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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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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This compelling volume could well be titled “Zen and the Art of Playing”, so pervasive are the references to Eastern disciplines applied to music. With notable boldness and a constant drive toward a higher vision, Werner challenges our most deeply ingrained habits—our...
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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...