about us

Native of Georgia, Irma has studied in several European Conservatories before moving to the USA. Irma, like Rudolf, pursued her studies both at Indiana University South Bend and Michigan State Universities. Irma holds master’s degree along with an Artist and Performer’s Diploma from IUSB. At MSU, she studied her Doctorate in Musical Arts. Throughout her studies Irma toured extensively throughout Europe and the US with a world-famous group of fellow pianists, “Toradze Piano Studio.”

Irma first began to mix business with pleasure, overseeing and running her own piano studio while based in Indiana. She continued teaching and managing piano studios in Michigan, Nevada, and California.

In 2010 Irma decided to move back to Georgia, switching careers and starting a microfinance company, GeoCapital. GeoCapital quickly grew into the largest company of its kind in the country, to the extent that Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, attended the opening of its central branch in the city of Kutaisi. In only two years the company’s workforce swelled from 2 to 150 people with 15 branches spread throughout the country.

In addition, Irma founded the Non-Government Organization, “GeoCapital Education,” the only NGO in Georgia offering free training skills in financial literacy and job acquisition, using Harvard University graduates to teach Georgian coaches, garnering national media attention. Irma currently serves as a board member for several prominent Georgian companies while also co-founding start-ups in the US.

Rudolf hails from a family of musicians in Riga, Latvia. From the age of five, he attended Emils Darzins Music School for gifted children, performing with the National Symphony Orchestra of Latvia at age 13. He continued his education at Jazeps Medins Riga Music College and the Latvian Music Academy.

After moving to the US in 2001, Rudolf received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Piano Performance  from Indiana University South Bend and his Doctorate  in Piano performance from Michigan State Univeristy . During his studies he performed with a world-famous touring group of fellow pianists, “Toradze Piano Studio.”

Since earning his DMA, Rudolf moved to Detroit, Michigan.

Rudolf’s first business experience started in 2011 when he established and built a successful piano studio. In 2017 he started a Real Estate investing company and has multiple rental properties. This lead him to invaluable business education and experience in building a successful company.

In 2019, he launched an educational blog for classical musicians – MusicMasterLab.com. It has attracted multiple high-profile musicians to contribute to the blog.

Rudolf has also launched two successful YouTube channels with thousands of views in the last year alone.

He still performs regularly chamber music including musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.