"The art of directing consists in knowing
when to leave the baton in order
not to disturb the orchestra"
Herbert Von Karajan
For most people
music is a pleasant company.
For me, moreover,
a source of knowledge.
a source of knowledge.
Music is the most hermetic of the arts.
It is immaterial
a spiritual phenomenon.
a spiritual phenomenon.
It manifests itself with extraordinary fantasy and plasticity but curiously all its spell and enchantment is based on
mathematical and architectural fundamentals of extreme precision.
Mathematical formulas are hidden
behind fireworks.
The melodic flexibility, the fancy of the ornamentation and the language mask its rigorous formal structure.
It is an esoteric and magical art, but also logical and accurate.
Music is a vibration that connects human sensitivity with the dynamics of nature's life cycles, tension and relaxation.
Yin and Yang that govern our lives.
Through music are achieved::
◆ Psychophysical balance
◆ Tempo control
◆ Develop of aesthetic emotions
The interpreter expresses the most subtle dynamic feelings, dominates the imperceptible movements of his hand and connects them to the heart.
During the years of learning at a very early age the value of these skills
goes unnoticed.
Musical practice is of great importance to children
especially in the first
four years of life
because it activates brain functions that then wither.
Beyond the aesthetic dimension,
it is a wonderful way to
develop balance
stimulate neurons
and spiritual harmony
Musical abilities can be applied
to other aspects of human life
as we will see in the next chapter.
The job of running
The career of the concert pianist is as complex as that of a professional tennis player.
It requires permanent training, for life.
Forced to surrender body and soul, allocating long hours of work daily to intimate with the instrument.
It's far from fun and enjoyable.
It is not only a matter of deciphering the codes of the score to turn them into sounds, but a patient task of disassembling the piece of music, polishing each part with the dedication of a goldsmith, then reconstructing it with the hands and making it vibrate in the air.
The musical expression is an act of magic.
The more you penetrate into the bowels of art,
the more alone you feel.
the more alone you feel.
Loneliness
is the price that sometimes has to pay
to get so far.
is the price that sometimes has to pay
to get so far.
It is difficult to share that esoteric world to which one accedes.
That is why, between worldly life and the piano,
one day I chose worldly life.
It was my first divorce.
That is why, between worldly life and the piano,
one day I chose worldly life.
It was my first divorce.
The work of composing
The work of the composer is even more complicated.
It is not necessary to be 8 hours
sitting in front of the instrument
but the head works 24 hours
thinking about the music.
In musical creation,
the artist sensorially composes
what the mind produces
and encodes in the score
what sounds in his head.
Then - who knows when - other musicians will translate these mathematical formulas into sounds of their instruments.
Execution
is a wonderful act
of resurrection.
is a wonderful act
of resurrection.
The quartet of Mozart that we might now be hearing sounds as fresh and vigorous as the Emperor Joseph II of Austria first heard in the eighteenth century.
The most astounding thing about musical art, I repeat, is the contrast between the rigorous writing techniques and the fantasy of its content.
It is difficult to understand how the colors, perfumes and fluids of a piece of Claude Debussy are kept packed in such a precise and mathematical score.
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◆Norberto Chavarri
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