Sunday Musicians Café

In a collaboration with the RCM’s renowned Creative Careers Centre, Pietro Genova Gaia speaks to Helen Kuby, a horn player, teacher and RCM Accelerate grant winner, about her career and her project “Sound Confident”, a collective of musicians and experienced professionals in the art of musician health and psychology. Sounds Confident supports the next generation of young musicians, providing resou...

Un'altra puntata di Sunday Musicians Café, con il Maestro Pietro Uliana, anche conosciuto in arte come Chitarra Disagio. Un musicista genovese dedito allo studio della chitarra in tutte le sue forme e alla didattica musicale trasversale. Un grande esempio e ispirazione per i i giovani musicisti, ma in generale per le nuove generazioni. Un maestro di libertà mentale e di connessione con la natu...

Sunday Musicians Café ☕️ 🎙️ AI in classical music? Yes. With Daniel we talked about many things including the lost tradition of nuances, violin playing, AI tools and positive approach to it, Oleg Pokhanovski, and how and why to practice with no rosin. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 ✨

Il sole dentro ad una stanza ☀️ Oggi ho chiacchierato con Giulia ( @go__dzi ) di un sacco di cose belle. Di come la musica possa essere davvero una salvezza, di social media, di comunicazione, di pezzi da piagne, di esperienze illuminanti e di quanto sia bello fare musica insieme. 🌎 𝑭𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊 ✨

Bach would dance on that 🥁🪘 Just broke my museum paradox with the great Joachim Horsley , the great composer and arranger of Beethoven in Havana 🎶🎹🇨🇺 I really enjoyed the chat we had and so glad he shared with us his wonderful journey through the classical to the powerful experience of fusion that with Cuban and African rhythms. ☀️ It’s worth watching! 👀 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖...

Inspiration comes from within 🔍 Today I had a super interesting chat with Andrea Scaffardi 🎶 We talked about the different aspects behind content creation as musicians. Andrea manages to communicate with superb storytelling skills, the consistency and narrative structure of his videos is on another level 🧨 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 ✨

Percussion is SO fun ✨🥁 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” Rossana is such an inspiring musician, a percussionist in Genova (our hometown) about to graduate. Watch back this unusual episode (Live in person - so fun actually 🤩) to discover her view and experience in music making. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 ✨

Never missed once 🐍 Today I had the great honour and privilege to talk to the genius behind one of the most followed pages by musicians, The Wise Musician , Nick Akdag . 🚀 An example of great consistency and entrepreneurial mindset in approaching his musical career, a professor of the highest calibre and an internationally recognised perfomer. Loved every bit of our conversation! Every sentence...

A great jump into the opera world 🎭 Hassen is a much-loved singer in Tunisia and famous for many of his works and traditional songs. 🇹🇳 For the past few years he has been devoting himself to opera, and today he told us how much dedication and admiration he has for this world. A huge courage and ambition accompanied by the great talent and success he is enjoying in Europe. 🚀 I had the pleasure of...

