Beethoven Ninth Symphony

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...

Feldenkrais and playing freely on the cello

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

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...

Conducting technique; an introduction by Gianmaria Griglio

Conducting technique; an introduction and why it matters By GianMaria Griglio Does conducting technique exist? According to some, this is a debatable point: conducting technique (just for clarity, I’m referring to orchestral and not choral conducting) has been the...

Why should I play J.S. Bach’s 2-part inventions? (Blog)

Why should I play J.S. Bach's 2-part inventions? Hello, I am Fernanda Machado and I am musiMentor Piano at iClassical Academy. My newborn course is all about J.S. Bach's 2-part invention No. 10, and I'd like to tell you more about the possibilities mastering these...

Violin Bow – Color your Violin Sound by Bowing on Different Contact Points

Violin Bow - Color your Violin Sound by Bowing on Different Contact Points By Zlata Brouwer Bowing on another place on your string makes your violin sound different The beautiful thing about violin playing is that you can create variety in your tone. Playing on...