Role of the Tutor

The tutor delivered a comprehensive academic program aligned with the Austrian curriculum while accommodating up to 20 hours weekly of music practice and recitals. They created flexible learning schedules around the students' musical commitments, collaborated with music instructors to develop cross-disciplinary projects, and incorporated Vienna's rich cultural environment into the educational program.

Desired Tutor Profile

An educator with strong academic credentials and appreciation for classical music training. The ideal candidate understood the demands of high-level musical study and could create educational continuity around performance schedules.

Duration of the Role

Two academic years with summer breaks.

Outcome

After two years of specialised tutoring, the children achieved an exceptional balance between their intensive musical training and academic development.

The elder child, a violinist, successfully auditioned for and performed as a soloist with a respected youth orchestra while maintaining academic honors in all subjects. The younger child's piano performance capabilities developed remarkably, winning an international youth competition while simultaneously excelling in academic subjects, particularly mathematics.

The cross-disciplinary projects connecting musical and academic learning yielded particularly rich educational outcomes, with the children developing sophisticated understanding of historical and cultural contexts for musical compositions and the elder child created a research project examining mathematical principles in music theory.

The family reported that the tutoring approach successfully transformed what could have been competing priorities into complementary aspects of the children's development, with their musical training enhancing academic learning and vice versa.