I'm an adult beginner with little experience playing the violin. Dimitry is highly qualified and has extensive experience. When I hear him play, I see confidence, poise, and beauty. He's a very good communicator and listens to your goals. He paces his instructions at a reasonable amount. As a beginner, my playing is a reflection of that and Dimitry constantly evaluates and tweaks often giving positive feedback and constructive correction. He doesn't assign you more than you can handle and if you feel you're overwhelmed we both discuss what the issue is and how to tackle it. I wish I took up the violin much earlier on but I'm glad I've had the opportunity to work with Dimitry now.

Dimitry is awesome! I just started classes with him and he is an extremely knowledgable teacher. He pays attention to detail and always corrects my mistakes, big or small, which is exactly what I wanted. As he said in my first class, it's better in the beginning that you don't develop bad habits that are difficult to break later on. As an adult beginner of violin, I was apprehensive about starting, however, I am progressing much faster than I imagined I would. Dimitry is passionate about the violin and music in general. If I had any complaint, it's that it feels as though he's going too fast for me sometimes. But he pushes me outside my comfort zone and is very encouraging. Last class he told me not to be afraid of making a bad note. I look forward to further study with Dimitry.

To me, Dimitry is a great teacher. Though I learnt violin with him for only a few month (personal reason I have to stop for now), my progress was obvious. He pointed out and corrected the mistakes in my gesture/habits that I kept for years. He knew my status and could always offer advices and suitable practice method whenever problems occurred. His encouragement was not like pampering kids, but I could certainly feel it and via it gained further confidence in attacking new challenging (to me) piece. The experience is similar to a tour guide, or rather an experienced companion, to me during hiking. I also appreciate his analogy between the violin skills and other sports activities in daily life to enhance my understanding in the former, which I would perhaps remember for a long time. For my age and occupation, studying violin is to enjoy life and to purify my spiritual world, and I think he helped me achieve it at some level.

My 12 year old son has been taking violin for 3 years and has had several instructors. He wasn't improving at all until Dimitry Olevsky became his teacher. Dimitry is incomparable to all the other instructors that my son has had. He is not only an extremely accomplished violinist, but he has the innate ability to mentally relate to his student, is extremely determined for his students to consistently improve, and is genuinely kind...all qualities of a great teacher. With Dimitry, in 6 months my son went from playing simple songs to playing complex pieces. When a student improves, he is motivated to go further. This credit is given to Dimitry. He is an EXCELLENT instructor, and my son is fortunate to be his student.

My child has been studying with Dimitry for a number of years.  We have had multiple teachers before, but none have inspired progress as much as Dimitry.  He is dedicated to his students and inspires and motivates them to achieve beyond their potential.  His methods are based on sports psychology, and are refined to a science.  He is more than a teacher, he is a musical mentor, and an inspiring educator.  I highly recommend him to anyone that is looking for lessons with a great performer and a motivational teacher.