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Some questions invite us to pause and recognise the thread running through a lifetime of exploration and experiences, however varied. Our interview with Meet the Artist gave us this opportunity: to reflect on the events and encounters that have shaped us, the...

Marie Jaëll: 6 Perspectives on Musical Performance 6 perspectives for a fresh look at your relationship with music by Federica Righini and Riccardo Zadra Have you ever overcome a difficulty by looking at it and approaching it from a completely different perspective?...

A short musical paraphrase inspired by “Instructions for Making Yourself Unhappy” by Paul WatzlawickIntroductionWhy should a concert, a competition or an exam ever “go well”?Have you ever seriously considered what might happen if one of these public performances...

It seems we are being asked to gradually adapt to the prospect of a “protected” and “sanitised” society — but without concerts, without music. In other words, without life.It is truly difficult to predict how the world will change in the coming months or years, and...

Our review of Kenny Werner’s splendid book

Source note:This text is an adapted version of an article by Federica Righini and Riccardo Zadra, originally published in Musica Domani – Trimestrale di cultura e pedagogia musicale, No. 167, June 2013 For more than twenty-five years we have been exploring disciplines...

(Adapted from the article “Psicofisiologia musicale: perché?”, by Federica Righini and Riccardo Zadra.)For too long, classical music education has remained anchored to outdated cultural models that separate mind from body, overlooking the fundamental unity between...