ABOUT ME

A woman and a young man are sitting at a piano, with the woman teaching or guiding him in playing the piano.

TONALEA is an online music education platform dedicated to thoughtful, high-level instruction rooted in artistic integrity, academic excellence, and meaningful mentorship.

Founded and led by internationally acclaimed pianist and educator Dr. Quynh Nguyen, Tonalea offers personalized online lessons designed for students of all ages and levels. Our approach combines a strong technical foundation, musical expression, and disciplined artistry while nurturing confidence, creativity, and long-term growth.

With a focus on quality over quantity, Tonalea provides a supportive and structured learning environment where students receive individual attention, clear guidance, and professional feedback. As the platform grows, Tonalea will welcome distinguished faculty and expand its offerings to serve a broader community of learners worldwide.

Whether preparing for auditions, competitions, or personal artistic development, Tonalea is committed to helping each student reach their full musical potential.

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MyProjects

Album cover featuring a woman with long wavy hair. Text on the cover includes "The Flower of France" and "Quynh Nguyen," with additional mentions of Germaine Tailleferre and works for piano.
Music album cover for Paul Chihara's Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, performed by Quynh Nguyen and Rieko Aizawa with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Barlow. The cover features a woman in a pink dress and conical hat walking through terraced green fields with a rural landscape and sunset in the background.
Promotional poster for Quynh Nguyen's live concert in New York City featuring a portrait of Quynh Nguyen, a woman with dark hair and a white blouse, sitting in front of a piano.
Cover of a music album by Quynh Nguyen featuring a grand piano and a woman sitting outdoors with flowing hair, with the names Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Ravel listed.
Album cover featuring a woman with long black hair in a gold dress, with text displaying the name Quynh Nguyen and the words Schubert and Chopin. 
Olivier MESSIAEN:  VINGT REGARDS SUR L'ENFANT JESUS

  • One of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements for solo piano, Vingt Regards is a cycle of twenty meditations uniting the sacred and the human, written in Paris in 1944, near the end of World War II as the city was being liberated from German occupation. The goal of the project is to record and perform the complete cycle, at the same time contrasting it with works from contemporary composers.

  • Originally intended as a set of twelve short piano pieces for a radio production accompanying Maurice Toesca’s poetry on the Nativity, the work evolved into a profound cycle of spiritual devotion and inspiration.

    The composition is built around four principal themes—the theme of God, the Star and the Cross, the theme of Chords, and the theme of Mystical Love—while incorporating birdsong, Indian and non-retrogradable rhythms, neumes, synesthesia, and numerology. The work spans an extraordinary emotional range, from tenderness to thunderous power, from the mystical to the transcendent and glorious.

  • Performing and recording Vingt Regards is a natural continuation of this lineage. Beyond its artistic and spiritual significance, this project contributes to cultural preservation and education—bringing Messiaen’s message of faith, wonder, and renewal to a wider audience. It serves as a bridge between tradition and modernity, devotion and artistry, intellect and spirituality, and stands as a tribute to Yvonne Loriod and Olivier Messiaen, one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century.

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