10478192_892897714121017_151927479246341
Talk about music
  • Home

  • Interviews

  • Views

  • Content

  • About

  • Portfolio

  • Contact

  • More...

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram Social Icon
    • LinkedIn
    The art of listening
    Ariane Todes

    The art of listening

    The best musicians have special powers of listening, as pianist András Schiff demonstrated in a masterclass last week How can you tell if someone is listening? I mean really listening. Not semi-listening while they work out what to say next. Not mind-made-up listening. Not with their ears in the room but their thoughts on lunch. But genuine, in-the-moment, every-sense-primed, cold-bloodedly objective listening. What does it look like? After all, surely, to be a musician this
    Why you should stop practising
    Ariane Todes

    Why you should stop practising

    Observing masterclasses can be a brilliant way to learn and find inspiration, and yet students rarely turn up to watch. They may be too busy practising, but have they got their priorities wrong? They say that youth is wasted on the young. In one respect I concur. In the many masterclasses I’ve been to around the world, watching some of the finest players teaching, there’s often been barely a handful of students in the audience. It happened again yesterday. Shmuel Ashkenasi, f