Updated: 2026-10-12
Choose a teacher who teaches you live and one-to-one, can show real qualifications and teaching experience, and lets you try a lesson first. Ask the seven questions below, then judge the trial lesson: do you feel heard, do you leave knowing exactly what to practise, and does the technology just work?
Pre-recorded courses and apps can be useful, but a live teacher hears your mistakes and corrects them in the moment. Ask whether every lesson is a real-time video call with the teacher alone, not a group or a recording.
Look for a completed music degree, performing experience and years of actual teaching, not only a profile photo and a star rating. A teacher who performs and has studied at a conservatoire usually understands technique, sound and musicality in depth.
A good teacher offers a trial lesson. Use it to check three things: how clearly the teacher explains, how well the camera shows your hands, and whether you feel comfortable asking questions.
Classical, jazz, pop or film music need different approaches. Tell the teacher your goal in the first message and see whether the answer is specific to you or generic.
Adult returners, complete beginners and advanced players need different plans. Ask how the teacher chooses pieces and how progress is checked. Fixed one-size-fits-all curricula are a warning sign.
Prices, lesson length, term and cancellation rules should be clear before you pay. Be careful with open-ended automatic renewals that are hard to leave.
Read reviews that describe real lessons: what the teacher did, how the pace felt, whether the technology worked. Reviews on an independent platform such as Google are easier to trust than quotes on a teacher's own site.
In a trial lesson you should play something, however simple, and get immediate, specific feedback. You should leave with a short practice plan for the week. If you only watch a presentation, you have learned little about how the teacher teaches.
Lessons are live over Zoom, one-to-one and at your pace. The first 30-minute trial lesson is free and non-binding, so you can check the points above yourself. Mirco teaches classical, jazz, pop and other styles.
“Lessons with Mirco are exactly what I was looking for. At the start we agreed on the content and learning goals together and made progress quickly. The pace is just right, and questions in between are answered competently. The technology works wonderfully. I can highly recommend Mirco as a piano teacher!”
Andi H., Google review
“I can recommend Mirco as a piano teacher, for beginners as well as advanced students. He is very flexible and makes sure the lessons match my learning pace. Despite the online format, the lessons never feel impersonal.”
Vahid T., Google review
Reviews from Mirco's Google profile (5.0 from 58 reviews). Read all reviews on Google
Mirco Lieber, MMag. teaches piano live over Zoom, one-to-one and at your pace. He is a concert musician with two completed master's degrees (accordion, Ljubljana; harpsichord, MDW Vienna) and more than 30 years of teaching experience. Rated 5.0 from 58 Google reviews.
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An app can help with repetition, but a live teacher corrects posture, touch and mistakes in real time and adapts the plan to you.
Around 30 minutes is enough to see how the teacher explains, how the technology works and whether you feel comfortable.
Yes. Ask the teacher about your style at the start and check that the trial lesson reflects it.
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