Cello with Tszto W.

Hello there! My name is Tszto and I am a fully-trained Suzuki cello teacher based in Austin Texas. I hold a Master degree in Cello Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy from the Cleveland Institute of Music. I am also a graduate from Rice University with another Master degree in Cello Performance. I am expanding my studio and I look forward to meeting you! Having 22 years of playing experience definitely helps my teaching. Also, I have been through a period of three years without a cello teacher in high school and having to re-work myself for all the basics and fundamental work after I started taking lesson again. This experience taught me so much on how to start learning the instrument from scratch and also how to "rehab" your bad habit. As a pedagogue, this is my 10th year of teaching the cello. I am fully trained and registered with the Suzuki Association of Amercas. I have a Master degree in Cello Pedagogy. I am teaching mainly in Suzuki Method. I was an assistant teacher at the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies for two years. I take students from age 3 up and in any level. As a cellist, I was invited to perform at Tanglewood Music Center as a fellow in the summer of 2019. I have the privilege to work with some of the greatest musicians in the world such as Lorin Maazel, Andris Nelsons, Lynn Harrell, Norman Fischer, Desmond Hoebig, James Dunham, Peter Salaff, the Juilliard String Quartet and the Cavani String Quartet. I was very fortunate to receive a full-tuition scholarship from the Shepherd School of Music to study with Norman Fischer. Before studying at Rice, I studied with Mark Kosower, who is the current cello principal of the Cleveland Orchestra. I had the honour to receive the Hong Kong Arts Circle Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs music scholarship for my studies. I am also the Gold Prize Winner in Cleveland Cello Society Competition – Collegiate Division and the 1st Place Winner in American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition in 2016.