Of course you would like to know the terms and conditions under which you purchase services or products from Jong Piano Talent. Don't worry: it's quite a bit of reading, but we've kept it as easy as possible. Are you an expert in reading laws? If so, they are referenced here and there. These terms and conditions assume a win-win situation; it is based on the idea of "taking care of" each other. Below you can read under which conditions Jong Piano Talent offers its services. Under the heading article we understand in this case the rules and conditions by which Jong Piano Talent offers its services.
If certain conditions and rules are not clear, please do not hesitate to ask me your questions.
I look forward to a pleasant and long-term cooperation!
Warm regards,
Mkhitar Ghazaryan
Company details and accessibility:
Official name: Young Piano Talent
Chamber of Commerce number: 74492012
VAT number: NL002505388B07
Mail: info@jongpianotalent.nl
Address: Adriaen Blockstraat 9, 1363TM
Website: www.jongpianotalent.nl
These terms and conditions have been updated on 10-07-2025
1. Definitions
In these general terms and conditions and the agreements to which they have been declared declared applicable, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Aanbieder: JONG PIANO TALENT, gevestigd te Almere en ingeschreven bij het handelsregister van de Kamer van Koophandel onder nummer 74492012 vertegenwoordigd door Mkhitar Ghazaryan;
Afnemer: leerling of een organisatie die een dienst of product van aanbieder wenst af te nemen;
Overeenkomst: de overeenkomst voor de levering van diensten of koop van producten tussen aanbieder en afnemer en alle verdere handelingen tussen aanbieder en afnemer betreffende de verkoop en levering van diensten of producten, inclusief aanbiedingen en aanmeldprocedures, en inclusief de op overeenkomsten toepasselijke algemene voorwaarden;
Producten/diensten: de door aanbieder aan afnemer al dan niet online te verkopen en te leveren of verkochte en geleverde producten;
2. General matters and practices
- You can choose between 1, 4 or both (1 + 4) individual trial classes and then decide if you want to continue with our regular classes.
- The (half) year track consists of 19 lessons and the year track consists of 38 individual lessons per school year (once a week).
- If you choose half year course and go for monthly payments then you will pay 6 months of 6 x the monthly amount of your package.
- If you go for quarterly payments then you pay the quarterly amount of your package once every 3 months (so 2 times in total).
- If your choice was to pay tuition in one lump sum then you will pay 1 x for 6 months (for 19 classes).
- The lessons or the (half-)year course are not finalized until payment has been received upon reservation.
- Failure to pay will automatically cancel the appointment.
- Class time is 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.
- For some students it is possible to book individual lessons, this is often done with a strippenkaart.
- A strippenkaart of 5 lessons must be used up within 2 months and a strippenkaart of 10 lessons must be used up within 5 months.
- Subscriptions are renewed automatically. You have a notice period of 1 month (written notice via whatsapp, email or text message).
- Normally we do an inflation adjustment once a year. If necessary 2. The correction may affect the prices of ongoing subscriptions.
- Do you find the prices too expensive after introducing inflation correction? You can then stop classes without obligation.
- We will then deduct only the amount of your missed lessons for correction.
3. Payments, subscription and rates
- At the beginning of the lesson, the lesson is checked as having been or not been.
- Choose how you want to pay, for more info on options contact us.
- You can choose to pay monthly, quarterly or annually.
- The monthly subscription will continue during the vacations.
- Quarterly or annual subscription will be stopped if applicable and turned back on once new school year begins.
- All subscriptions you pay in a lump sum or in installments.
- At JPT, it is cheapest to pay tuition in a lump sum or quarterly because then you pay the same rate.
- For the monthly subscription, you pay a higher rate.
- Voor boekingen in het weekend betaal je een ander tarief.
- Lesson rates are determined based on the quality of lessons you receive with us and how much inflation there is.
- All extended lessons up to a maximum of 5 minutes are free of charge. After 5 minutes all extra minutes will be charged.
- Associated lesson materials do not include lesson fees.
