Brahms, Memorization and the Modern World

Brahms, Memorization and the Modern World

Is memorization a disappearing skill? How do we memorize music? Why do we try?   MY 40-DAY BRAHMS MEMORISATION CHALLENGE A pianist colleague once told me what a waste of time she thought memorising music was, how concert pianists limited themselves so severely by...
Is Roger Federer really “Relaxed”?

Is Roger Federer really “Relaxed”?

Is Federer relaxed, as Jim Courier says, and what can we, as performers, learn from watching him? One of my singing teachers used to tell me to RELAX as I was rushing off from my lesson back to the conservatorium for a class. It always had the opposite effect from...