My teaching style is informed both by the technical knowledge of my own teachers, as well as - where required - my fascination for psychology, spirituality and the human condition. When I was younger playing never came naturally to me: it has had to be built up from the ground, so I understand from the inside how to build a technique and an understanding of music, and know just what it feels like to battle complications in playing. I try to make my teaching style plain-speaking, intense, varied, and all with a big smile. I can help with anything from building interpretations, practice schedules, technical shifts, problem-solving and playing-breakdown related assistance.

BIOGRAPHY
Michael Buchanan, 27, has recently performed solo recitals at the Lucerne Festival, the BeethovenFest Bonn, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Wigmore Hall, London, and the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; as concerto soloist he has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

He the first prize laureate of the 2015 Munich ARD Competition, the BMW Publicumspreis recipient of the 2017 Festspiele Mecklenberg-Vorpommerln, and a 3 time nominee for the 2020 Opus Klassik awards (Artist of the Year/Newcomer of the Year/Crossover-artist of the year).

As an orchestral musician he begun his career as principal (solo) trombone of the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, before being contracted with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera. Currently a freelance musician living in London, he performs regularly as first trombone with orchestra such as the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia, the BBC Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and in Seiji Osawa's hand-picked Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan.

Michael was born in the UK, and studied academic music at the University of Cambridge, before completing a masters at the Hochschule der Künste, Bern, studying with Ian Bousfield. He has given masterclasses at the Royal College of Music, the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts, Wells Cathedral School, and the Casa della Musica di Portacomaro.