Our teachers
Geankarlo Vargas
Bass, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele,
Music Production
Teaching in Lund & Staffanstorp
Geankarlo Vargas is a professional musician from Peru with a jazz education from Italy.
When he was a teenager he started playing guitar in Peru and at 15 years old he discovered the electric bass which quickly became his love.
In 2012 he moved to Italy to study jazz music: at the beginning he met the musicians Gigi di Martino and Roberto Guarnieri who were his first jazz teachers and prepared him for the entrance exam to the Como Conservatory of Music (Conservatorio di musica "Giuseppe Verdi") where he then participated in the Bachelor and Master program in Jazz Performance of Elba from 2018 to 2025. In the last academic year of his education in Italy he applied for the "Erasmus Program" and went to Sweden to study at the Malmö Conservatory of Music for six months.
After that he decided to stay in Sweden and now he lives in Malmö and works at the Academic Music School and as a freelance electric bassist and double bassist.
He played in several jazz clubs and festivals in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Bahrain, Sweden and Denmark and has a great experience as an electric bass teacher.
In Italy he participated in an Orff pedagogy course which gave him the opportunity to learn how to teach music to children. Working as a music teacher is always an exciting opportunity for him to share his passion for jazz music with children. Thanks to his knowledge of the "world of electric bass pedagogy" it is possible to start studying with him from 7 years old with an u-bass or a short-scale electric bass.
Joel Bylund
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano,
Vocals, Music Production
Teaching in Täby
Joel is a dedicated and versatile music teacher specializing in piano, vocals and guitar. He enjoys all types of genres, but is most familiar with pop, jazz, indie and rock music. With six years of experience as a teacher at Täby Kulturskola, he has developed a pedagogy that puts the student at the center, and always strives to make the lessons fun and inspiring.
In addition to teaching, he creates music under the artist name 'Son Blue' and plays live on various occasions, often with the guitar in unique moods.
Adam Skinner
Piano, guitar, bas, singing/Voice, drums, musikproduktion, saxophone, flute/tvärflöjt, band/ensemble
Teaching in Täby
Adam is fluent in many languages, and the musiclessons could be available in Swedish, English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German or Russian.
Adam Skinner has a Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude, from Berklee College of Music in 1992. There he studied, among other things, jazz piano, jazz composition, Big Band Arranging and salsa piano and Latin American variations.
Adam studied Cuban percussion, Cuban piano styles and Cuban dance at the Instituto Superior de Arte, in Havana, 1993-94.
Adam began studying Jazz Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm in 1997, and on the music teaching program in 1999.
In 2007, Adam received his Masters Degree of Education and Composition from the Academy of Music in Malmö in 2007. There he studied classical composition and wrote orchestral works for the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.
He also completed music teacher studies with a focus on instrumental studies and methodology studies in: classical, jazz and rock piano, singing and ensemble playing.
2008-2013 Worked as a music and language teacher at schools in Stockholm.
LOCATION in TÄBY
- Hägerneholm school
- Futura School/Bergtorp School
- Näsbyparkskolan
Jonatan Lidström
Saxofon, Flöjt, Gitarr, Bas, Trummor, Piano, Sång, Musikproduktion, Band/Ensemble
Undervisar i Lund & Staffanstorp
Jonatan Lidström is a freelance jazz musician and specializes in saxophone and flute, but also treats many other instruments which he also teaches. With extensive experience in ensemble playing in many different genres, he has a very skilled ear and a sure-fire sense for style and arrangement.
Jonatan has been playing music since childhood and through cultural school, in combination with various external bands and productions (TriJoLi, Vandringsduvan, etc.) has been able to test many different roles. During his two years of study at the well-regarded jazz music line at Skurup's Folk College, he has begun to make a name for himself and shared the stage and studio with musicians such as Vivian Buczek and Rasmus Sørensen.
In his teaching, Jonatan places a lot of emphasis on musicality and wants to establish the student's musicianship in a way that both engages and entertains.
Location in Skåne:
Järnåkraskolan in Lund
Medborgarhuset in Staffanstorp
Mattias Fabian
Guitar, Bas, flute/Blockflöjt, Oboe, Klarinett, Krumhorn, Drums, Piano, Song/voice, Musikproduktion, Band/Ensemble
Teaching in Täby
Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, with four years of further training at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Through these studies, Mattias has delved into the repertoire of early music - counterpoint, basso continuo and tablature - a knowledge Mattias has also applied to guitar, lute and viola da gamba. Mattias has played guitar since 1971. First learned from his father, who wrote method books for guitar and sparked his interest in teaching. Has worked professionally with his own songwriting and arrangements since 1976. Mattias has good technique and knowledge, especially in classical music, with improvisation in Renaissance, Baroque and folk/rock/pop.
