There are two basic kinds of mindsets that shape our lives (but also shape us as artists): Fixed mindset Growth mindset Are you the one...

You are warmly invited to attend my piano recital: 'ROMANTIC PIANO' which will take place on 14/02/2025 at the 'Maria João Pires’ Hall in...

The main problem in the present systems of education and health care, as I see it, is time. Teachers and health practitioners simply do not have enough of it. Not enough time to truly get to know their students or patients, to understand them as individuals, to build a bond of trust, and consequently to find the method and approach that suits them best. In a way, I see this as a form of quiet violence inflicted upon students and patients—the brutality of not having enough tim

This holiday season I prepared a special recital as a gift to you all with the pieces that are easy to listen to and equally easy to...

Beethoven's piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. His very last sonata. Especially its majestic second movement ( Arietta: Adagio...

It is not easy to be a prodigy child. It is an entirely different life where you feel like you are from another planet almost all the...

Freedom of artistic expression comes from hard discipline and mastering structure. Whatever that structure might be, including yourself....

A recital dedicated to J.S. Bach - approached from an unusual angle. All that people usually know about Bach is that he was an extremely...

It's not so much the quantity of practice than the quality of practice. Efficiency is the key. Intelligent, conscious, systematic,...

What makes a concert pianist ? 1. Talent 10% consists of: ~ a keen ear for music ~ strong finger dexterity ~ a good sense of rhythm ~ an...

People tend to over-explain when they feel that there has been a miscommunication, or even lack of communication from one side,...

John Field, (July 26, 1782 - January 23, 1837) was an Irish virtuoso pianist and composer, and is widely known as the inventor of the...

A student asked me recently: "My 60 min class doesn’t seem long enough. I have so many questions, and so many ideas ..... I wanted to ask...

For concert pianists or any other music performers, stepping on stage to perform is the end goal; to go out there are share with...

As requested by many of you, the 'SCHUBERTIADE' event (piano recital + art exhibition) that took place in Greece for the first time in...

"Someday, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." ~ C.S. Lewis Yes ! And wise enough to fully understand their...

Ah KINDNESS. What a simple way to show another struggling soul that there is LOVE to be found in this world." ~ Alison Malee Takes...

People's behaviour always reflects their relationship with themselves. They can only meet you as deeply as they can meet themselves. They can love you only to the level they love themselves, understand you to the same level they understand themselves, and communicate to the level of their self awareness. "If you are willing to change your perspective and look at another person's behaviour towards you as a state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement abo

I am fireless when expressing my feelings. Why ? People say: “You may get hurt” (and I do get hurt sometimes), they say: “Not everyone...

The major problem I see with some of the modern songwriting is that music often does not reflect a particular song's words, where words...