Mina Furmansky

Mina Furmansky grew up surrounded by music in Vilnius, Lithuania. She graduated with Master’s degree in piano performance and music pedagogy from the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Since then, she has taught piano in both classroom settings and private studioes in both Israel and the US, her teaching experience spans the past three decades. She has been affiliated with MTAC since the early 1990s.

Mina believes in fundamental skill development in a student regardless of the final goal in music education. Her methods of teaching encourage students to listen to the music, appreciate music and be able to bring out the full beauty of music at the piano keyboard. Mina emphasizes performance in the overall music learning process. Performance can foster self-confidence, and also help cultivate social grace in students, an important personal character even for regular social circumstances. Mina invites parental participation not only during practice but also as students’ early audiences. She is confident that the overall music journey can be a rewarding one for both student and parents.

Mina prepares students for the Certificate of Merit Examination as well as in the local piano competitions. Her students have been well placed, such as, first place and second place prizes at the USOMC in 2013 among many other top awards.