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Irina begins teaching and earns her diploma as an organ player
Valetina works as professional tutor at the university where she meets her future student Alexander Dechant.
1981 Marriage of Alexander und Valentina Dechant
1982 Birth of first child, Swetlana Dechant
1986 Birth of second child, Irina Dechant
Valentina establishes and continues to operate her private music school
Valentina starts composing 4 hand songs for the book.
Valentina and Alexander Dechant believe in the vision of Irina and started to invest into DMA.
Swetlana, at age 15, performs her first solo concert, gaining recognition and radio appearances
Swetlana earns her first diploma as an organ player
Swetlana completes Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Pedagogy
Swetlana establishes Music School in Hopsten, Germany, and directs four choirs
Swetlana's second solo concert
Swetlana begins teaching at a public recognized school and opens second branch
Co-authored the German DMA books with her husband, Vitaly Ruhl.
Joined our new launch program as a DMA tutor at German schools.
Irina begins teaching and earns her diploma as an organ player
Irina completes undergraduate studies in Germany
Irina relocates to Hong Kong for postgraduate studies
IrinaSchool established in Hong Kong, focusing solely on piano instruction
First partnership got signed with AMC (Aberdeen Marina Club) to start the educational journey
Irina recruits two more teachers.
Company rebrands to Dechant Music Academy
Expansion to 3 studios with 12 teachers
New company logo launch
First trial of online piano class begins
Hong Kong protests impact operations
COVID-19 leads to studio closures
3 years LOCKDOWN starts
Irina meets Udit online, he start teaching how to edit videos
Launch of my first personal YouTube channel.
Testing of Online Piano Classes finish
Copyright issues: Music publishing rejected us on cooperations
Udit joins DMA
Valentina and Irina started creating original music compositions
Strategic move to Germany, focus on content creation
Testing of Online Piano Classes finish
Copyright issues: Music publishing rejected us on cooperations
Udit joins DMA
Valentina and Irina started creating original music compositions
Strategic move to Germany, focus on content creation
Digital transformation of music pieces begins
Completion of digital music collection
Development of educational materials and the idea of mascots begins
German translation project begins
Creation of Mr. Capito and Beppy characters
German company establishments
The Amazon account application process has begun
Irina travels to Georgia for publishing, she gets the information about ISMN
Too many issues with publishing in Georgia; Irina decides to do it in Europe
Application for ISBN code from Hong Kong begins
ISMN acquisition in Germany
Big challenge to find a company who can print our requested book binding
One option has been found in Poland and Bulgaria
Irina confirms and travels to Poland
Order of test prints started
Testprint got approved and partnership with Polish company begins
PLAPP1 Book production begins for English and German version
Amazon Account got approved and opened
EUIPO registration funds got approved, and submission of registration uploaded
Book got delivered; registration in German VLB, IDNV
Registered the books on Amazon but were automatically categorized incorrectly as cassettes. Amazon resolved this categorization error after four months.
Featured in VLB magazine and Frankfurt Book Exhibition
Irina is attending the Book Fair in Frankfurt as guest
Production of English books started in Hong Kong.
Amazon Account got approved and opened
EUIPO registration funds got approved, and submission of registration uploaded
Book got delivered; registration in German VLB, IDNV
Registered the books on Amazon but were automatically categorized incorrectly as cassettes. Amazon resolved this categorization error after four months.
Featured in VLB magazine and Frankfurt Book Exhibition
Irina is attending the Book Fair in Frankfurt as guest
Moving to Thailand and start selling yachts to finance DMA.
Finishing the English Online Course.
Sourcing of DMA pianos in China has started.
Registration of trademark in Hong Kong.
Collaboration with Goodman's began.
Attending IFA’24 exhibition in Germany as exhibitor.
Registering DMA company in Dubai.
Moving to Vietnam
Building DMA team of 6 people
Attending as exhibitor at the LTE Exhibition in Hong Kong.
New Website got completed. Collaboration with Princeton Assessment Center has started.
Starter package Launch in Hong Kong has failed, as no Chinese Version is ready
Approached German schools with the starter package following the completion of the German version. First school got recruited!
Secured order with Jawoll (German retailer).
Development of the starter package: piano, metronomes, headphones
Required certificates registrations and compliance based EU standards.
Package designing for the physical products.
School recruiting in Germany of four more schools.
Starter packages have arrived to Germany
New program "Piano in Group Lessons" launched at schools.
"The musical legacy began when my mother, started playing accordion and giving group lessons allowed her to meet my father, her student. Their shared love of music grew into love for each other. They got married and the Dechant Family was born.
Their union bore two daughters who continued the family passion for music education. My mom opened a music school in Germany that she still runs today.
Following her example, my oldest sister pursued music studies and opened her own academy. Me the youngest, I brought my family legacy to Hong Kong by establishing a music academy carrying on three generations of musical excellence." - Irina