Katerina Panagiotou

Guitarist.

The friendly and warm reception and real support play an important role to the time needed for the cure.

The course towards music education is not a simple case as it may seem to be at first sight. Apart from continuous studying what is required also is special care for the body of the musician as well as for his psychological preparation so that he can enjoy finally in a creative and honest way what he does.

I didn’t have any idea about the issue of focal dystonia and I couldn’t imagine that there are kinds of injuries which may force a musician to abstain even from the basic movements of his hands on the instrument that he practices.

This happened to me personally during my studies when I started getting stressed about the results of my progress not only in terms of quality but also in terms of speed in efficiency and assimilation and as a result the hours I devoted to study were full of extreme psychological pressure.

Thanks to the exceptionally specialized team of Institut de l’Art I managed to overcome the problem of dystonia and go on with my studies. The team of Institut de l’Art knows deeply the difficulties a musician may meet in his course and has developed an effective and high level approach to the solution of musicians’ injuries. In addition, the friendly and warm reception and real support play an important role to the time needed for the cure and help one to meet his psychological issues which may arise from an injury.

Today I can go on with my course to music in a more mature way thanks to the people of Institut de Fisiologia i Medicina de l'Art-Terrassa.