About
Pleasanton Academy of Music offers professional music lessons in strings, piano, woodwinds, brass, guitar, ukulele, singing and voice, cello, flute, saxophone, trumpet, drums, percussion, recorder, and steel pan. The program also includes toddler piano lessons, toddler guitar lessons, early childhood music lessons, and a chamber ensemble. Toddler Piano & Guitar Lessons use a methodology that combines play-based and Montessori approaches, and toddlers play piano or ukulele, a small guitar, in their first lesson.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday–Friday afternoons and evenings, and weekend daytime and evening hours (Monday to Friday 3:00pm–9:00pm; weekends 9:00am–9:00pm)
Pleasanton Academy of Music is described as a music school and an academy. The instructors have earned advanced degrees in music. The founders are Alexander Lazarev and Tatiana Kubatina, who both serve as piano instructors.
Pleasanton Academy of Music states that it is the #1 best music school in the East Bay, based on students’ achievements, and is recognized as the #1 music school in the East Bay. Thousands of its students win prestigious local and world music competitions and compete in international tests and exams. Students have distinguished themselves as top prizewinners in international music competitions such as the New York Concert Festival International Competition, the Brussels Grand Prize Virtuoso, the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition. Student performances have taken place on stages across the globe, including the Bay Area, New York, Indiana, Colorado, Japan, China, Holland, France, Germany, Austria, and other places, and in prestigious concert halls from the United States to Japan, Austria, the Netherlands, France, and China. The program’s stated mission is to help students learn music and develop interest and love in music that will last a lifetime, and it describes itself as fostering a passion for music that lasts a lifetime. Students have performance options through monthly showcases or weekly performances.
Last updated July 2, 2026.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday–Friday afternoons and evenings, and weekend daytime and evening hours (Monday to Friday 3:00pm–9:00pm; weekends 9:00am–9:00pm)
Pleasanton Academy of Music is described as a music school and an academy. The instructors have earned advanced degrees in music. The founders are Alexander Lazarev and Tatiana Kubatina, who both serve as piano instructors.
Pleasanton Academy of Music states that it is the #1 best music school in the East Bay, based on students’ achievements, and is recognized as the #1 music school in the East Bay. Thousands of its students win prestigious local and world music competitions and compete in international tests and exams. Students have distinguished themselves as top prizewinners in international music competitions such as the New York Concert Festival International Competition, the Brussels Grand Prize Virtuoso, the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition. Student performances have taken place on stages across the globe, including the Bay Area, New York, Indiana, Colorado, Japan, China, Holland, France, Germany, Austria, and other places, and in prestigious concert halls from the United States to Japan, Austria, the Netherlands, France, and China. The program’s stated mission is to help students learn music and develop interest and love in music that will last a lifetime, and it describes itself as fostering a passion for music that lasts a lifetime. Students have performance options through monthly showcases or weekly performances.
Last updated July 2, 2026.
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