- You always have one month's notice so our advice is to put the notice date in your calendar so you don't forget.
- Without cancellation, your subscription will automatically renew.
- If you continue with classes after your first contract, then as a regular customer, you will receive a discount on your chosen subscription and payment option in your subsequent contracts.
4. Quitting early/not keeping appointments
- In the trial lesson or trial period, we work with our students to find out if piano lessons with us are really for them.
- After the trial lesson or trial period, a (half-)year program will be concluded if student decides to continue piano lessons and if there is a good match from both sides.
- The trial period is a maximum of 5 lessons. If you continue after that, you cannot cancel after that until your course is finished. If the agreement is cancelled halfway through the year or trajectory by the client, an administration fee will be charged.
- For one-year or half-year courses €257.
- If the student or his/her legal representative remains in default by failing to make payment due, Jong Piano Talent will proceed with collection.
- The costs related to such collection, in addition to the amount already owed, shall be borne by the student/customer.
- In addition to the principal sum, these costs also consist of statutory (commercial) interest, extrajudicial collection costs and other damages payable by Jong Piano Talent.
- Collection costs are calculated according to the Decree on Compensation for Extrajudicial Collection Costs.
- Is er geen klik vanuit onze kant met een cursist of zijn/haar vertegenwoordigers dan zullen we de afgesloten overeenkomst of de afspraken die zijn gemaakt per direct beëindigen. We houden dan alleen het bedrag in van de gemiste lessen voor correctie.
5. Canceling and making up lessons
- A class can be cancelled free of charge within 24 hours.
- NOTE: If your class is cancelled outside of 24 hours cancellation policy, the class will be considered completed.
- Do you have a cold, a cough, a very bad cough or corona-related cold symptoms? Then stay home.
- The physical lesson is then converted to an online lesson if you have your own piano, a computer or a smartphone.
- Lessons not taken within (half-)year courses will automatically expire at the end of the current school year (the contract).
- Until the course is finished from the start of the contract, students must complete all the lessons in the contract within that time frame.
- We advise our students and parents to attend weekly for regular classes as our schedule is often fully booked.
- Are two or more of your children from the same family taking piano lessons at Jong Piano Talent and one of the children is unable to attend? Then it is possible for a sibling to take over the lesson.
6. Grants
- If you are from Almere, or another municipality and fall below a certain income limit, in many cases a subsidy application for your child is possible. For more information, see the link below in case you live in Almere, or check your own municipality's website for more information: https://jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl/fondsen/almere/
- Students and professionals can apply for a maximum of 2000 euros subsidy each year from Werktuig PPO through https://werktuigppo.nl/ . This way it is possible to get 1/3 of the total costs reimbursed.
7. Online piano lessons
- Young Piano Talent offers online piano lessons in addition to in-person piano lessons at its own lesson location. Learn more at https://jongpianotalent.nl/pianoles-online/.
- It is up to the student to indicate how they wish to take the classes.
- In case of restrictions such as lockdown, visitation restrictions or day-night curfew, classes will be held online.
8. House rules and piano lessons
- Come to our class location alone or with a maximum of one companion.
- Please enter room G08 quietly if the front door of the building is open and sit back in our quiet waiting area.
- Is the door locked, wait to be called in.
- Classes start punctually at the appointed time. We would therefore like to kindly ask our students and parents/guardians to arrive exactly at the appointed time.
- Being on location 1 to max 5 minutes before your class time is fine (not much earlier say 10 or 15 minutes).
- Young Piano Talent is open by appointment only.
- We kindly request you to make an appointment via the application form or our booking platform.
9. Complaint
- If you have questions or a complaint about an invoice and/or the services and products provided please contact Jong Piano Talent in writing via our email or whatsapp as soon as possible, but no later than 5 business days after the complaint arises.
- In this case, Jong Piano Talent will handle the complaint within 7 calendar days. Filing a complaint does not suspend the payment obligation.
