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Il Pastore Svizzero (The Swiss Shepherd) by Pietro Morlacchi

by Enrico Sartori Almost every flute player is familiar with Il Pastore Svizzero (The Swiss Shepherd), a short piece for flute and piano written by Pietro Morlacchi.  It’s ofter performed in flute recitals and is generally liked by the audience as well, because it is very pleasant. After a lyric introduction, there is a theme and variations where the…

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Секреты эффективных занятий для флейтистов. Часть 3.

Автор – София де Салис В этой части своей методики «Эффективных занятий» я бы хотела поговорить более подробно о системе « Ключ» Хасая Алиева и дать некоторые другие практические рекомендации для быстрой релаксации, лучшей продуктивности, избавления от страхов, более эффективной подготовки к зачетам /концертам/ экзаменам/ конкурсам, быстрым устранением последствий стресса и выхода из самых сложных стрессовых ситуаций. Как мне кажется…

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5 tips for achieving greatness and staying focused

by Ebele The Flutist This year has started well for us as we have overcome the pandemic that held the world back in 2020-21. 2022 will definitely be a great year. Don’t let the problems and challenges we’ve encountered discourage you. Seek and believe that you will make it this year. Don’t forget that you must stay focused, determined…

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The Quantz Project

The Complete Works recorded by Benedek Csalog, Alexis Kossenko & others, on period instruments – for free download by Benedek Csalog Since the start of the Quantz project, I have received many questions about the project, and I have had to talk about this initiative in interviews and radio broadcasts. In the following, I will try to collect the…

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Psicocinestesia flautistica

Mirella Pantano Il FlautoPensiero Negli articoli precedenti mi sono soffermata sulla parte cinestetica del lavoro flautistico; vorrei in questa occasione concentrare la mia attenzione su controllo e sviluppo del pensiero. Il pensiero è un atto della nostra mente che ci permette di agire nel mondo, un processo che si esplica nella formazione di idee, concetti, ma anche della coscienza…

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How to benefit from Moyse’s Tone Developement Through Interpretation

by Cate Hummel At face value, Marcel Moyse’s Tone Development Through Interpretation seems like a hodgepodge of random melodies with little attribution and very little guidance as to where the melodies come from, what Moyse was trying to teach us, and little to no idea what we are supposed to be practicing. A lot of the confusion stems from…

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Riccardo Piacentini

L’arte dell’espressività by Francesca Cescon Il 7 aprile prossimo per la stagione concertistica Erremusica di Torino, eseguirò in prima assoluta Similare (al) fado, per flauto e pianoforte composto per l’occasione da Riccardo Piacentini. Fino ad ora avevo potuto ascoltarlo solo nelle vesti di ottimo pianista all’interno del suo Duo Alterno insieme al soprano Tiziana Scandaletti ma non avevo mai…

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Elsa Jaqueline Barraine: Ritratto di una compositrice della Résistence francese

di Vilma Campitelli ELSA JAQUELINE BARRAINE (1910-1999) – compositrice, umanista, la donna delle giuste cause e dei combattimenti. Non desiderava altro che equità e libertà per tutti dimostrando che questa scelta, anche se aveva vincoli e rinunce, era possibile. Elsa ci offre una meditazione sulla vita preferendo agli onori effimeri, una vita dedicata, limpida e realizzata….

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Female Composers from Down Under: flute works, from 1900 – 1956

by Laura Chislett The Concertino by Cécile Chaminade (France 1857 – 1944) must surely rank as the most widely performed flute piece by a female composer. It was the 1902 Paris Conservatoire annual test piece. Chaminade was not the only female French composer of that era: in fact you could say that there was a cluster of French female…

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