ABOUT US

A dialogue between music and research

What characterises our work is the integration of an intense activity as pianists — as soloists, chamber musicians and as a piano duo — and as teachers, combined with an ongoing research activity that has long permeated our professional lives in the field of disciplines devoted to the development of creative potential.
Our research is particularly focused on improving the management of tension and stress in performance, the quality of attention and presence, strengthening self-confidence, and re-shaping fundamental aspects such as willpower, discipline, time management and the effectiveness of one’s practice methods.
Within this framework, our background includes training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, our activity as teachers within the Avatar® programme, and the in-depth exploration of a wide range of body-based and awareness practices, which have enabled us to integrate these tools in a concrete and practical way into our work with musicians.
Our work, originally rooted in the piano field, has gradually expanded to involve instrumentalists of all kinds, singers, choral and orchestral conductors, across different musical genres — from classical music to jazz and pop.

A reference book

In 2010 we published Maestro di te stesso. PNL per musicisti (Edizioni Curci, Milan), which is still regarded today as one of the main reference publications in this field in Italy.

Conservatoires and training for musicians of all backgrounds

In 2004, the Italian Ministry of University and Research approved our course project in Psychophysiology of Musical Performance, introducing it as a subject within second-cycle academic programmes at Italian conservatoires.
Over the years, our work has expanded to musicians of all instruments and musical backgrounds. To date, more than 2,000 musicians have attended our courses.

Our roots

We met in the 1980s at the École Internationale de Piano in Lausanne, where we studied with Fausto Zadra.
From him we learned that music truly grows when discipline is combined with listening, collaboration and a climate of open, sincere and joyful exchange among musicians.
Our teaching activity developed through courses and interpretation seminars, leading to the foundation of the International Piano Academy of Padua (1998–2013), chaired by Aldo Ciccolini, which trained young pianists from Italy and abroad.

How we work

We start from what actually happens while you are playing: posture, breathing, attention, emotions and automatic thoughts. We identify the most relevant areas on which to intervene in order to build a genuinely personalised path and tools.
Our work translates into practical strategies that make practice more effective and performance more stable, expressive and authentic.