Rondo Music London

Our Aims

 

Rondo Music London aims to deliver the highest standard of both instrumental and music theory tuition, tailored to individual needs. Rondo Music London provides regular performance opportunities for its pupils in-school and outside school, as well as preparing them for ABRSM and Trinity instrumental and theory exams at the right time. Our prime aim at Rondo Music London is to develop a love of music and for all pupils to develop life-long skills in playing an instrument. The majority of our students enjoy the challenge and goal of preparing for music exams and Rondo Music works closely with parents on deciding when pupils are ready to start to take exams.

Our History

 

Rondo Music London was founded by professional musicians, Natalia and Istvan Alexa in 2008, who were brought up with the Kodály concept. Music is a major part of their everyday lives, including performing and teaching, and they both have 20 years of experience. 

In 2010, after being a private piano tutor for two years, Natalia started to teach piano and recorder at Barnes Primary School (SW London) to only a handful of pupils.

 

Within the same academic year, following positive feedback from parents, the number doubled and within two years of teaching Natalia was providing individual recorder lessons to more than 30 children on a weekly basis. As her pupil numbers kept growing, she extended the provision to teach French horn and trumpet.

 

Since 2016, Rondo Music London have started to run choir clubs as well at Barnes Primary School to children in KS1. Rondo Music London now offers tuition in piano, recorder, flute, fife, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, singing, guitar and theory of music, and continues to extend the music provision it offers. Through offering an even wider selection of instruments, Rondo Music London keeps raising the standard of the music tuition they provide to more than 250 happy children ranging in ages 5 to 18. 

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How Rondo Music London works closely with Barnes Primary School and Montpelier Primary School

 

Over the last 10 years, Rondo Music London have developed an extremely effective working relationships with Barnes Primary School and Montpelier Primary School. Rondo Music London works closely with the schools to timetable lessons for pupils during the school day and to support pupils to perform at school concerts throughout the year. 

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Meet the Team 

Natalia Alexa, director

French Horn, Trumpet, Recorder, Piano 

Born in Hungary, Natalia started to play the horn when she was 8 years old. She was 11 years old when she won the 2nd place at the County Horn Competition and took part in the National Horn Competition. She also won the Special Award in a Folk Song Competition in Mátészalka in 2003. She gained her BMus (Hons) degree in 2005 at the University of Pécs. During her school years she played in a variety of chamber groups, gained orchestral experience, took part in numerous national competitions and international horn masterclasses led by Peter Damm, and Ab Koster just to name a few. Since 2005, Natalia lives in London and has worked as a musician in various orchestras for mamy years. She has performed Rosetti's Concerto for two horns and orchestra in 2015 at St John's Smiths Square, London. She has appeared in Britain's Got Talent in 2016 with the Collaborative Orchestra and they made it to the semi finals. Natalia and her pianist husband established Rondo Music London in 2008. They are also proud parents of 3 children. 

Istvan Alexa, director

Piano

Mr Istvan Alexa, born in Hungary, is a highly qualified pianist and piano teacher. He started to play the piano at the age of 6 at the local Kodály school in his hometown. He has received three awards for young talented musicians from the Kocsis - Hauser Music Foundation. He has always been encouraged by his family and his piano teachers to play the piano at a very high standard. He gained his BMus degree in 2004 at the Franz Liszt Conservatoire in Szeged. During the university he had the opportunity to play in a jazz choir band as a pianist and started to work at the National Theatre as an accompanist. Whilst being an active performer he dedicated most of his time to teaching children at a local private music school. In 2005 he moved to London and, later on, alongside his wife, they established Rondo Music London. He is a proud dad of 3 children. 

Stephanie Legg 

Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet 

Stephanie is an experienced teacher of saxophone, piano and clarinet.

Having completed her studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2013, Stephanie has gone on to perform at the Royal Festival Hall, West Green House Opera and Ronnie Scotts jazz club to name a few.

Stephanie has enjoyed performing in Europe, at Sudtirol Festival Italy, the Streets of Manufaktura festival in Lodz Poland and also the Caribbean Club in Kiev.

In the UK, Stephanie has performed at Glastonbury Festival and most recently, at the Edinburgh Fringe festival with progressive brass rock band 'Perhaps Contraption'. 

Mark Walters 

Trombone, trumpet, horn 

Mr Mark Walters is an experienced trombone player and teacher of brass instruments and piano. He began playing the trombone at the age 12 and studied at the Royal College of Music. Since then he has worked in many musical genres: orchestral, opera, ballet, jazz and light music, and theatre, including a long spell in “Les Miserables” in the West End. 

He also always taught all brass instruments and piano in several schools and privately. He knows how to assist pupils through grade exams, especially the ABRSM exams, and has taught many pupils up to grade 8 and beyond to Diploma standard. 
Mark also taught theory of music extensively, especially the all important Grade 5, and he considers that a solid grounding in music theory to be hugely beneficial for producing high quality musical performance. 

Andrei Pojoga 

Piano

Mr Andrei Pojoga was born in Ukraine, is a highly qualified pianist and piano teacher. He started to play the piano at the age of 6 at the Chernivtsi music school and continued his study at the Music College. He gained his BMus degree in 2009 at the Kharkiv University of Arts. In the past, his pupils have taken part in several national competitions and concerts and have achieved excellent results every year. Andrei has enjoyed performing in Europe with Ukrainian Chernivtsi orchestra. Since 2017 Andrei has worked as a piano teacher in London and started to work at the Rondo Music London in 2020.   

Marco Capecelatro 

Guitar 

Marco was born in Rome, Italy, and he has gained his Diploma in Jazz Guitar at the St. Louis College in Rome and Diploma in Music Theory at the Conservatorio di musica Latina. Experienced stage performer as guitarist in both tribute and original acts, touring in UK and Europe. He is a music producer and session musician, working with different artists. He teaches guitar to both adults and children.