Beethoven Ninth Symphony - Nicht diese Töne? by Guillermo Scarabino In the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony, before tackling the text of Schiller's Ode to Joy, Beethoven inserted words of his own authorship: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! / Sondern laβt uns...
December 2020 Feel at Home at iClassical! Three new masterclasses for Violin, Cello, and Piano; three new Dakapp/Naxos Collections for violin and piano; two blog posts about Stage Fright and the Kreutzer Sonatas. Next year we go to Tango! We will celebrate Piazzolla's...
Social Media for Musicians and Artists by Massimo Poti After a degree in Communication Science in a time so far away there were no blogs and no smartphones yet - yes, that was quite a long time ago! - I’ve always worked as a communications consultant specialising in...
Feldenkrais and playing freely on the cello by Nadia David I am Nadia David, cellist, teacher, musiMentor at IClassical Academy. I have been searching and writing about the One Movement idea for a long time. The urge to merge the complex web of thoughts,...
Conducting Brahms: an approach to the opening of the first symphony By Gianmaria Griglio When young conductors approach a score for the first time the omnipresent question is: how do I begin? In a case of a repertoire symphony such as Brahms's first, the...
