Speak, Persuade, Inspire: A Tuning Book for Confident Performances

Your main tool is you.

You prepare your program for months.

You know every note, every pause, every author's remark.

You step onto the stage... and create magic.

But then comes the moment when you need to say just a few words. To introduce the program. To thank the teacher. To answer a question from the audience. And here the magic disappears. Tension, uncertainty appears, words seem foreign.

Sound familiar?

The book "Speak, Persuade, Inspire" was created to fix this once and for all.

This is not another textbook on rhetoric, where you learn to "set your voice" like radio hosts. This is not a guide for vocalists on how to hit high notes. This is a book about stage speech, written by musicians for musicians.

What’s inside?

— Living Voices

Stories of your colleagues from different countries about how to overcome language barriers, find common ground with the audience in a foreign country, and make your accent a distinctive "feature".

— Anatomy of Contact

Why can a conductor control an orchestra with a single eyebrow movement? How do your body language, posture, and micro-expressions get read by the audience before you say the first word?

— Key Words

About gratitude, love for the profession, about mentors. Because falsehood is felt from afar, while sincerity always resonates.

This book is for musicians who want their "conversation with the audience" to be as captivating as their performance.