"Beauty is everywhere around you" • Alena Baeva


Violinist Alena Baeva joins Living the Classical 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

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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