Seminar Series on The Art of Practicing
Exploring the topic that every musician knows well: practicing.
Integrated into the Musethica concert weeks, this seminar format blends lecture and interactive discussion, encouraging musicians at all levels to reflect on their own approaches to daily practice. Topics range from technical routines to mental strategies, as well as the emotional highs and lows that often accompany the repetitive nature of practicing an instrument. Led by the session tutor, questions to be addressed include:
• What is our goal as performers?
• How do we build technique that supports expression?
• What does the audience actually hear?
• How do we develop deep concentration and effective practice habits?
Attendees are invited to share personal insights, struggles, and strategies, making the seminar not just a lecture, but a workshop to exchange experiences. Whether you’re a student or an experienced performer, educator or interested musician — you are invited to share and discover new approaches to practicing — both solo and in ensemble.
For upcoming seminars in your region, visit the event calendar.
Listen to The Art of Practice
Seminar audio recording with Avri Levitan and Yamen Saadi on May 20th, 2025, at Nowa Miodowa Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland.
Seminar Calendar
Upcoming Seminars
For upcoming seminars in your region, visit the event calendar.
June 15th, 2026
Past Seminars
Vienna, AT
May 6th, 2026
Porto, PT
Feb 17th, 2026
Barcelona, ES
Feb 12th, 2026
Hamburg, DE
17h00 • Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, Musethica Spain
Seminar Lead: Goran Krivokapić
15h00 • A.V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music
Seminar Leads: Avri Levitan, Olena Bazan
15h00 • Zeist Music Days
Seminar Lead: Alexander Pavlovsky
16h00 • Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE)
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
Feb 19th, 2025
Norrköping, SE
Nov 21st, 2024
Warsaw, PL
15h00 • Sala Victoria de los Ángeles, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
16h00 • Olaigården Norrköping, Musethica Sweden
Seminar Lead: Johannes Meissl
14h00 • Rehearsal Room, Sinfonia Varsovia
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan, Alexander Gebert
Oct 10th, 2024
Barcelona, ES
10h00 • Room S232 mdw-Campus, mdw Vienna
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
15h00 • Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE)
Seminar Lead: Pedro Miguel Silva
16h00 • Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
Seminar Lead: Diego Chenna, Carles Chordà and Nieves Aliaño; Moderator: José Vicente Castelló
15h00 • Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Musethica Germany
Seminar Leads: Tanja Becker-Bender, Avri Levitan
17h00 • spiel|mach|t|raum mdw-Campus, mdw Vienna
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
Mar 12th, 2025
Porto, PT
Apr 11th, 2025
Zeist, NL
May 12th, 2025
Berlin, DE
May 15th, 2025
Zaragoza, ES
17h00 • Nowa Miodowa Concert Hall, Sinfonia Varsovia
Seminar Lead: Yamen Saadi, Avri Levitan
10h00 • Hochschule für Musik Detmold
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
May 20th, 2025
Warsaw, PL
May 6th, 2025
Detmold, DE
15h00 • Schloss Wiepersdorf Brandenburg, Musethica Germany
Seminar Leads: Konstanze von Gutzeit, Avri Levitan
June 12th, 2025
Wiepersdorf, DE
Sep 23rd, 2025
Vienna, AT
June 26th, 2025
Madrid, ES
11h00 • Sala Victoria de los Ángeles, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
Seminar Lead: Helena Satué
18h00 • Room 302 at Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Musethica Spain
Seminar Lead: Avri Levitan
Oct 10th, 2025
15h00 • Royal College of Music Stockholm (KMH), Musethica Sweden
Seminar Leads: Sigge Nisbeth, Maria Winiarski
Nov 25th, 2025
Stockholm, SE
Barcelona, ES
