Children

 

Dear friends of piano music,

Children and piano, that's another story. "Children are always looking for a gap in the market", my piano teacher used to say, which made it easy to explain why her own four children play little or no piano, whereas I, as the child of two diploma sports instructors and passionate athletes, fell for this instrument. So far, my children have also confirmed the “law of the market gap”. Playing the piano is so good for development. Of course, these are the well-known “soft skills” such as concentration, training in fine motor skills, etc. Above all, playing the piano serves to prevent mischief. A child practicing the piano cannot do nonsense during this time. The best example, albeit with a different instrument, is the violinist Nathan Milstein, who always knocked the neighbor's child on the head until his mother advised Nathan to learn the violin. The beginning of a fabulous career, the neighbors had to endure the studies on the violin, but from then on had no further attacks on their children to fear.

Best wishes! Kerstin

Felix Mendelssohn: Six Pieces for Children / sechs Kinderstücke Opus 72 No 1 https://youtu.be/Tbrz4Fz9eSs