I used to perform a lot on stage. As students, we had to perform in front of our teachers and peers once per week. That was part of the training in stage performance we had. It was not a very pleasant experience. Mainly because of my performance anxiety. Later on, when I graduated, I started …
Vera in the Cologne opera house, 17 y old. 1400 people were coming to Keath Jarred’s concert. He didn’t like the piano. He left. Vera tried to find a replacement. It became the best-selling album in the history of jazz. This is how challenges and problems can crash your creative process … or they can …
When I was younger, I had a lot of fear of going on stage. I was terrified of staying in front of all people and forgetting the piece of music I was supposed to play. Most musicians experienced this at least once or twice in their performance history. I’m talking about the sleepless nights before …
For me, as a classical school musician, practicing technique means playing scales and arpeggios or working on études. Repertoire practice for me is often playing through the piece or playing the difficult parts. Since I started to learn how to improvise, I decided to change those approaches. I believe that all practicing can be practical …
The more you learn, the better your ability to learn becomes Research shows that the brain is far more flexible than we previously thought and that learning is far more dynamic and impactful than we realize. The more we engage in learning and practicing, the more we build our ability to learn even more. The …
