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In a collaboration with the RCM’s renowned Creative Careers Centre, Pietro Genova Gaia speaks to Helen Kuby, a horn player, teacher and RCM Accelerate grant winner, about her career and her project “Sound Confident”, a collective of musicians and experienced professionals in the art of musician health and psychology. Sounds Confident supports the next generation of young musicians, providing resources and workshops. All musicians face challenges. Whether that be how to practice best, where to find motivation or handling nerves for a big concert. Sounds confident might be the place you are looking for. https://www.soundsconfident.org.uk Recognised internationally for its innovative approach to supporting young musicians, the RCM’s Creative Careers Centre offers resources and guidance, bespoke career advice, workshops and presentations by industry specialists, plus a broad range of professional opportunities. One of the centre’s professional development schemes, RCM Accelerate, supports graduating students with grants of up to £5,000, with the aim of helping them kick-start a new creative project, social enterprise, or business idea, or develop an existing initiative.

Un'altra puntata di Sunday Musicians Café, con il Maestro Pietro Uliana, anche conosciuto in arte come Chitarra Disagio. Un musicista genovese dedito allo studio della chitarra in tutte le sue forme e alla didattica musicale trasversale. Un grande esempio e ispirazione per i i giovani musicisti, ma in generale per le nuove generazioni. Un maestro di libertà mentale e di connessione con la natura.

Sunday Musicians Café ☕️ 🎙️ AI in classical music? Yes. With Daniel we talked about many things including the lost tradition of nuances, violin playing, AI tools and positive approach to it, Oleg Pokhanovski, and how and why to practice with no rosin. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 ✨

Il sole dentro ad una stanza ☀️ Oggi ho chiacchierato con Giulia (@go__dzi ) di un sacco di cose belle. Di come la musica possa essere davvero una salvezza, di social media, di comunicazione, di pezzi da piagne, di esperienze illuminanti e di quanto sia bello fare musica insieme. 🌎 𝑭𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊 ✨

Bach would dance on that 🥁🪘 Just broke my museum paradox with the great Joachim Horsley, the great composer and arranger of Beethoven in Havana 🎶🎹🇨🇺 I really enjoyed the chat we had and so glad he shared with us his wonderful journey through the classical to the powerful experience of fusion that with Cuban and African rhythms. ☀️ It’s worth watching! 👀 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 ✨

Inspiration comes from within 🔍 Today I had a super interesting chat with Andrea Scaffardi 🎶 We talked about the different aspects behind content creation as musicians. Andrea manages to communicate with superb storytelling skills, the consistency and narrative structure of his videos is on another level 🧨 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 ✨

Percussion is SO fun ✨🥁 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” Rossana is such an inspiring musician, a percussionist in Genova (our hometown) about to graduate. Watch back this unusual episode (Live in person - so fun actually 🤩) to discover her view and experience in music making. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 ✨

Never missed once 🐍 Today I had the great honour and privilege to talk to the genius behind one of the most followed pages by musicians, The Wise Musician, Nick Akdag. 🚀 An example of great consistency and entrepreneurial mindset in approaching his musical career, a professor of the highest calibre and an internationally recognised perfomer. Loved every bit of our conversation! Every sentence is food for thoughts 💭 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 ✨

A great jump into the opera world 🎭 Hassen is a much-loved singer in Tunisia and famous for many of his works and traditional songs. 🇹🇳 For the past few years he has been devoting himself to opera, and today he told us how much dedication and admiration he has for this world. A huge courage and ambition accompanied by the great talent and success he is enjoying in Europe. 🚀 I had the pleasure of working with him last December with La Boheme and I hope to work with him again to bring the art of classical and opera to Tunisia. 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕✨ ✨العمل الجاد والصبر

Go for it! ✨ What an incredible restart, a true rebirth. 🕊️ That's what Nora symbolised for me, and for this podcast today! Her beautiful story and her experience. The best guest I could have had for the first episode of this new season. 🎙️☕️🥹 In this episode we talked about jazz violin but more importantly how believing in yourself and your talent can be vitally important and completely change the course of events. 🚀 Nora even played during the episode! What a gift! 🎻🎶 ‘𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖’ - that’s what Nora would say to her younger self ❤️‍🩹 www.noragermain.com

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Career is a beautiful surprise ✨ Today I had the pleasure of having a word with the fantastic Benjamin Baker! 🎻 He told us how important it is at the beginning of your career as a musician to feel free to make that choice in life, and then as time goes by to not to worry too much when it comes to accepting rejections. It's all part of a journey, which could become a beautiful surprise if you stay open. 🤩 Benjamin is the Artistic director of a very successful festival @worldsedgefestival ! Have a look 🎶

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Just Zoe 😍✨ I loved every second of this conversation with my dear friend Zoe. ❤️‍🩹 An artist of the highest level and of great inspiration to all! We reflected on the beauty of going deep inside our emotions and mental state through music. How some pieces shape you as a person. We laughed and joked as two friends can do! ☀️ Thank you Zoe for being an SMC supporter 🎙️☕️

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 🌱Sustainable musician 🌍🎶 I cannot describe how happy I am about today's chat! ☀️ A subject that very few musicians, especially in the classical world, talk about. There are many things that we can do individually, but that can also help in building a career. With Lea, (@lea.violin ) we tried to dismantle some sustainability biases and talked about what to do in the music industry. 🌱 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 ✨

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ The icon 🎻 The 39th episode was an incredible chat with Daniel Kurganov ( @violinvention ). The most famous violinist, pedagogue and entrepreneur on the web. A true example for me and for all violinists. ✨🎻 Like the great artists Daniel has the ability to see things in a sincere and precise way, and always with sense of humour. Listen to our chat, you won’t regret it 💬 𝐁𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐨𝐰 ✨

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Next Icon of the music industry ✨ I am extremely grateful to know Freddie and to have had a chat with him today. An artist of the highest calibre, with an extraordinary charisma capable of enchanting audiences and remaining in the hearts of everyone who ever met him even once. At the end of the chat I was literally speechless and moved by his profound words of encouragement. They are truly worth listening to! 🎙️☕️ 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 ✨