Multi-award winning pianist, composer and singer-songwriter with 100+ million streams. I collaborated with 100+ composers and songwriters around the world.
I can perform and record the piano part for your project if you have the score or I can arrange your song or instrumental myself and create the piano line for you. I can provide you with an acoustic or a digital recording, including el.piano, organ or synths (with MIDI too). Being also a vocalist, I can sing your lyrics or write lyrics for you, or just add a vocalization in different styles. I can also score your film or a video game.
Music has been running in my family for many generations. I started playing piano when I was four years old and have had greatest teachers, including my own grandmother and my dad, who introduced me to the magic of improvising and playing by ear. My tastes and experience are eclectic: from classical, folk, blues, opera and Middle Eastern, to my soft spots for rock and jazz.
In the recent years I released five original sheet music books for solo piano, 20+ original albums and also participated in several collaborative ones, winning multiple awards. I also scored a few documentaries, short films, animations and mobile games. My orchestral and piano solo works were selected by Leipzig ballet for their 2022-2023/2024 show based on "The Little Prince".
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Endorse Milana Zilnik211 Reviews - 43 Repeat Clients
check_circleVerifiedExtremely talented, beautiful touch, professional, easy to work with. Highly recommended!
check_circleVerifiedMilana put in a strong effort on this project and was very responsive throughout the process. She was professional, open to feedback, and clearly committed to getting the best result possible.
check_circleVerifiedAnother wonderful piano performance by Milana. She’s very easy to work with and I highly recommend her. I’m looking forward to our next project together!
check_circleVerifiedAnother lovely performance from Milana on a recent track of mine -- faultless playing and prompt delivery as well!
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Another great experience working with Milana - great playing and musicianship with written scores perfectly rendered first time. Recommended as always.
check_circleVerifiedI've said it before and I'll keep saying it over and over. I'm so blessed to have found Milana on Soundbetter. She's definitely become one of the folks in our arsenal of talent that we can count on. He's brilliant, timely and professional!
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Milana was great! Easy to work with and super helpful! Would absolutely work with her again.
check_circleVerifiedTerrific player with great atention to detail and feel for the song. Very responsive and professional, a pleasure to work with.
check_circleVerifiedMilana's piano work is always stellar! Once again, she's transformed the piano I wrote for several songs into exactly what I was looking for.
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Milana was able to elevate my part without much direction and do multiple revisions while I figured out what I really wanted. Very professional and helpful. Thanks!
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Absolutely wonderful to work with! Couldn't be happier. Very quick and responsive. Plays beautifully.. Can't wait to work with her again.
check_circleVerifiedMilana gave a beautiful rendition of my piece 'Cherry Blossoms'. She was so easy to work with and has great musicality. Will definitely collab again.
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Milana goes the extra mile for you. I am grateful.
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Milana is amazing, and her talents bring a project to life. The feeling and emotion in the keyboards are stunning. I'm looking forward to the next project.
check_circleVerifiedI could not be more happy with the product I received from Milana! They provided beyond what I asked for and made my album 10x better because of it. If you need keys for a tune, have Milana do them!!!
check_circleVerifiedPhenomenal job by Milana! Very talented, timely and efficient. I could listen to her play all day.
check_circleVerifiedUnbelievably talented, highly highly highly recommend working with Milana.
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She is very easy to work with and quite talented. She really did a great job polishing my original song. I really appreciate the care put into this process every step of the way.
check_circleVerifiedExcellent player, had my score recorded in a matter of days. Milana is definitely a professional!
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Absolutely loved the grand piano played for one of my songs. Brilliant first take & it brought out exactly what I wanted in this particular song! The turn around on the track was also very speedy & I’d highly recommend!
Interview with Milana Zilnik
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Yoed Nir for cello and Craig Akin for electric and upright bass. They both did an amazing job for my albums.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I’ve been recording and composing an original material since 2012 and been providing remote session services since 2015
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: - Acoustic 6’2” grand piano Kawai GX3 with a stereo pair of Audio Technica 4041 mics and AKG414 in a studio treated with acoustic panels. . - Komplete Kontrol 88, Yamaha Clavinova digital piano, Korg SP250 keyboard. MIDI recording can be provided along with the synthesized WAV file, using various sampled pianos, including electric piano, organ or any other synth of your choice. - Stereo pair of Rode NT1A mics along with AKG414 for recording lead and back vocals in an acoustically treated room. - Audio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 - Host computer: PC, 64GB RAM, 6TB HD + 4TB SSDs + 2TB NVMe (for sample libraries) - DAW: Pro Tools, Propellerhead Reason 8, Native Instrument Komplete 12 Ultimate.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: An acoustic or a digital recording? Is there a score? What genre and style (e.g. more chords or more melodies, repetitive or free, etc)? Are there any existing songs, which sound similar?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: To save time on the back and forth communication, please include all the details with your request: acoustic piano or sampled one, the genre, the style, the structure, the bpm, whether you have the score (if not then the list of chords), what other instruments are there in your composition. All this helps to estimate the effort and provide you with the accurate quote from the beginning.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is piano improvisation: taking some simple melodies and extending them into a full composition on the fly.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: The feeling, the emotion.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Usually I ask many clarifying questions at first to get the exact picture of what client wants, then I record 2-3 quick rough takes and send them back, asking which version the client likes the best. Once I get the answer, I produce the final version by polishing the chosen take (fixing wrong notes, the timing, rerecording some parts and so on) and send it back to the client.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: An acoustic or a digital recording? Is there a score? What genre and style (e.g. more chords or more melodies, repetitive or free, etc)? Are there any existing songs, which sound similar?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: To save time on the back and forth communication, please include all the details with your request: acoustic piano or sampled one, the genre, the style, the structure, the bpm, whether you have the score (if not then the list of chords), what other instruments are there in your composition. All this helps to estimate the effort and provide you with the accurate quote from the beginning.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is piano improvisation: taking some simple melodies and extending them into a full composition on the fly.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: The feeling, the emotion.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Usually I ask many clarifying questions at first to get the exact picture of client wants, then I record 2-3 quick rough takes and send them back, asking which version the client likes the best. Once I get the answer, I produce the final version by polishing the chosen take (fixing wrong notes, the timing, rerecording some parts and so on) and send it back to the client.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. It really depends on the production and on the goals.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: A crossover between jazz, classical and soft-rock.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: All kinds ranging from middle-eastern to hip-hop, classical to jazz, cinematic soundtracks to alternative rocks.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recording acoustic and digital piano for songs, composing original soundtracks for short films and advertisements.
I was the Pianist, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, orchestrator in this production
- "For Bach" / "Frozen Song" / "Dream of a Child" / "Dark Affairs" / "Exotic Vocalizzo" / "Underwater Nocturne" / "The Snow Queen Waltz" by Milana Zilnik
- "Distant Memories" by Milana Zilnik
- Liebestraume No 3 (F. Liszt)
- PianoAverage price - $200 per song
- Keyboards - SynthAverage price - $150 per song
- Singer - FemaleAverage price - $200 per song
- Songwriter - MusicAverage price - $200 per song
- Film ComposerAverage price - $300 per minute
2-3 days turnaround for digital recordings, 7-10 days for acoustic piano. 2-3 revisions included. Full re-writes at additional cost.
- Tori Amos
- Sarah McLachlan
- Nina Simone
- 6'2" conservatory grand piano (Kawai GX-3)
- AKG414 XLII + stereo pairs of Neumann KM184
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interface
- Pro Tools & Propellerhead Reason 8
- Native Instruments Komplete 13
