As a child, Galina attended a seven year secondary school specializing in music arts. Upon graduation she was accepted to a four year music university in Moscow and received a Master of Arts in Music. Her primary concentration was piano performance and teaching. Galina began teaching at the prestigious Dimitri Kabalevsky Music School in Moscow and after twenty years of teaching received an award for “honest and highly professional work” from the Russian Government. She has been living and teaching in NJ since 1992 and is a member of the Piano Teachers Society of America.