Other woodwind instruments Mattias masters and teaches:
Oboe, clarinet and flugelhorn, alongside the recorder a central area in his woodwind background. Basic knowledge also in piano and harpsichord.
Composition:
Own works in classical style, studies for Hans Eklund and Maurice Karkoff. Several scholarships from the Swedish Arts Council, including for an electroacoustic collaboration with Patrik Torell and Thomas Tidholm, performed at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Professional assignments
Musician and producer for various ensembles with tours and festivals in Europe
Bellman arrangements for woodwinds, vocals and guitar (Museum of Architecture, Gripsholm Castle)
Collaboration with, among others, the Dramaten, the Stadsteatern and the Riksteatern — has successfully created his own musical theatre productions, with the audience award in Klaipeda, Lithuania
CD/sheet music Sikelej sa Kamelen (vocals/guitar in Swedish and French) Pop songs with the band "Kvinnor på gränsen till nervsammanbrotts", noticed in Spain, among others
Early musical roots:
Started with congas 1968–1974 in the African-American tradition (teachers including Rupert Clemendor, Kofi Ayivor) participated in the TV program Knuff 1971 and played in a Latin American big band under Daniel Lopez.
Pedagogy:
Developing the method book Musikverkstan, built on ear training and improvisation in early music, jazz/rock and folk music — material that gives students room to maneuver, breathing space and play for their own creativity and musical expression.
Karra Sandin
Cello, Piano
Teaching in Täby
Karra is a concert cellist and pianist from the United States. In addition to a Master's degree in cello performance, she is grateful for having had the opportunity to study for six years with the renowned cello teacher Irene Sharp in California. Karra also holds an artist's degree in cello performance from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.
She began studying pedagogy and taught both cello and piano from an early age and already has 30 years of teaching experience. Karra is fully accredited in all levels of the Suzuki School of Cello by the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Karra enjoys teaching students of all ages and especially enjoys adapting lessons to each student's individual needs.
Location:
Tibble Gymnasium (Täby C)
Ytterbyskolan
Hägerneholmsskolan
Futuraskolan/Bergtorpskolan
Brinkskolan
Skarpängskolan
Skolhagenskolan
Bryan Jones
Piano, Violin, Singing and Choir
Teaching in Lund & Staffanstorp
Bryan Jones is a pianist and violinist from the United States. Bryan holds a doctorate in piano from Pennsylvania State University. Bryan is active as both a chamber and solo musician, he has participated in master classes with pianists such as Barbara Nissman and Ann Schein.
In addition to classical piano, voice and violin, he has experience in several other genres including church music and musical theatre.
Bryan is passionate about helping students achieve their full artistic potential.
Edvard Hamngren
Guitar, Sing & Songwriting, Improvisation
Teaching in:
-Stockholms Gitarrakademi, Östermalm
-Reginal & global: Online
Guitar teacher and freelance jazz musician. Edvard teaches children and adults in several different styles of music. Edvard teaches via our external offer in: Rock/pop, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Chords, Improvisation. Edvard only teaches exclusively ONLINE, which suits you who don't have time to go to your lesson.
ONLINE lessons - For everyone. Edvard are also based and teaches IRL at our academy of guitar: Stockholms Gitarrakademi, Östermlam I Stockholm.
Education: Skurup folk high school jazz musician line.
Martin Koffman
Drums, Piano, Guitar, Bas, Mandolin, Singing&Guitar/Singing&Piano
Music Production
Teaching in Täby
Martin Koffman is a drummer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist. He has attended Södra Latins Gymnasium, the professional music department, the music institute and studied music at a folk high school. He has since trained as a music teacher and after-school educator and has also taught at both primary, secondary and high schools. He also works in his free time to bring the joy of music into after-school activities. Martin started playing drums at the age of 7 and then continued with keyboard, bass, mandolin and guitar. He writes his own music and records his compositions. Much of his favorite music comes from melodic metal, but he also has experience playing jazz and pop music. For Martin, it is important that music education is based on joy and also individually adapted to the student's interests.
Locations in Täby:
- Myrängskolan
- Skolhagenskolan
Armenohi Hakobyan
PIANO
Teaching in Täby
Armenohi is a fantastically popular teacher and well-liked by all students for her fantastic energy and unique pedagogy. Music has magical power when YOU, yourself are involved. You will be inspired by other children and musicians, you will find your own expression and grow as an individual, calm and balanced. You will play different musical styles and learn the secrets of piano technique and theory. You can play in a group or individually with Armenohi. She is an expert in the group lesson format, which is unusual. Playing together with other piano friends under such an experienced teacher is a more educational, relaxed lesson format, and is worth trying. Playing the piano is what Armenohi knows best.
Location:
YTTERBYSKOLAN
FUTURASKOLAN INTERNATIONAL BERGTORP BERGTORPSSKOLAN
