Ljubica Stojanović

Coping With Stress In Practising/Performing

Practising Piano Techniques – Part 2

Hello again and welcome to part 2 of practising techniques! If you haven’t already checked out part 1, please do so as I shared some of the practising principles that I find super important. …

Practising Piano Techniques Part 1 

Practising is a highly sensitive topic. In my experience as a teacher and a performer – there are thousands of ways to do something on our instrument. Finding those shortcuts that make everything efficient …

10 Reasons (Out Of 100s) Why Concert Attending Is Really Important For Musical Development – Part 2

Part 2 In part 1 we covered the essence of what listening to classical music live could mean to us- physically, emotionally, chemically etc. Here are some more reasons why it is a wonderful …

10 Reasons (Out Of 100s) Why Concert Attending Is Really Important For Musical Development – Part 1

Music Came Before The Language Music is not consumed just for fun as it might seem now, at the present time. Netflix, cinema, a night out… Music has changed its role drastically, in this …

Choosing Repertoire for Performances

Choosing Repertoire This is a very interesting topic that could dictate a lot on how we progress and how we discover our strengths and weaknesses. Many performers today have chosen to stick to performing …

Joy of improvising and 7 day challenge!

Improvising on piano – Part 2 Hello music lovers! In part 1 of this article, I wrote about the importance of composing and improvising on piano. If you haven’t yet – check it out. …

Importance of improvisation & composing in musical development

Improvising on piano – Part 1 When we mention improvisation and composing to an averagely educated instrumentalist, both of these concepts sound scary, to say the least. The problem with music education is that …

Performance anxiety

Performance anxiety is a psychological phenomenon – it is fear about one’s ability to perform any task. It can happen in many fields of work or in other life situations but here we will …

Sound as a central part of music making – Part 2

Dear pianists! In the previous article we have covered how to start developing your sense of sound and aware sound production. I also shared some practical tips that personally helped me and some of …

Sound as a central aspect of music making

Absolutely everything produces sound. Traffic, speaking, waterfalls, cash machines… and my personal favourite, people playing instruments and people singing. Sound is defined as “vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can …