Stage Fright Part 1: are we too ashamed to talk about it?
Imagine this scenario: one of the world’s finest symphony orchestras is preparing to go on stage, at, let’s say London’s Barbican Centre....
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Charlotte Tomlinson
- Feb 8, 2013
A meditative approach to practising
There is so much that is involved in practising a piece of music for a performance. At some stage, I will write about the nuts and bolts...
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Jan 31, 2013
Performing from the score versus memorising
I heard somewhere that seven eighths of the world’s music is not written down. I suspect then that most of the remaining eighth is filled...
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Jan 10, 2013
The child prodigy
What are the good and bad sides of the child prodigy phenomenon?
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Dec 11, 2012
The plight of good musicians
How difficult it is when jobs disappear in the classical music sector and what can be done.
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Oct 16, 2012
The exhilaration of good chamber music
How to share chamber music with passion, vitality and colour with more people.
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Jul 27, 2012
Extraordinary playing by West-East Divan Orchestra
Last night, I found myself gripped by a really vibrant, moving performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony at the BBC Proms. It was on...
Charlotte Tomlinson
- May 29, 2012
An inspiring Chinese student
How much is possible to teach a 14 year old in a 2 week period? With a positive mindset, quite a lot!
Charlotte Tomlinson
- Apr 11, 2012
Moving performances
Why is it that some performances leave us cold and yet others can move us to the core?
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