inspiration
El Systema
A visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through music. A new model for social change.
33 years ago in a parking garage in Caracas, Dr. José Antonio Abreu gathered together 11 children to play music. El Systema was born. It now teaches music to 300,000 of Venezuela’s poorest children, demonstrating the power of ensemble music to dramatically change the life trajectory of hundreds of thousands of a nation’s youth while transforming the communities around them.
Dr. José tells the story of el Systema.....
http://www.ted.com/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music.html
Inspiring books
This Is Your Brain On Music (understanding a human obsession) - Daniel Levitin (ISBN 978 1 84354 716 7)
Levitin rightly insists that we are all better equipped to perform and appreciate music than we think, so conditioned are we to believe in music as the preserver of an elite. We are, he says, hard-wired for music... Great music affects the same part of our brain that helps us interpret shattering grief or overwhelming joy - so listen with care.
A Complaint Free World (The 21-day challange that will change your life) - Will Bowen (ISBN 978 0 7535 1346 0)
Will Bowen shares the simple, innovative philosophy of staying 'complaint free' and reveals how it can change the world. He explains what constitutes a complaint (and what doesn't), why we complain, what benefits we think we receive from complaining, how complaining is destructive and we can all stop complaining and start thinking and acting in positive ways.
'If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Don't complain.' - Maya Angelou
The Art of Possibility - Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander (ISBN 0 14 20.0110)
"This is a wise, uplifting, and important work, a seamless bled of insight and inspiration, personal relevations, and stories drawn from the worlds of art, psychology, business, and politics. Ben and Roz Zander make an extraordinary team - their energy, passion and fundamental commitment to humane values are absolutely contagious."
I dwell in Possibility
A fairer House than Prose
More numerous of Windows
Superior........ for Doors
Of Chambers as the Cedars
Impregnable of Eye
And for an Everlasting Roof
The Grambrels of the Sky
Of visitors the fairest
For Occupation..... this........
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise - Emely Dickinson
Essential books you should have read
1. Don Quichot from La Mancha - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
2. Faust - Johann Wolfgang Goethe
3. Il Principe - Niccolò Machiavelli
4. Politeia - Plato
5. The Devine Comedy - Dante degli Alighieri
Le Nozze di Figaro
Arnhem (The Netherlands)
2012
Wagner Stipendium
Bayreuth (Germany)
2012
L'Opera Seria
Enschede (The Netherlands)
2012
International Masterclass
St. Petersburg
Chamber Orchestra
St. Petersburg (Russia)
2012
La Traviata
Rennes (France)
2013