Posts by Cristine
A Conference on Embodiment is planned for September 2025 will be curated by the London International Piano Symposium at the Royal Society of Medicine
Read MoreHuman Anatomy Unit at Imperial College & the London International Piano Symposium begin an exciting new collaboration.
Lydia Boynton, Human Anatomy Unit, Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College & Cristine MacKie, Director of the London International Piano Symposium are beginning an exciting new collaboration. The objective is to produce moving images of the relevant parts of the performer’s body moving synchronously, which can then be related to show the body moves and is positioned during performance. This project is the first of its kind and of vital importance since, on the whole, teachers and players use the nineteenth century model of relying on their fingers to produce the sound and have little or no knowledge of the hinterland.
Read More2021 sees the launch by Cristine MacKie of the Rethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind, published by the the London International Piano Symposium.
Read More2021, London International Piano Symposium published 2nd edition of New Thoughts on Piano Performance: Research at the Interface between Science and the Art of Piano Performance, compiled and edited by Cristine MacKie
Read MoreCollaboration with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden
Two dancers from the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden will perform a pas de deux to the piano work, Clair de Lune by Debussy. The interpretation is based in part on a study entitled Mirror Neurons: Imitation and emulation in piano performance, which was a collaboration with the Jeanetta Lawrence, Associate Director of the Royal Ballet, and Cristine Mackie, Director of the London International Piano Symposium. It is to be presented at the Linbury theatre on the 23rd, 24th and 26th of April 2013.
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