Go for it! ✨ What an incredible restart, a true rebirth. 🕊️ That's what Nora symbolised for me, and for this podcast today! Her beautiful story and her experience. The best guest I could have had for the first episode of this new season. 🎙️☕️🥹 In this episode we talked about jazz violin but more importantly how believing in yourself and your talent can be vitally important and completely ch...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Career is a beautiful surprise ✨ Today I had the pleasure of having a word with the fantastic Benjamin Baker ! 🎻 He told us how important it is at the beginning of your career as a musician to feel free to make that choice in life, and then as time goes by to not to worry too much when it comes to accepting rejections. It's all part of a journey, which could become...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Just Zoe 😍✨ I loved every second of this conversation with my dear friend Zoe . ❤️‍🩹 An artist of the highest level and of great inspiration to all! We reflected on the beauty of going deep inside our emotions and mental state through music. How some pieces shape you as a person. We laughed and joked as two friends can do! ☀️ Thank you Zoe for being an SMC supporter 🎙️...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 🌱Sustainable musician 🌍🎶 I cannot describe how happy I am about today's chat! ☀️ A subject that very few musicians, especially in the classical world, talk about. There are many things that we can do individually, but that can also help in building a career. With Lea, ( @lea.violin ) we tried to dismantle some sustainability biases and talked about what to do in th...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ The icon 🎻 The 39th episode was an incredible chat with Daniel Kurganov ( @violinvention ). The most famous violinist, pedagogue and entrepreneur on the web. A true example for me and for all violinists. ✨🎻 Like the great artists Daniel has the ability to see things in a sincere and precise way, and always with sense of humour. Listen to our chat, you won’t regret it...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Next Icon of the music industry ✨ I am extremely grateful to know Freddie and to have had a chat with him today. An artist of the highest calibre, with an extraordinary charisma capable of enchanting audiences and remaining in the hearts of everyone who ever met him even once. At the end of the chat I was literally speechless and moved by his profound words of encouragem...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Keeping Objectivity ✨ What an incredibly inspiring, thoughtful, informative Episode. If you are a violinist you have to watch it! 🥹✨ With @zenviolin we talked about so many different aspects of violin playing, but in reality about life I believe!

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ No labels 🏷️✨ Simone is an inspiration, a friend, and a performer of the highest level. A saxophonist who makes you dream, dance and transform events in unforgettable memories. His versatility as a musician is an inspiration to all! If you happen to be in London go and hear him at the Pergola in Canary Wharf, you won't regret it! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕!...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 1 Hour is better than nothing ✨ What a beautiful, quiet episode with Maria a model royal college student, showing us the point of view of a student passionate about her work and dream. Very inspiring and absolutely authentic just as she urges us to be with her valuable advice: be yourself! 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚! ✨

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ The right attitude! ✨ Matthias is an outstanding and extraordinary musician, I would say almost superlative! Just like the title of every album he produces! 😍 The ability he has to adopt the festive attitude and enjoyment typical of folk music to the classical repertoire is in my opinion one of the keys to being a complete musician. In fact, when one listens to Matthias...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ Touching words from 🥹 @denizsensoy_ an extremely talented and inspiring young violinist studying at the moment in Royal College (yes, again we met there 😂). Please listen to her beautiful words about music and violin making, and obviously to her playing! 🎻🎶 𝑽𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 ✨

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗è ☕️ An extraordinary luthier! ✨ 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 The great Paris Andrew , british luthier based in Florence founder of womeninlutherie ( @womeninlutherie ). She is an exceptional and innovative violin maker, who is not afraid to experiment and innovate, while maintaining the ancient tradition of the Italian school of this beautiful craft. Listen to our chat to lea...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ I loved talking with @eesakhoury about how important is nowadays to have a basic knowledge of how to record yourself and how much of an impact it has when talking about performing arts. He also told us how exciting is to play with @divanorchestra and to study at @barenboimsaidakademie in Berlin. At the end of the Live Chat he gave us some precious tips for the musicians o...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 29th Episode What a lovely chat with my dear friend @horus_black_ . A young promise of the Italian pop scene, who is working at his third album now! I am really happy to have been able to help him for the first 2 albums back in Italy. As you can see he is a very funny guy and not just a crazy performer as when you attend one of his concerts. 𝑩𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐...

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 28th Episode With Lucilla we had a wonderful chat about musicians life, violins, competitions, synaesthesia (she is currently conducting a Fellowship on that at RCM), the right attitude towards competitiveness, and many other things. She plays on a very special violin! You want to know what is it? 😳🎻😍 Thank you for being such a inspiration for all of us! ✨

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 ℂ𝕒𝕗é ☕️ 27th Episode Dream again 🚀 Inspiring chat with @mattiddeson , founder of ( @fortesessions ) ForteSessions a newly established media platform which aims to ‘increase accessibility’ in classical music as well as taking performances out of traditional spaces. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 ✨