About
All our teachers are highly skilled with years of experience in performing and educating. They are all very active performers in London's music scene and abroad.
We strive for creating a lovely environment for the students where they can explore music in all its glorious aspects and develop individuality and love for it.
Our teaching style focuses on skills training but also emphasizes self-exploration and discovering a passion for something new.
Teachers
Diane
Violin
Laci
Violin
Mariona
Cello & Early Years Group
Alleya
Violin & Guitar
Maksym
Violin & Guitar
All our teachers are highly skilled with years of experience in performing and educating.
They are all very active performers in London's music scene and abroad.
We strive for creating a lovely environment for the students where they can explore music in all its glorious aspects and develop individuality and love for it.
Our teaching style focuses on skills training but also emphasizes self-exploration and discovering a passion for something new.
Diane Aidenbaum
Director and Co-Founder
Violin
Born in Nice, France, Diane began studying the violin as well as the saxophone at the National Conservatory in Nice.
After obtaining a 1st prize in violin and chamber music at the Nice Conservatory, she obtained a Master of Music at the Royal Superior Conservatory in Gent (Belgium), as a student of Lilya Umnova.
She continued her studies in Maurice Hasson’s class at the Royal Academy of Music in London and obtained a Master of Performance with Merit and a teacher degree (LRAM). Diane is also invited to participate in many festivals as a soloist, including ‘Blossom Festival’ in Gent (Belgium) on the opening night tribute to Steve Lacy, as a soloist and duetting with Mikhail Bezverkhny, ‘Musiques en Vacances’ in La Ciotat (France), ‘C’est Pas Classique’ in Nice (France), ‘Rencontres Musicales en Montagne Ardéchoise’ (France), ‘Baia Das Gatas’ in Cape Verde, ‘Les Classiques de Villars’ in Switzerland…
In 2008, she was invited by the famous composer and conductor Dirk Brosse to perform his work, ‘Black and White, and in Between’, at the gala evening for the ‘Achiel Van Acker’ prize in Bruges, Belgium.
To this day, Diane has begun an international career spanning Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Bucharest (Romania), England, China, and Brazil as well as many French towns, as a soloist and in chamber music. Her repertoire extends from baroque to contemporary music.
She has formed a duo Violin and Classical Accordion with Aude Giuliano playing a wide repertoire composed from their own arrangements including Debussy, Bloch, DeFalla, and Piazolla… which has been performed internationally for the past 4 years. She is currently playing with Benjamin Bruant in an original duo Violin and Guitar, including a Spanish repertoire and their arrangements of Debussy, St-Saëns, DeFalla, and Granados.
She is performing regularly with pianists Emeline Archambault and Riyad Nicolas in concerts and festivals.
Laci Olah
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Violin
Laci Olah is a classically trained violinist, orchestrator, and teacher. A sixth-generation musician, he attributes his development as an all-round musician to his heritage and his father, whom himself was a classically trained jazz pianist.
Due to his on spot improvisatory and orchestrating skills he has collaborated with numerous artists from different genres, from classical to jazz, to pop, rock, musical, and film music where he played, arranged, and orchestrated on their recordings and on their performances.
During his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, his prominent talent was recognized by Igor Oistrakh, who accepted him in his class. He continued his studies with Lilia Umnova at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where he graduated with "Master of Arts in Music" with a specialization in music Pedagogy with distinction in 2011.
In 2001 he received First Prize at the Dexia Competition.
Laci’s Orchestral and Chamber Music development has benefited from the collaboration with the string ensemble, Timur Und Seine Mannschaft, where he was acting as concertmaster and soloist from 2007 until 2011.
Between 2011 and 2013 he was active in musical science in Belgium. During this period he participated in the production of Oliver! and played the fiddler role in the production Fiddler on the Roof. He co-wrote the music and performed for a WWII-themed theatre play called “ Red Strawberries”
In 2012 he was awarded the position of concertmaster in the Hooverphonic with Orchestra project.
With Hooverphonic, he recorded two albums, and a live DVD and played over 50 concerts with Hooverphonic over the course of 2 years in the most prestigious halls of Belgium, while performing live in numerous tv and radio shows as well.
Since 2014 he has been living in London, UK, and is currently holding a teaching position at Dartford Grammar School for Boys and he is acting as artistic director and teacher at East Dulwich Violin School.
In 2017 he joined Vox Vanguard, an immersive classical art production company that creates bespoke brand experiences, as artistic advisor, orchestrator, and artist.
Since 2018 he is leading the Infinity Orchestra where he collaborates with Okiem Warmann on corporate events, concerts and music festivals. With Okiem and The Infinity Orchestra, he toured all around Europe with a rendition of Dr Dre’s 2001 album and performed at the O2 arena with Burna Boy, and collaborated on the track for his Grammy award performance in 2021.
In 2019 he was appointed as co-leader at Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra.
