How do we learn to improvise? How does our mind work? Often, it seems that our brain is analogous to a computer: you put in some instructions or factual information and out pops a product. Instruction manuals, which try to be useful to everyone, often seem (in my opinion) to treat subjects like …
The following transcription of Gabriela Montero's interview describes some of the difficulties of improvising in the classical world, her roots as a musical storyteller, and her critical attitudes towards her being a creative artist as well as a concert pianist.
NL: Why is improvisatio…
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/time-return-improvisation-its-classical-roots/
Article with audio podcast from New York's classical radio station WQXR-FM.
Naomi Lewin interviews Clive Brown, a professor of applied musicology at the University of Leeds; also Gabriela Montero, concert pianist and e…
Article by William Harris
Prof. Em. Middlebury College
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/MusicPapers/MusicAlive.html
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