Anastasiia Sidorova

Teaches Voice & Piano

About Anastasiia

My name is Anastasia Sidorova and I am a professional Opera Singer and voice teacher from St-Petersburg, Russia. I recently graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music with my Masters Degree and I performed with Opera Philadelphia, Wolf Trap Opera, Verbier Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Russian Chamber Art Society in Washington D.C. and Academy Of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

I am equally passionate about my personal career and teaching voice. I pass on what my teacher has taught me, while adding my personal touch and experience. My teaching focuses on using your voice more efficiently and letting your instrument be the vehicle for the artistic choice. I will teach you the foundations of vocal technique to achieve full freedom of your sound to get the most natural vibration and color of your personal voice. We will focus on exercises that will prioritize and preserve the health of your voice through core training, breath exercises and vowel placement. With my piano students I focus on posture, sight-reading, finding legato, especially because piano is more percussive instrument it is important to teach my students legato, finding depth and beauty of the sound.

My teaching focuses on using your voice more efficiently and letting your instrument be the vehicle for the artistic choice.

What is a musical obstacle that you remember overcoming? How did you overcome it?

For the longest while, I stopped myself from songwriting, because I didn't think my songs were good enough. It was only when I got over my perfectionist tendencies that I started finishing songs and seeing improvement in my songwriting.

What style(s) of music do you like to play the most? Why?

I love singing opera and classical art song because I was exposed to classical music very early on and I have deep appreciation for it. I love that opera brings together music, visual art, acting ,literature and that it always challenges both the musicians and the listener to see beyond what's on the page.

What other instruments, aside from the ones you teach, have you played before?

I took clarinet for 5 months when I was 16 years old.

When did you start playing music, what brought you to it?

I started singing when I was 5 years old because my kindergarten music teacher wanted me to sing in a play we were doing at the time.

What are some of your favorite teaching moments?

My favorite teaching moments are when my students get very comfortable with the notes and the mechanics of singing/playing piano and we can then crate music that is beyond the notes

What advice could you give to someone who has just begun learning music?

My biggest advice is to keep going no matter how challenging it is at first. Even if you or your kid decide not to pursue music professionally, the impact that music lessons will make on their future is tremendous. It shapes your ability to understand world very differently from people who never took music classes.

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