I attended lessons (piano + music theory) at a music school for 6 years - from September 2001 to June 2007. At the end I was able to play some rather complex Debussy works, but since I left the school I think I have lost a bit of technical skills (I'm not pretending I was a piano genius before); but I didn't really needed them for my compositions anyway, they're not too technical to play.
What I've gained from lefting the school, however, is a certain liberty: I mean before, I was sometimes (often while improvising) stuck in theory, like I would always fall into chords I had studied or whatever; it's not the case anymore
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