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Music making as a “Fountain of Youth,” pt. 4
It’s long past time to get to the fourth and final installment of the series about “making music as a fountain of youth.” So here we are. This series has been stretched out over several months, so you may want to go back to reread the first and third posts. But to give a short…
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Music making as a “fountain of youth,” part 3
What if practicing the piano (or another instrument) helped your brain to remain healthy longer in life? Well, in fact, it may do exactly that. Some of the most exciting brain and music research in the past few years shows that older adults who have never had any music lessons show neuroplastic changes in areas…
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Might making music be a “fountain of youth?”
Have you ever wondered why so many conductors and pianists continue to perform well into their 80s and 90s? The Swedish-American conductor Herbert Blomstedt (photo at right) is 98, but you wouldn’t know it by his concert schedule. The number of performances on his calendar over the next few months would be the envy of…