally from Michigan, Matthew Pavilanis is a young, enigmatic classical pianist whose main goal is to share his passion and love for music through performance and instruction. Matthew received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Western Michigan University (2008) and a master’s degree in music from the University of Oregon (2011), both with an emphasis in Piano Performance.

His teachers have included Dean Kramer, Silvia Roederer, Claire Wachter, David Riley and Cary Lewis. Matthew is currently active as an instructor and solo and collaborative performer in Oregon. Although Matthew has had performance experience in all periods of classical music, he has a special interest in the interpretation and performance of contemporary classical music. Matthew has also performed with Beta Collide, the Oregon-based cutting edge new music ensemble. Beta Collide, directed by Molly Barth (formerly of eighth blackbird) and Brian McWhorter (formerly of Meridian Arts Ensemble), focuses on the collision of musical art forms – from new complexity to ambient; from low-brow to high-brow; from radically extended technique to site-specific improvisation; from popular to the academy. Matthew is also an accomplished piano and guitar instructor, having taught and maintained a studio of young pianists for the past twenty years.

Lempke is a composer, electronic musician, and digital artist whose works unashamedly embody the absurd, out-of-place, and purely bizarre.

In the realm of composition, Philippe Spiesser, Juanjo Llopico, Kanae Mizobuchi, Unassisted Fold, and Oh My Ears have brought his strange soundscapes to life. His works have been performed throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States at events like the SEAMUS National Conference, RADIA, Forum Wallis, the International Computer Music Conference, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, and others. He is a winner of the American Guild of Organists Student Commissioning Project, as well as a nominee for the Destellos Foundation Electroacoustic and Video-Music Competition.

In 2020 JP became the executive director of the Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble, which performs and commissions underrepresented experimental works in order to open ears and minds. Under his watch, they created the Eugene Garbage Project, a year-long quest to collect trash from the local community and transform it into a concert-length work for voice, electronics, and animations. After the premiere in May 2021, the group brought an interactive installation version to the community as part of ArtCity’s Beam the following October. They continue to regularly perform and record works by underrepresented musicians and groups.

As a digital artist, JP specializes in time-based pieces, such as multi-screen video murals and projection mapping, using mixed animation styles. These include frame-by-frame, keyframe, and stop-motion animation, as well as film. In addition to creating the visuals for the Eugene Garbage Project, his work has been featured as part of a week-long showcase for a 21-screen installation Eugene’s Gordon Hotel. He is currently creating the assets for a riichi mahjong video game slated for release in 2022 and has recently dived into the world of NFT creation.

JP’s teaching credentials include a small private piano studio he operated in his home state of Nebraska, collegiate music tutoring, and classroom instruction in aural skills, theory, and piano. He joined the Pavilanis School of Music during the summer of 2021 and continues to work there to the present day.

JP earned his BM in Composition and Piano Performance with Pedagogy at the University of Nebraska – Kearney and his MM in Composition at Arizona State University, where he operated as the co-director of the laptop orchestra. He has additional years of study in data-driven instruments and music theory from the University of Oregon. His instructors are Darleen Mitchell, Anthony Donofrio, Jody Rockmaker, Garth Paine, and Kotoka Suzuki. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

A native of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Yuet-Yang Siew is currently a DMA student studying piano performance under Dr. Alexandre Dossin in UO. Received both his undergraduate and master degrees from Missouri State University, Yuet-Yang is active in both solo and chamber performance. He was first prize recipient of multiple competitions such as the MMTA competition and J.D. Kelly Piano competition. In 2019, he was invited to give a series of recitals in Buffalo, New York for the celebration of Poland independence.

Born in a musical family with his mom as a piano teacher, Yuet-Yang started to observe his mom’s teaching at a very young age. He started to sub-teach for his mom in high school and start teaching students from multiple age groups and levels professionally when he worked as a graduate assistant back in Missouri. Yuet-Yang received qualifications certificates from multiple music syllabus programs like Yamaha, ABRSM(Royal School of Music), and Trinity College London.

Korean-born pianist Dasol Um began learning the piano at the age of seven. Her remarkable achievements include being awarded the first prize at the Music Association of Daegu Competition and the GVSU Concerto Competition, as well as securing second and third places in the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony Orchestra Competition and MTNA – Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano Competition, respectively.

Ms. Um has graced the stage with orchestras such as the Daegu Strings Symphony Orchestra in South Korea and the GVSU Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. She has performed in public masterclasses for notable pianists such as Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Boris Slutsky, Sergei Babayan, and Martín García García. She earned her B.M. in Piano Performance at the Grand Valley State University with a full scholarship under Dr. Helen Marlais, followed by a M.M. in Piano Performance with a graduate assistantship at the Ithaca College under Dr. Dmitri Novgorodsky.

