The International School of Music Finland
ISM Finland was established in 2015 as Finland’s first English-speaking music school. Now, ISM provides individual, group, music playschool, and pre-instrumental lessons in Helsinki, Espoo, Oulu and online with the option of taking internationally-accredited music exams.
Our vision is to create an international and diverse musical community for expat families and others who are interested in experiencing a multicultural environment through high-quality music education.
ISM is a registered non-profit organisation with a Teaching License (laaja ja yleinen opetuslupa) from the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, and Oulu and is part of the Association of Finnish Music Schools (Suomen musiikkioppilaitosten liitto).
We provide music lessons by highly-trained international teachers for the following instruments:
Keyboard
Keyboard
WIND
Flute
Recorder
Trumpet
Strings
Guitar (classical, pop, rock)
Violin
Cello
Bass
Ukulele
Cuatro
Charango
Jarana
Rhythm
Percussion
Djembe
Cajón
Other
Voice (pop, classical, jazz)
Theory
Composition
We offer lessons in the following languages:
Meet Our Teachers
Merve Abdurrahmani
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Improvisation, Music Playschool
Languages: English, Finnish, Albanian (Kosovar), Turkish
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Ujjainee Ghosh
Instrument: Voice
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, some Marathi and Gujarati
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Silvia Melero Gómez
Instruments: Piano, Ukulele
Languages: English, Spanish, Finnish, Catalan
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Currently on parental leave
Dušica Grbatinić
Instruments: Voice, Piano
Languages: Serbian, English
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Alan Guerra
Instruments: Guitar, Jarana
Languages: English, Spanish
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Johanna Knuuttila
Instruments: Violin
Languages: English, Finnish
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Anfisa Kobetska
Instruments: Voice, Piano
Languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Finnish and German
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Laura Martin
Instruments: Cello
Languages: French, English
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Currently on leave
Barbara Mussafia
Instruments: Cello
Language: English, French
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Scott Natzke
Instruments: Trumpet
Language: English
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Mindaugas Neverovas
Instruments: Piano
Languages: English, Russian, Lithuanian, Finnish
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Currently on parental leave
Myra Owens
Instruments: Choir, Music Playschool, Voice
Languages: English
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Camilo Pajuelo
Instruments: Guitar, Charango, Cuatro
Languages: English, Spanish, Finnish
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Myra Pranajaya
Instruments: Piano
Languages: English, Chinese, German, Indonesian
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Faten Ruel
Instrument: Piano
Languages: French, English
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Henri Salonen
Instruments: Guitar, Ukulele, Recorder, Piano, Drums, Composition, Music Theory
Languages: Finnish, English
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Livia Schweizer
Instruments: Flute, Recorder
Languages: Italian, English
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Victoria Sergeenko
Instruments: Piano, Composition, Music Theory, Choir/Voice
Languages: English, Russian
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Pinja Suojoki
Instruments: Violin, Piano
Languages: Finnish, English
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Megumi Tiensuu
Instrument: Piano
Languages: English, Japanese
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Alina Tikhomirova
Instruments: Piano
Languages: English, Russian, Finnish
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Juha Matti Varvikko
Instruments: Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, Percussion
Languages: Finnish, English, Spanish
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Mioko Yokoyama
Instruments: Piano, Composition
Languages: Japanese, English, Finnish
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Ani Luna Zafieri
Instruments: Piano
Languages: English, Italian, Croatian, Spanish, French
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Currently on parental leave
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