For the 2022 season, Laci will be touring with “Ministry of Sound” and will be performing in the autumn in the West End in a new jazz-themed show. He will perform at corporate events at the prestigious Savoy in London, in Florence, and on the French Riviera.
Mariona de Lamo
Cello & Early Years Classes
Mariona de Lamo is a cellist and a singer from Cambrils, a coastal town in Spain.
She began studying cello and singing at the age of seven in her home town where she was inspired by the dedication and love of pedagogy of her teachers.
She continued her cello studies with the former principal cellist of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra Richard Talkowsky in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Her teaching and performing career flourished when she moved to London, 10 years ago.
She performed and recorded all around Europe in classical, pop, rap, hip-hop, and film music projects and is associated with numerous bands, ensembles, orchestras, and sessions who praise her for her creativity and passion.
One of her many highlights in her career was to perform for Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth on her Diamond Jubilee.
During her busy schedule, she designed her own session plan for each specific setting at Buzzy Lizzy Baby Music where she aimes to create a safe space to nurture mother and child relationships by exploring musical play, and the use of her own voice and movement.
Inspired by her early musical experience and her love and passion for educating, Mariona is specialized as an early years music practitioner working for Music House for Children.
Mariona performs regularly as a cellist in London and internationally with contemporary artists as well as engaging in recording sessions
Alleya Weibel
Violin & Guitar
Alleya is a violinist based in London and performing professionally worldwide.
Alleya began learning violin at a young age, studying under Emelinda Escobar of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Her professional studies began at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance. She studied under Megan Freivogel and the Jupiter Quartet in solo performance and chamber ensemble. Alleya performed with the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2017, under the direction of Donald Schleicher, where she focused on developing standard repertoire and expanding to modern works, such as recording for composer Augusta Thomas Reed. Since relocating to London in 2017, Alleya has regularly co-led The Orion Orchestra and recorded for Hilary Skews at Abbey Road. Alleya has also assisted in production for recording with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Alleya was invited to perform and lead workshops with the National Youth Orchestra of Ukraine at the Bayreuth Young Artists Festival focusing on modern works at the famous baroque festival in Germany.
Since September 2017, she has been teaching privately all around London, preparing students for ABRSM Grade exams. Alleya is teaching at East Dulwich School of Strings since September 2021.
She’s recorded numerous times at Abbey Road Studios and Metropolis Studios.
In Summer of 2019, she performed in the orchestra for Rick Wakeman’s sold-out, double performance of Journey To The Center of The Earth at Royal Festival Hall. She also performed as part of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival at the Cork Opera House later that year (2019). Alleya joined the band for Rebecca Ferguson’s 2020 UK tour as a solo violinist. Weeks later she performed with So Solid Crew for their 21 Years Reunion Show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town.
In 2020 and 2021, Alleya focused mainly on remote recording work. She recorded several pieces for Jordan Rees (EMI) to be used in television and video games. Alleya also performed in music videos for Big Zuu and Duran Duran and performed live for the 2021 Manoto TV special for Nowruz featuring Sahar Moghaddas, Sogand Soheili, Mehran Atash, and Alireza Saremi. Duran Duran’s cover of ‘Five Years’ by David Bowie was released on the global livestream Mike Garson’s ‘Just For One Day’ tribute to David Bowie and featured Alleya’s string group Solas Strings.
In 2021, Alleya joined The Urban Soul Orchestra and performed in their Classic Ibiza Summer Tour as well as their performance with London Community Gospel Choir at The Royal Albert Hall in December 2021. Alleya also toured with D26 as a solo violinist operating as the house band for Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kajilal, Mohd Danish, and Sayli Kamble in their first UK Arena Tour in late 2021.
Alleya recorded with The Script for a violin feature on their acoustic release of ‘Paint The Town Green’ for St. Patrick’s Day 2022.
Her work has led her to perform at The Pride of Britain Awards, The London Cabaret Club, The Pygmalion Festival, Audiotree, the DoCha Chamber Festival, and tours throughout North America. She has recorded on tracks for Shawn Stockman, Danny O’Donoghue, Guy Farley, Jordan Rees, Craigie Dodds, and many more.
Maksym Kravchenko
Violin & Guitar
Maksym Kravchenko is a Ukrainian violinist. Since childhood he has been brilliant, and musically talented, as he also plays guitar, viola, and piano. As a student, he demonstrated his power as a composer, where some of his written compositions were repeatedly performed at concerts throughout Ukraine and abroad.
Maksym has performed with orchestras around the world, including the Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra in Italy, Kharkiv Symphony Orchestra in Spain, the Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (NYC), and National Symphony Orchestra of Great Britain in Saudi Arabia.
Maksym has been teaching music, (piano, violin), for nearly 10 years working with students of varying ages and levels of musical accomplishment, from early childhood through college level. He carefully crafts his lessons to each student's needs, passing on his love of music to his students in an inspiring and engaging manner. He brings a unique flare that is both motivating and highly successful in helping his students achieve their goals.
