ALMADEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART
  • PROGRAMS
    • Little Mozarts Piano
    • MTAC - Certificate of Merit
    • Band Ensemble
  • Music
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Grand Corona Piano Competition
      • Student of the Month
      • Jenna Chatham (Drums)
      • Nicole Rovniaguin (Vocal)
    • Piano >
      • Soroosh Meili
      • Matthew Kho
      • Luara Tsariya
      • Richard Frazier
      • Evgenia Armishev
      • Debora Carreiro
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Marina Menyaylenko
      • Evgenia Abramyan
    • Violin >
      • Alex Makarenko
      • Elina Papova
      • Sevil Sultanova
    • Vocal / Singing >
      • Annemarie Webster
      • Lytusina Kazachenko
      • Inesa Anisonean
      • Tetyana Mysko
    • Guitar >
      • Felix Amirian
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
      • Denis Ryman
      • Peter Kulverts
      • Justin Liu
    • Cello >
      • Yong-Zi Ma
    • Viola >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Elina Papova
    • Flute >
      • Sarah Benton
      • Marian Concus
    • Clarinet >
      • Mark Russo
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Recorder >
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Saxophone >
      • Eric Abramyan
      • Mark Russo
    • Drums >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
    • Music Theory >
      • Justin Liu
  • Art
    • Watercolor
    • Oil and Acrilyc
    • Drawing Pen and Colored Pencil
    • Claywork and Painting
    • Stained Glass Painting
    • Hand Painted Silk
    • Vania Goranova
    • Larissa Zaiko
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Sanoja Kikkeri (Art)
      • Angelina Pham (Art)
      • Yul-Hui Han (Art)
      • Elysia Du (Art)
      • Annika Kandadai (Art)
      • Haely Pham (Art)
      • Nithya Mani (Art)
      • Simran Malhotra (Art)
      • Katie Ha (Art)
      • Samantha Cusi-Asquith (Art)
      • Yangyang Lai (Art)
      • Lucas Wang (Art)
      • Zara Saeed (Art)
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  • Online Classes
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  • ENROLL
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    • ENROLL - Drums
    • ENROLL - Violin
    • ENROLL - Clarinet
    • ENROLL - Flute
    • ENROLL - Saxophone

Lidia Kotlova

SENIOR PIANO INSTRUCTOR ​
Lidia Kotlova was born in a family of musicians in Lesnoy, Urals and has been playing the piano since she was four. She graduated from Lesnoy Music school with a major in piano performance and earned a Bachelor's degree from Sergei Prokofiev's College of Music in Moscow. In 2011 Lidia came to the U.S. and has got her Masters in Piano Performancedegree at the University of Washington under the guidance of Professor Robin McCabe.
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Performance is Lidia's passion and that is why she has had  numerous awards: She won the Seattle Russian Piano Festival and the Bach and Viennese Competitions. Besides being a long time Steinway artist, Lidia played in many prestigious concert halls and radio stations in Seattle, including Benaroya hall and Meany hall and for different broadcasts - Classical King FM and KOUW.

Lidia worked with the University of Washington orchestra and Seattle symphony with well-known maestros like Ludovic Morlot and David Rahbee. Her performance became a part of the documentary magazine When The War Ends, featured by the UW television and the UW magazine Three Sixty Degrees.

Before settling in the Bay area, Lidia worked in the Seattle Piano Academy and had a class of wonderful kids. She is looking forward to continuing sharing her knowledge with the young talents who need help from a professional pianist, like her.  She will help to overcome lots of problems, such as tensed hands, stage fear and anxiety, memory slips, bad technique and lack of control which results in carelessness and muddiness of sound. She believes, every student, regardless of his/her musical aptitude, deserves to receive the best possible foundation and guidance. Moreover, she will help every child to understand and appreciate music and be able to express themselves through the pieces they play. With the help of the individually developed exercises, she will nourish kids’ musicality and boost their technique.

