Archive for the 'Healing Music' Category

Beginning in silence, holding only an instrument, listening within, observing a point for departure into the inner world of sudden creative expression, tapping the well to draw out a first sound in a musical exploration, that sound which then will be observed faithfully, and which then move with a life of it’s own into the [...]

We all know how music can inspire various moods. When I was in Los Angeles last year, I heard composer James Horner speak on how a film’s score manipulates how we are supposed to feel while watching contemporary cinema, making even the hokiest, computer-generated story line seem acceptable and, even, moving. But the genuine artists [...]

Pregnant women in Istanbul will have a rare treat: A concert dedicated to them and their babies this Sunday, Feb. 17 at Bogazici University. The concert will be given by Anjelika Akbar, the well-loved classical pianist, who is also an expectant mother due to give birth to her second son in two months. Even before [...]