About With Piano Studio
Founded by internationally trained pianist and educator Victor Garcia, With Piano Studio provides piano lessons to children and adults of all levels in Washington DC. Our goal is to provide students the resources to empower them in their own musical development, build critical thinking skills, and promote autonomy.
We also provide collaborative piano services for your rehearsals and performances., helping you take your musical journey to the next level.
About Victor Garcia
A native of Madrid, Spain, Victor Garcia is a multifaceted chamber musician, solo and collaborative pianist, and educator. Victor was most recently piano faculty for more than 15 years at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory in Madrid, teaching piano and serving as a collaborative pianist in the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion departments. From 2020 to 2025, he was a collaborative piano professor at the Alfonso X El Sabio University in Madrid for B.M. and M.M. students. Victor has played with the Spanish National Orchestra, Madrid Municipal Symphonic Band, VerumOrchestra, among others, conducted by maestros such as Dale Clevenger, Josep Pons, Jan Cober, and Miguel Romea. He was the pianist of the award-winning Antara Korai Choir for 14 years, releasing two albums and taking part in festivals across Europe. Garcia was also the pianist for L'Rollin Clarinet Band for 12 years, a Buffet Crampon artist, and recorded three albums, one of them dedicated entirely to flamenco. Garcia’s versatile pianism led him into the theater world in 2023 to 2024 performing in the play Yo Soy El Que Soy across Spain.
As a solo pianist, he has performed in renowned concert halls internationally: the National Auditorium of Madrid, the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, the Monumental Theatre of Madrid, Le Doelen in Rotterdam, the Lucca Music Festival, Castel D’Ursel in Belgium, the Ana María Canedo Cultural Centre in Bolivia, among others. Victor Garcia has also performed with orchestra the Triple Concerto by B. Martinu and Rhapsody in Blue by G. Gershwin on several occasions in Spain and France. In 2012 he was invited by the Laredo Institute in Bolivia to give Masterclasses and a recital, receiving the best critiques. In 2017 and 2019 he took part in Artistic Voluntary Services in Kenya and Guatemala, teaching music to underserved children.
In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when teaching in-person was not possible, Victor developed piano accompaniment videos for his students as coursework. He adapted the videos into a YouTube channel, With Piano, for musicians of all levels across the world to practice to. His channel has garnered more than 10,000 subscribers and nearly 3 million views.
He received a Bachelor of Music (classical piano) from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, and studying at the "Giuseppe Tartini" Conservatory of Music in Trieste, Italy; a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Music Teaching from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; and a Master of Music (classical piano, cum laude) from CODARTS University of the Arts in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He also received the Diplôme Supérieur in classical piano from Schola Cantorum in Paris under the tutelage of Aquiles delle Vigne.
Victor is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Victor resides in Washington DC with his wife and one-year-old son.
“I believe teachers should be a source of inspiration and guidance for their students, helping them develop a love for this art, by motivating and creating a pleasant and integrative learning experience for them, without, however, ignoring the demands that musical practice requires.”
Victor Garcia is an internationally trained chamber musician, solo and collaborative pianist, and educator based on Washington DC.
Teaching Philosophy
Music is a vehicle for mental growth and also a powerful tool to enhance learning capacity for students of all disciplines. During my lessons, I strive to bring interest, joy, and discipline together to grow my students’ passion for music. I provide my students the resources to empower them in their musical development, build critical thinking skills, and promote autonomy. In my classes, I work on the specific repertoire of the instrument and everything that the repertoire implies. I pay attention to posture, as well as technique, aesthetic meaning of the piece, and expressiveness – the ultimate goal in the art of making music.
I consider myself a very patient educator, moldable to different types of learning personalities and to students at all levels and ages. I strive to always foster an inclusive and healthy learning environment during my lessons, being aware of diversity in education.
Victor Garcia, With Piano Studio