Lester Hough

Lester Hough B Mus, Cert Mus, PGCE, MISM is the principal teacher and a director at Hull Piano School.

He studied under the eminent Oxford piano teacher Vincent Packford, a pupil of Harold Craxton. He excelled in composition and piano performance at the University of Hull where he was awarded a BMus (Hons) and qualified as a teacher. He has continued to develop his skills as a teacher, composer and performer through a varied career which always included private piano teaching.

His background in composition brings a deep understanding of music to his students. More recent performances of his works include Psalmus (Lviv, Ukraine, KLK New Music with Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra); Fantasie for Organ (Angela Metzger, Carl Orff Festival, Munich); Seven Transformations for Viola and Piano, and Sinfonietta for Wind Quintet,(Anolan Gonzalez, Viola and Lisa Blanco, Piano, and wind quintet Ventus Habana at the International Festival of Contemporary Music, Havana, Cuba).

He has taught in state and private schools and colleges at all levels from primary to A Level where he has consistently helped his students gain excellent results.

Lester’s main focus has been individual piano teaching, establishing a sound foundational techniques in his students from the outset.  His students score highly in exams and do well in competitions both locally and more recently internationally. His gentle and encouraging manner has helped hundreds of students of all ages and enabled many to achieve far more than they initially expected.

Alex Radu

Alex Radu studied music from an early age in Romania attending “Ciprian Porumbescu” College of Arts. Then at University level he studied Piano Interpretation at the National University of Arts “George Enescu” in Iasi.

From 2014 until 2017 he taught the piano privately in Romania where he prepared students for exams and competitions before coming to the UK.

He came to Hull in 2018 to study and gained an MMus in piano performance in 2020. His final project was ‘Beethoven and Chopin as Pianists and Performers.’

He is now studying towards a Doctor’s degree in Piano performance.

As well as teaching at Hull Piano School, Alex continues to perform both Classical and Romanian folk music. He performs as a soloist and also in ensemble with other musicians.

He brings to Hull Piano School the passion you would expect from a highly motivated performing artist with a comprehensive and academic background in piano performance and music interpretation. His sensitive and gentle manner fits perfectly with the ethos of Hull Piano School. He is passionate about all music and is enthusiastic in helping students develop their talents. He loves to pass on the joy he gets from playing the piano.