Duo with my student Elijah Clements Finnish Polka
"Solo" Elena Fainshtein
I would like to welcome you to my website.
My name is Elena Feinstein, and I am a professional Accordion Performer, Piano/Button Accordion Teacher, Piano Teacher, and Conductor.
I have been teaching for over 30 years. I work with children and adults in my own home studio Musical Expressions and via Skype.
I have been playing in a duo with my husband Gregory Fainshtein for 30 years, and our music has accompanied us from the Soviet Union, to Israel, and for 15 years in Plano, Texas.
Gregory and I have been members of the National Accordion Association for 15 years and have performed nationally at various conventions. In 2013 and 2015, we performed at the Accordionists and Teacher Guild International Festival.
We traveled to Las Vegas and shared our passion for musical performance at the Las Vegas International Accordion Convention in 2014.
I have been teaching piano and accordion for over 30 years, giving lessons in three different languages. I have worked with children and adults in Belarus, then Israel, and in the United States for the last 15 years. Plano, Texas is my current home, and I work in my private home studio, called Musical Expressions. These days, thanks to Skype, I have accordion students in California, Colorado, Florida, Connecticut and more.
Under my instruction, Peter Gresser and Elijah Clements won Championship in the “Big Squeeze” contest in 2018 and 2019.
If you are looking for live accordion music at your venue - everything from an engagement party or cocktail hour to Oktoberfest or Christmas party - we will make your event unforgettable! Please Contact Us for more information.
If you are looking for a piano instructor for yourself or your child, please Contact Us.
If you are looking for accordion lessons – button or piano accordion, or wish to join an accordion orchestra, please Contact Us!
Music is my life, and I would love to share my passion with you!
Latest News
What a wonderful time we all have on Las Vegas Accordion Convention last week!
Press about us
Made the list of the Best Piano Lessons in Plano for 2019.
Stars Illustrated Magazine New York
A few pages from the forthcoming volume 3 of our art-book/glossy magazine accordion STARS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE NEW YORK, available in 2 weeks. Elena Fainshtein is honored in the magazine....read carefully her narrative on her philosophy in and about life...it is a piece of literature emerging from a heart made in heaven...this is as great lady.
“From The Shadow Of An Accordion To Eternity”
Thank you Time Square Press, New York for the wonderful book “From The Shadow Of An Accordion To Eternity”. What an honor to be included in this book among such an Accordionists!
Go Accordion:////: Thank you!
Time Square Press, NY
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So honored to be included in that magazine from
Time Square Press, NY
Concert in New Jersey
...Thank you Rita Barnea for organizing a concert for us in New Jersey! It was a great pleasure to play for you and your guests!
It was a surprising moment to meet in person with my Skype student James Bouchard who drove from Connecticut to our concert. We also were happy to make new friends there!...
So proud of my student Elijah Clements!
My student Elijah Clements won the “Big Squeeze” contest in polka category in Austin, TX on May 11th, 2019
and he performed in Houston on Accordion Kings and Queen Festival!
From Dallas Telegraph
Previous events
Klezmer music
Tayler, TX
Octoberfest in McKinney. Accordion Duo “Together”
McKinney, TX
Elena Fainshtein&Elijah Clements
Las Vegas, NE
Performing in Las Vegas with my student Elijah Clements, winner of “Big Squeeze” contest, recipient of scholarship from Accordion Convention.
17 Las Vegas, Accordion Convention.
Las Vegas, NE
Will be leading workshops, playing in Accordion Orchestra
Oktoberfest dinner in Forth Worth
Fort Worth, TX
Oktoberfest in Burleson, TX. Duo “Together”
Burleson, TX
Oktoberfest. Accordion Duo “Together”
Farmers Branch, TX
You are welcome! Free for public!
French Entertainment
McKinney, TX
Cocktail Hour on Wedding
Dallas, TX
Duo Performance
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Dallas, TX
Duo Performance
James L West Alzheimer's Center, Fort Worth, TX
90th Birthday party
McKinney, TX
Top O’ Dallas Shrine Club Entertainment
Plano, TX
Read about upcoming concert on www.Accordionusa.com
German music and Polkas
Benbrook, TX
Birthday party
Richardson
Annular Spring Fundraising Event Scholarship Brunch
Cascades Conference Center, 5909 Stone Creek Drive, The Colony, TX
Cocktail Hour Music
T&P Station, Fort Worth, TX