​Lidia enjoys time with her husband and two sons, a cat, and a dog. She likes Indian culture and music and speaks Hindi fluently.
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​Lidia helps piano students overcome lots of problems, such as tensed hands, stage fear and anxiety, memory slips, bad technique and lack of control which results in carelessness and muddiness of sound. She believes, every student, regardless of his/her musical aptitude, deserves to receive the best possible foundation and guidance. Moreover, she will help every child to understand and appreciate music and be able to express themselves through the pieces they play

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Lidia's Masterpieces


Students of the Month - September 2019

Congratulations to our young and upcoming pianists Charles Guo and Sophia Chen. Mrs. Lidia Kotlova nominated them for the many hours of practice and hard work they put in to perform these incredible pieces to perfection. 

Charles Guo

Sophia Chen

SCHOOL LOCATION

5353 Almaden Expressway, 
Suite D208
​San Jose, CA - 95118
(Next to PetSmart)

SARATOGA STUDIO

​Almaden School of Music & Art
1428 Saratoga Avenue, 
​San Jose, CA - 95129
(Next to Heritage Country Inn)
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Testimonials

I was evaluating this school for my son's piano lessons but ended up joining myself. My son is very Young and I needed to try out some lessons before committing and the school worked with me through the process of trying out multiple teachers, who were all fantastic in their own league, but I was looking for a non traditional learning for my son.

So though we decided it's not the right time for my son to start here, I myself ended up joining one of the teachers who we tried out and liked. He is Mr. Matthew. As a teacher he had understood my goals and my expectations and is challenging me accordingly. I really like the class.

​The school's management was very involved and took lot of effort to understand my and my son's requirements and constantly followed up on the experience as a new student. This is rare to see but reflects the passion of the management towards music and towards customer service. I would recommend this highly. I also love the arts program of schools which I have walked by often and seen the amazing paintings that Young students make there.

~Anshu 

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Contact Us

Call: +1.408.267.3651
Text/SMS: +1.408.359.8577

​email: [email protected]
  • PROGRAMS
    • Little Mozarts Piano
    • MTAC - Certificate of Merit
    • Band Ensemble
  • Music
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Grand Corona Piano Competition
      • Student of the Month
      • Jenna Chatham (Drums)
      • Nicole Rovniaguin (Vocal)
    • Piano >
      • Soroosh Meili
      • Matthew Kho
      • Luara Tsariya
      • Richard Frazier
      • Evgenia Armishev
      • Debora Carreiro
      • Sevil Sultanova
      • Marina Menyaylenko
      • Evgenia Abramyan
    • Violin >
      • Alex Makarenko
      • Elina Papova
      • Sevil Sultanova
    • Vocal / Singing >
      • Annemarie Webster
      • Lytusina Kazachenko
      • Inesa Anisonean
      • Tetyana Mysko
    • Guitar >
      • Felix Amirian
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
      • Denis Ryman
      • Peter Kulverts
      • Justin Liu
    • Cello >
      • Yong-Zi Ma
    • Viola >
      • Navid Kandelousi
      • Elina Papova
    • Flute >
      • Sarah Benton
      • Marian Concus
    • Clarinet >
      • Mark Russo
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Recorder >
      • Marian Concus
      • Doug Zuehlke
    • Saxophone >
      • Eric Abramyan
      • Mark Russo
    • Drums >
      • Quentin Jorstad
      • Ashot Mnjoyan
    • Music Theory >
      • Justin Liu
  • Art
    • Watercolor
    • Oil and Acrilyc
    • Drawing Pen and Colored Pencil
    • Claywork and Painting
    • Stained Glass Painting
    • Hand Painted Silk
    • Vania Goranova
    • Larissa Zaiko
    • FEATURED STUDENTS >
      • Sanoja Kikkeri (Art)
      • Angelina Pham (Art)
      • Yul-Hui Han (Art)
      • Elysia Du (Art)
      • Annika Kandadai (Art)
      • Haely Pham (Art)
      • Nithya Mani (Art)
      • Simran Malhotra (Art)
      • Katie Ha (Art)
      • Samantha Cusi-Asquith (Art)
      • Yangyang Lai (Art)
      • Lucas Wang (Art)
      • Zara Saeed (Art)
  • Specials
  • TEACHING JOBS
  • Online Classes
  • Online Forms
    • Registration Form
    • Cancel Lesson
    • Sick Leave
    • Vacation Notice
    • Drop Notice
  • student login
  • ENROLL
    • ENROLL - Piano
    • ENROLL - Drums
    • ENROLL - Violin
    • ENROLL - Clarinet
    • ENROLL - Flute
    • ENROLL - Saxophone