The structured video course that takes you from "I've never touched a piano" to playing real melodies and chord progressions with confidence — at your own pace, on any device.
By Mirco Lieber, MMag. · Concert musician, 30+ years · 23 years Academy of Music Ljubljana · Updated August 2026
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"I'm 47 and always assumed I was too old to learn piano. After 6 weeks of Level 1, I played Ode to Joy for my family. My daughter cried. Worth every cent of the €63."
"I tried YouTube tutorials for months and got nowhere. Level 1 gave me the structure I was missing. By Module 3 I could actually coordinate both hands — something I thought I'd never do."
"The 20-minutes-a-day structure is genius for busy people. I'm a teacher with very little free time. This course fit perfectly into my schedule and the results came faster than I expected."
Level 1 is your launchpad. Every step up is optional — but once you can play, most students want to keep going.
28 lessons — complete beginner to playing songs
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30+ years of teaching experience mean: I teach in your style. Classical epoch or modern genre — you choose, I adapt.
Polyphony, ornamentation, basso continuo. Counterpoint in the tradition of Bach.
Formal clarity, sonata form, homophony. The Viennese style.
Expression, virtuosity, song form, and the great piano repertoire.
Tone colour, whole-tone scales, floating harmony, and atmosphere.
Atonality, minimalism, neo-classicism, and contemporary composition.
Swing, Bebop, Boogie-Woogie, Blue Notes, improvisation. Standards from Gershwin to Bill Evans.
Chart hits, Beatles, Elton John, Coldplay, Adele, Ed Sheeran — chords and accompaniment patterns.
Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Ludovico Einaudi. Cinematic piano at its most expressive.
Tango, Bossa Nova, Latin, Flamenco influences, and folk music from Austria and Europe.
The German art song, Schubert Lieder, French chanson, and cabaret style.
Gospel chords, call & response, spirituals. Emotional, rhythmic, and deeply expressive.
Mirco's personal field: Slovenian Oberkrainer music (Slavko Avsenik), Tango, Bossa Nova and European folk traditions. Every idiom taught from the inside out.
Lute transcriptions for piano, Baroque pieces in a modern keyboard arrangement.
Your favourite style not listed? No problem. In 1-on-1 coaching, we tailor the repertoire entirely to your wishes.
Explore 1-on-1 Coaching →Piano Level 1 is built for complete beginners — adults who have never touched a piano, or who tried once on their own and gave up. Across 28 structured video lessons in 4 modules, you learn the keyboard layout, correct posture and hand position, reading note names by letter, basic rhythm values, left-hand bass patterns, and your first chord progressions, finishing able to play real songs — melody and bass together — with both hands. No music-reading background, prior instrument experience, or innate musical talent is assumed; the course is paced for 20–30 minutes of daily practice over about 8 weeks, the same progression Mirco Lieber, a Vienna-trained concert musician (MMag.), uses with adult beginners in private lessons. It's equally suited to a 25-year-old and a first-time learner in their sixties. Each lesson includes printable note and chord charts, so you're never staring at a screen while trying to play.
Apps like Simply Piano and flowkey are gamified and subscription-based. They listen through your microphone or a MIDI keyboard to check whether you played the right note at the right time, but they can't see your hand position, correct your fingering, or judge your tone — the technique that determines whether you keep improving or plateau. Piano Level 1 is a taught video course by Mirco Lieber, a Vienna-trained concert musician (MMag.) with roughly 30 years of teaching experience, structured the way real one-on-one lessons are: each module builds one specific skill before moving to the next, and every song is explained, not just displayed on a scrolling screen. You pay once (€63) instead of a recurring €110–200 per year subscription, keep lifetime access with no expiry date, and can download lessons for offline practice. If you outgrow Level 1, its upgrade credit carries over toward Level 2 or the Complete Bundle.
Piano Level 1 comes with a 7-day money-back guarantee: if you follow the lessons and aren't playing real songs — melody and simple accompaniment, both hands — within 7 days of starting, you get a full refund, no questions asked, just an email to request it. This is realistic because Module 1 alone gets most beginners playing a five-note melody within the first two or three lessons, so 7 days is enough to judge whether the teaching style and pace genuinely work for you. The guarantee exists because the course was designed for adults, some of whom have never tried an instrument before and are naturally cautious about committing to a new hobby. If Piano Level 1 turns out not to be the right fit — for example, because you already play at an intermediate level — Piano Level 2 or 1-on-1 coaching with Mirco Lieber directly may suit you better.
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