Hi! I'm Lisa Spector and I'm going to change how you think about practicing piano.

Here's something you may not like hearing, but I promise it's good news. 

The pianists who progress the fastest don't practice the most. They just practice strategically.

I help you stop over-practicing and start progressing faster in less time.

If you practice daily and still are feeling slow progress, that's not because you aren't a good pianist.

It's because you don't have a smart strategy.

And that's exactly what I've been fixing since I… 

  • Graduated from Juilliard
  • Studied with Earl Wild, John Perry and Leon Fleisher
  • Won 1st prizes in national piano competitions
  • Advanced to finals in international piano competitions 
  • Taught piano to undergrads at Santa Clara University and CSU Monterey Bay
  • Owned and operated a music school for 14 years

PREVIOUSLY FEATURED IN

In 2017, a traumatic accident shattered my right hand.

Seven complicated fractures. Four surgeries. Three years. A medical professional told me I'd never play piano again.

I didn't listen.

First I started learning music for left hand only. Then after 186 occupational hand therapy sessions, I rebuilt my technique from scratch. That process taught me more about how pianists actually learn than anything else in my 30+ year career. When you can't rely on habit or muscle memory, you have to get strategic. That gave birth to Piano Ninja Tricks™.

In 2021, I founded The Piano Ninja Tricksters Club, where I help classical pianists practice deliberately, not desperately. 

Curious how advanced pianists practice smarter
while learning repertoire faster?

Start with my free Ninja Fingering Mini-Course

My Juilliard degree went to the dogs

For over a decade, I devoted my music to improving the lives of dogs. NPR called me “The Pet Calming Maestro.” I appeared on the CBS Early Show, ABC Australia, and DOGTV. And I became the only classical pianist to reach Billboard's Classical Top 20 with pet music.

You can hear it all at CanineClassical.com

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