Through this course, children are introduced to the world of classical music in a fun, holistic and profound way. Students learn the basic elements of music through the use of images of nature, helping them to experience and perform it in a focused, spontaneous and natural way, and to realize that music lives within […]
Every time that the children in the courses I teach give a public presentation, I am always amazed by the different reactions of the public. Every reaction represents a new experience for me, which constitutes a valuable lesson in my journey as an artist and a teacher. In a course I gave recently, at the […]
In the winter of 1995, while studying violin in Lugano, Switzerland, I had my first contact with Zen Shiatsu. At the time, I was living in Comano, a suburb of Lugano, where there happened to be a shiatsu clinic. One day, while strolling through the cobbled streets of Comano, I met one of the therapists […]
During my time studying in Switzerland I had the opportunity to explore Waldorf education, founded by the philosopher, lecturer and writer Rudolf Steiner (1961-1925). Moreover, Steiner was the founder of the movement known internationally as Anthroposophy. My first contact with the Waldorf pedagogy was through a family that worked at the Steiner School in Lugano, […]
