The Secret to Deep Musical Concentration

"Beauty is everywhere around you" • Alena Baeva Violinist Alena Baeva joins Living the Creative Life in Tokyo, where she performed the Schumann Concerto, after which she invited the audience to join a prayer for peace. This episode is a deeply introspective look at the musician's world -- the value of vulnerability for artistic growth, the artist's role in the changeable world today, and the obligations that may come with the spotlight. 0:00 Intro and Schumann Concerto Performance 2:49 Developing vulnerability 6:16 Finding the zone, childhood recollections 9:10 Teachers and influences 11:06 Concentration 12:01 Competitions 13:56 Perceptions of others 15:30 Speaking out for peace 19:27 Family 22:10 Inspirations 23:55 Closing titles and credits More episodes at classical-life.com Running time 25 minutes • filmed in Tokyo summer 2022 • this episode was funded in part by you our viewers--thank you! Post production on this episode by katalog-film.de Schumann Concerto Performance filmed and edited by Knight Classical Digital