Positive Piano: History's Greatest Pianists On How To Succeed Wildly In Life
English | 2015 | 480 pages | ISBN: 1944294007 | 5.07 MB
Why hasn’t our age produced a Beethoven?
Great musical artists of the past possessed both a powerful aesthetic vision and highly-effective methods. Most importantly, theirs was a wholistic success paradigm that valued, above all, ‘character’.
Our culture is no longer conducive to creating great masterpieces of music … frankly just one symptom of a global society derailed and struggling on many fronts. POSITIVE PIANO offers some intriguing suggestions on what we can do about that.
Readers will be fascinated by this amazing collection of wisdom from virtuoso pianists of the past. Here are their intimate thoughts on purpose, motivation, discipline, perseverance … even health and social skills, not to mention technique.
Written in a non-academic and engaging style, the book delves into complex social and psychological issues pertaining to creativity and art. Today’s inept politicians, health system failures and corporate irresponsibility are seen in a new light. It’s a new (old) take on the self-help genre and social satire. Caution: a number of sacred cows from today’s business productivity and self-help offerings will be ground into hamburger meat by a bunch of long-haired musicians … and the ‘awakening’ is occasionally a bit rude.
"When necessary – speak; and in a way that people will remember … Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance." Mozart
From Chopin, Schumann and Liszt to Freud, Jung, Montessori and F. M. Alexander - it’s 19th century wisdom for a transcendent 21st, brimming with powerful information to fuel dreams … the definitive book on the art of making music, and a unique perspective on the Art of Life!
Whether you’re in the performing arts, business, management, education, or just looking to raise the bar in your personal life - this book is for you. It will rev up your engine and cause you to shift not only gears but thought paradigms.