- Have you received an incorrect invoice from us or is there an unexpected error in the invoice? Please contact us first before proceeding with a chargeback.
- In case of a chargeback without consultation, JPT will deduct 25 for administrative costs from the refund.
10. Damage to JPT's studio equipment and noise pollution during classes outside the classroom
- In case of damage to equipment or music studio due to careless use, you as a student or parent will first receive a warning and advice on how to properly handle our studio and studio equipment. Please note with gross damages you will always pay for the repairs or the equipment.
- We like that the classroom has a nice atmosphere and that there is no noise outside of class (of course, there is room in class for humor, fun or conversation outside of class).
11. Dispute resolution
- A dispute exists if course participant or Young Piano Talent so states.
- We both make every effort to ensure that it never comes to a dispute. But should this unexpectedly happen, we will first make every effort to resolve a dispute by mutual agreement. If this does not succeed then in the second instance we can appeal to the courts.
- The court in the district of Jong Piano Talent's place of business has exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes. Unless otherwise required by law.
- Young Piano Talent reserves the right to submit a dispute to another judge.
- The agreement is exclusively governed by Dutch law.
12. Privacy and confidentiality
- We are both obliged to maintain confidentiality of everything discussed during or in the context of the execution of the assignment. This duty of confidentiality remains in force even after termination of the agreement.
- Information is considered confidential if it is communicated by JPT or you, or if it arises from the nature of the information.
- The duty of confidentiality does not apply if: JPT is required to disclose under the law or a binding ruling by a court or government body, and if JPT is acting for itself in a legal proceeding in which such information may be relevant.
- When using the Services, personal data are processed by JPT on behalf of Client. You are responsible for informing Users about this processing of personal data and guarantee that there is a legal basis for the instruction given to JPT to process (personal) data.
- JPT is not responsible if customer has not informed users about the processing of personal data or has informed them in an incorrect manner.
- Because JPT processes personal data on your behalf in the performance of the agreement, it is subject to the agreements set forth in these general terms and conditions.
- Are you a first timer and want to take pictures or videos of your child's class or a shot and a photo for yourself? We understand that you would like to take footage for your own use or because you like it. This does not work effectively for the learning process of some new kids. In addition, we would appreciate it if you first ask permission before taking pictures. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
13. Copyright
- The contents of these terms and conditions and the information on JPT's website, including texts, blogs, images, videos, logos and anything unique to our brand and developed by JPT such as (teaching) materials and methods (including our home-made unique proprietary piano method) is the creative property of Young Piano Talent.
- The ownership rights of Innovative Piano Method textbook 1, 2 and 3 plus supplemental assignments associated with it is stored in iDEPOT with BOIP as proof of ownership rights of the author (Mkhitar Ghazaryan).
- It is not allowed to reproduce, distribute, copy and publish similar ideas on the market or on any other platform, book, website, article or in a blog or in any way without the prior written permission of Young Piano Talent.
- Violation of this prohibition can lead to criminal prosecution and claims for damages. For infringement, the court may be able to impose a large fine and prison sentence if it is found that copyright infringement has occurred.
- JPT can go to court to defend itself against infringement.
- Exceptions: In some cases, Young Piano Talent may grant permission to third parties to use lesson materials, provided this is in writing and the terms are agreed upon.
15. JPT teaching materials and events.
- Learning packages do not include learning materials and event (family) tickets.
- At the start of your classes or in between, you will need to purchase class materials for the classes.
- You do that sometimes with us and sometimes via designated link via the Internet on advice.
- For workshops, master classes and other events, you must purchase a family ticket or a single ticket.
- We do this to defray the cost of the venue in which we perform.
(Amendment) general terms and conditions 16.
- Young Piano Talent may amend, modify or supplement these terms and conditions at any time and without prior notice. The modified conditions will then apply to all legal relations with the student.
- Do you have any questions following the change in our terms and conditions or price adjustments? Please contact us within 7 days after we let you know about the changes. If you do not, you automatically agree to the terms of the changed terms and conditions.