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Piano and back pains
07/15/2008 1 comment(s) Download pdf

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All pianists are facing one day back or neck pain or muscular problems located in the neck and shoulders. These quickly become chronic pain: they are solved by different techniques, but as soon as we are back to the piano, these pains are back too. I often say that a musician is like an athlete. It is essential that pianists become aware that they are always using their entire body.

We must never forget that when we play, we transfer our weight from a place to another, using lumbar vertebraes. The figure below shows main problems caused by our position at the piano. The body weight lies only on the ischiatic protuberance, thus pelvis remains in an unstable position. Add to this the legs and feet to operate the pedals and we obtain a body perfectly unbalanced ...

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Glenn Gould

05/12/2008 - Piano -

Among fascinating pianists, Glenn Gould holds for me a special place. By his play and his personality, the Canadian pianist captivated me.

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Documents about contemporary music

04/25/2008 - Archives -

I would to share with you two links in french, sorry. While have a look on the archives of INA, I discovered a series of interviews called "Musique Mémoires".

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Death of Karlheinz Stockhausen

12/12/2007 - Musical movements -

Deeply shocked by the German composer's death on Wednesday, I think that there's no need to revisit the extraordinary career of one of the most important personality in musical landscape after... Read more...

Musical aesthetics

10/16/2007 - Thoughts -

Often I see my collegues being surprised when we pronounce certain words or names. Adorno, Badiou, Deleuze, names that should not appear in the middle of a musical discussion. However philosophy... Read more...

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