A historical retrospective and research subjects of the empirical research in performance planning

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Music research, Subjects in performance, Musical Performance Planning

Abstract

This article gives an overview of the main subjects investigated by the scientific research from an historical retrospective of empirical research in Performance Planning. Knowing that the research object has many ramifications and specificities, it is possible to insert a great part of the subjects of research within a broad thematic category. In this context, this article defines the categories in which each theme related to performance planning can be inserted within Musical Performance.

Author Biography

  • Luís Claudio Barros, University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

    Luís Cláudio Barros is a piano professor at the Music Department of the Santa Catarina State University (UDESC). He holds a bachelor's degree in piano from the Espírito Santo Music College, under the supervision of pianist Célia Ottoni, a master's degree in piano from the Eastman School of Music (NY/USA), under the supervision of Dr. Nelita True and a doctorate in music in the area of Interpretive Practices from UFRGS, having academic supervision with Dr. Any Raquel Carvalho and artistic supervision with Drs. Ney Fialkow and Catarina Domenici. Between 2006 and 2007 he did his Doctoral Internship at the University of Connecticut (USA) under the co-supervision of Dr. Roger Chaffin, working at the Performance and Music Psychology Lab. He has won six first places in National Piano Competitions. He has developed research activities on "instrumental performance planning" and instrument didactics. He was part of the "Piano Faculty" at the 14th World Piano Pedagogy Conference, in the USA, and has given solo and chamber recitals in Brazil and abroad.

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“A Historical Retrospective and Research Subjects of the Empirical Research in Performance Planning”. 2015. Per Musi, no. 31 (June): 1-16. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38982.

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