Tiny Hands, Big Music: Spring Recital 2025

Tiny hands, real notes, and bold ideas — our spring recital brought together Baby Bachs, Mini Mozarts, Little Beethovens, and introduced our new Operetta group. Gentle classical music, first compositions, and playful imagination on real instruments.

Dress rehearsal moments — where curiosity, courage, and classical music come together.

When our students gathered for our Spring Recital this year, they didn’t just perform — they created. They stepped up as little composers, brave performers, and curious explorers, reminding us how classical music and real acoustic instruments help young minds grow in ways that stay with them far beyond the stage.

Some played gentle pieces from Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Grieg — learning to listen, focus, and trust their fingers on the keys. Others took an even braver step: sharing their very own original songs, some for the first time ever. Each child’s melody was brought to life with the help of our accompanist, transforming quiet ideas into real music that filled the room — just as the great composers they study did generations ago, with only an instrument and an idea.

Recital Highlights

Below you’ll find a special highlight for each student — some collages are linked to short recital videos. Click the image to watch their music come to life. May they remind us that when children feel safe, seen, and inspired, they don’t just learn music — they make it their own, one real note at a time.

Maharshi — Little Beethoven
Carried focus and patience through each piece — performing carefully from the Suzuki Book and proudly sharing his own compositions too.

Arthur — Mini Mozart
Stood close and watched intently as his own composition was performed by our accompanist — seeing his music become real before his eyes.

Mateo — Mini Mozart
Shared his own composition as well — playing parts himself and hearing it expanded with accompaniment.

Alia — Mini Mozart
Filled the room with Mozart’s Turkish March, her gentle strength turning each note into a story.

Kleo — Mini Mozart
Made Eine kleine Nachtmusik playful and light with her version of Up and Down.

Valeria — Mini Mozart
Performed Brindisi from La Traviata and our special studio song Let’s Pretend We Play — a playful piece about learning to play the violin and piano, adding her own creative spark.

Dory — Mini Mozart
Now a bright part of our in-person Mini Mozart group, amazed everyone with her growing confidence on piano and violin — reminding us that each new note opens a new world.

Among our Baby Bachs, music is about discovery and trust.

Abigail — Baby Bach
Performed Bach’s Minuet in G Major, finding her first confident notes as I gently guided her tiny hands.

Dante — Baby Bach
Surprised everyone with Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Little Swans — a piece that helped him learn to count, one careful beat at a time.

Anna — Baby Bach
Played Grieg’s Morning Mood and our adapted Hello Song — and now sings it everywhere she goes, turning any place into a stage for classical music.

Charles — Baby Bach
Full of curiosity and a deep appreciation for music, performed his own Minuet and loves to play independently — exploring each sound on a real piano with focus and care.

Sofia — Baby Bach
Full of movement and laughter, loves to play Mozart and often runs right up to the accompaniment, drawn to the warmth of acoustic sound.

Ash — Baby Bach
Explored piano with joyful curiosity — but the viola and bow are his true loves, and the way he holds and draws sound from real strings is already so special.

Student Compositions & Drawings:

Alongside their performances, our students turned music into color and story — creating drawings inspired by classical themes and their own songs.

Certificates & Program:

At the end of our recital, every child received a Music Award — a reminder that every note, idea, and drawing matters.

Behind every photo, drawing, and tiny performance is something bigger: a reminder that real musical intelligence grows through listening, patience, and the freedom to create. Classical music and acoustic instruments build more than skill — they build memory, focus, imagination, and a sense of belonging to something timeless and true.

As we look ahead, I am also planning virtual classes so families who move abroad — like our dear Baby Bach Lev, now back in Rotterdam — or across the country, like Anna and Valeria in California — can stay connected to our community and continue their musical journey wherever they are.

I am so excited to welcome our new students who joined us this summer and the many who will be returning this fall after travels abroad. Our studio continues to grow — one note, one idea, one brave little hand at a time.

To every family: thank you for every practice moment, warm encouragement, and patient hand along the way.
To every student: bravo. Your music, your art, and your ideas make our studio shine.

Here’s to the season ahead — more gentle notes, bold ideas, real instruments, and tiny hands making classical music together.

— Sofija
Zlatanova Music Studio