Dr. Jelena Cingara is a pedagogue with over twenty years of piano teaching experience in USA and CANADA, who is offering PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS NEW YORK CITY NYC, PIANO LESSONS HOBOKEN N. Lessons are given to children and adults of all ages and levels. Students are prepared for Royal Conservatory Music exams, as well as recitals and competitions. Jelena's students have done excellent at RCM exams in the past, and have won competitions in the GTA area. Students also have an option of taking a more casual, piano for fun class.

   New York City area based Jelena Cingara is an active performer and artist in US, Canada, and European countries such as Italy, France, and Czhech Republic. She has performed in concert venues such as: Libby Gardner, Dumke, Abravanel hall, and Kenley amphitheatre in Utah, as well as Arts and Letters Club, Walter Hall, and Ettore Mazzoleni Halls in Toronto. She has played in masterclasses for Nicholas Angelich (Virginia Classics), Rebecca Penneys (Eastman School of Music), Steven Doane (Eastman School of Music) just to name a few. As a solo and collaborative and chamber musician she has played recitals in Italy, France, Serbia, US and Canada, and for masterclasses for famous quartets such as: The Bennewitz, Faure, Doric as well as Philip Seltzer from the Emerson Quartet. In New York, Jelena has performed Off/Broadway with the play with music: “The last boy”, The New York Public library of the performing arts, Zenkel hall, and others.

  Jelena is a prize winner in festivals such as Kiwanis, Peel, and Davenport in Toronto, as well as third prize winner in small ensemble/piano concerto competition at The University of Toledo. Jelena is also a winner of American Protege Competition (2nd prize) in chamber music, and made her debut in Carnegie Hall on May 26 at 7:30 pm. She is a recipient of numerous scholarships/assistanships, various times Dean's travel grants. Toronto events included performances in Gallery 345, and La Balie, France. This seasons’s performances include Heliconian Hall, as well as Dunbarton-Fairport United Church in Pickering. This concert will be televised by Serbian TV (OMNI) in Toronto.

Jelena received a travel grant from Canada Council of the Arts for La Balie, France for the Summer of 2019. Jelena’s CD’s are kept in the CBC music library, and can be heard on Iheart radio.

The CD Marko Tajcevic Seven Balkan Dances/Josip Slavenski Piano Sonata Op.4 is now available on CDBaby, amazon.com, iTunes, Waterloo Records, Spotify, Geezer, and other places! Jelena has just recently received a travel grant from Canada Council of the Arts for La Balie, France for the Summer of 2019. Jelena’s CD’s are kept in the CBC music library, and can be heard on Iheart radio.

  Jelena has also taught PIANO MINORS at a University level in USA, and one of her piano students was consistently the one with the highest grade on his piano exams. She taught piano at York University in North York, Ontario. Jelena has accompanied/coached students at Columbia University’s Barnard College, as well as AADA American Academy of Dramatic arts. Jelena has also played Off- Broadway, and established a chamber music series Connecting through sound that's has been active since 2023. In addition to this she has played for competitions in NYC such as: Gershwin and Grand Prix!. She maintains an active music studio, and is an active church musician in the NJ/NYC area

Jelena is also available for PIANIST FOR WEDDINGS IN NEW JERSEY, PIANIST FOR WEDDINGS NEW YORK CITY, PIANO ACCOMPANYING IN NEW JERSEY, PIANO ACCOMPANIST NEW YORK CITY and PIANIST FOR EVENTS IN NEW JERSEY and NEW YORK CITY You can contact her to book:)

PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS IN NEW JERSEY, and PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS IN NEW YORK CITY are offered people’s homes, or online! CONCERTS, CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS, PIANIST

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Jelena also offers SKYPE/ZOOM PIANO lessons , if you are interested contact her!:)