We Piano Teachers and Our Demons - Zecharia Plavin - Bog

This book focuses on piano teachers and the many pains they encounter in their careers. These pains play an essential role in blocking the musical inspiration of their students. The author identifies with the sensitivities of the teachers, aiming at the inspiration permeated and safer playing of their students.
The book penetrates the protective mechanisms of the teachers that, on the one hand, maintain their professional functioning, while on the other hand, block refreshing ideas. It combines exploration of secure and culturally informed inspired playing, coping with exaggerated anxiety and understanding the interaction of piano actions with pianist¿s physiology.
This book helps to open teachers¿ perceptions of the ways to enable more secure and more inspired performances while remembering the inner feelings of the piano teachers.