elzbieta bilickaOct 19, 20204 minMusic better than drugs‘Music heals the mind, body and soul’. I am sure everyone has come across this statement, mostly in commercials or advertisements. I am a...
elzbieta bilickaMar 19, 20203 minThoughts on good qualityImagine three employees. The first one - let’s call him Steve- spends twelve hours per day at his office. He eats there, sleeps there, he...
elzbieta bilickaJul 29, 20194 minHow to perfect your practicePractice makes perfect - everyone knows this saying. It's true about any skill you need for work or leisure. We use this phrase all the t...
elzbieta bilickaMar 15, 20195 minHow did you know, Mr. Einstein?!Physics is by far my dad's greatest passion. Ever since I remember he has been fascinated by the universe and various theories about its ...
elzbieta bilickaMar 1, 20195 minGive me a deadline!The other day, a friend asked me to write a post about efficiency, especially regarding to piano practice. Why she thought I was the righ...
elzbieta bilickaFeb 20, 20197 minHandshake with pop cultureA few days ago, I had a nice chat with Aleksander Debicz, a pianist I met several years ago at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg. ...
elzbieta bilickaFeb 10, 20196 minPiano playing: science vs. psychology, Part 2A few posts ago, I introduced you to the first part of my project about the human brain and its reaction to music. Today, I’d like us to ...
elzbieta bilickaFeb 3, 20196 min'Honor your intuition'Today, I'd like us to come back to the topic which I started in the 'Greek tragedy with a piano' post - what options young musicians have...
elzbieta bilickaJan 21, 20196 minStress, Trick No. 3Today, I'm going to take up a very difficult subject of a thinking pattern which is hugely responsible for all kinds of stress. We learn ...
elzbieta bilickaJan 15, 20195 minPiano playing: science vs. psychology, Part 1Ever since I started this blog I've felt that it would be a good idea to share with you a few chapters from a project I wrote a little wh...
elzbieta bilickaJan 5, 20194 minStress, Trick No. 2In my last post, I wrote about various emotions covered by the term 'stress' and their positive and negative effects. I focused particula...
elzbieta bilickaDec 29, 20185 minStress, Trick No. 1These days we hear about it all the time. But I think the subject of stress in a musician's life specifically is worth bringing up. Both ...
elzbieta bilickaDec 21, 20185 minDifficult (but not hopeless) loveHow many classical pianists do you know? Ten? Twenty? Maybe fifty? Now, let's try to estimate how many piano students graduate with a hig...
elzbieta bilickaDec 21, 20185 minGreek tragedy with a piano?No other topic causes as many controversies among musicians as competitions. Almost every pianist I know has his or her opinion on this s...