Mikhail Bozylev is a goal-orientated pianist and composer from Russia with strong UK music education and great performing experience. In 2018 Mikhail graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London, completing my Bachelor of Music degree (piano and composition) with
first-class honors. He studied piano under the supervision of Andrew Zolinsky, who is considered to be one of the best contemporary pianists in the world and worked with many well known musicians and collectives, such as BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Finnissy, Diego
Masson and others.

In 2019 Mikhail completed Master of Keyboard degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he also was gifted with a scholarship for my studies. His piano studies were under the tuition by Petras Geniusas, who worked with many well-known musicians, such as Alfred
Schnittke, Leonid Desyatnikov and Osvaldas Balakauskas.

In 2020 Mikhail became an artist of the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, which has been recognized as the Cultural Heritage of Krasnoyarsk Region. As a member of the orchestra, he took part in many international festivals and concerts, such as Dmitry Hvorostovsky Festival along with Diana Damrau and Nicolas Teste. In addition, he participated in a state project, created by the ministry of culture called Enisey Watercolour, where the orchestra recorded a disk with music by Tuvenian composer Vladimir Toka, in which Mikhail performed a solo piano part.

Besides his great career in the orchestra, Mikhail gave solo concerts in many countries and cities, such as London, Glasgow, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Sapporo and others. In 2018, Mikhail performed the 3rd movement of his solo piano concerto at the ‘New Music of Siberia’ Festival (Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Russia). The same year Mikhail took part in the Pro Muzyka International Festival, where he performed the first movement of his piano concerto with Youth Siberian Orchestra and he became a member of the International Youth Composers Union (MolOt), founded by Yaroslav Sudzilovsky. In 2019, there was Mikhail’s solo concert at Novosibirsk Philharmonic, which fully consisted of his own composed music. The program
included solo piano pieces and the premiere of piano concerto with orchestra No.1, where Mikhail performed as a soloist. In 2021 Mikhail won an international online competition Golden Time Talent in composer-performer nomination. Also, in April 2022 he performed a solo part of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue together with the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mikhail Mosenkov, who became a semi-finalist in the Rachmaninoff International Competition. Moreover, there were several performances of my works in the Krasnoyarsk Region Philharmonic, including Mikhail’s piece called ‘Once a year’, composed for the orchestra. During his career, Mikhail worked with many well-known and recognized pianists and
conductors, such as, Aaron Shorr, Andrew Zolinsky, Danny Driver, Nikita Lukinov, Vladimir Lande, Mikhail Mosenkov, etc.

At this stage, Mikhail gains his doctorate degree in music composition and theory at the University of Oregon.

Dr. Tung Nguyen has taught piano for over ten years to students of all ages and levels. He holds a DMA degree in Piano Performance and a concurrent master’s degree in Collaborative Piano, specializing in Historical Performance Practice and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Oregon. Before coming to the US, Tung received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Tung has performed in numerous concerts in Europe and Oregon as a soloist and collaborative pianist. He is the laureate of national and international piano competitions, notably the Barletta International Music Competition in Italy and the MTNA Young Artist Competition in Oregon and the Northwest region.

Tung’s musical journey is not limited to solo performances. He has also collaborated with major orchestras and ensembles in Eugene and Oregon, including the Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, Eugene Symphony, Oregon Bach Collegium, and all the major ensembles at the University of Oregon. His repertoire spans from the Baroque era to Contemporary music, showcasing his versatility and adaptability as a musician.

Tung is currently the Instructor of Keyboard and Music Theory at the University of Oregon. During his time at the UO as a graduate student, Tung taught private piano lessons, group piano lessons, harpsichord lessons, and chamber music lessons as a Graduate Instructor. He also taught at the UO Community Music Institute as a music instructor and guest coach for chamber music classes.

Steven James is a pianist and composer from Eugene, Oregon, where he pursues a wide variety of musical activities, both locally and nationally. As a pianist, he has performed in many venues on the west coast, including the University of Oregon’s Beall Concert Hall in Eugene and Lincoln Hall in Portland. He has received awards in numerous piano competitions, including the MTNA Young Artist Competition and the American Liszt Competition in Los Angeles. In June 2022, he received an Achievement Award from the U of O for outstanding undergraduate keyboard performance. In 2024, he graduated from the U of O with a master’s degree in Piano Performance, giving a recital that included performances of classical works, his own music, and free improvisation. His teachers have included Drs. Alexandre Dossin, David Riley, and Julia Lee.

In addition, Steven is an active composer and piano teacher in the Eugene area, teaching lessons in association with the Pavilanis School of Music. An active member of Cascadia Composers and Eugene’s Impulse Ensemble, Steven has received commissions from many local performers, including the University of Oregon piano studio and the Oasis Ensemble. When not doing music, Steven enjoys exploring nature, writing, and studying psychology.