While you’re not looking

Life with­out music would be a mis­take. —Friedrich Nietzsche

Mae­stro Daniel Baren­boim philosophised the music rela­tion­ship with life, the uni­verse and every­thing at this year’s Reith Lec­tures. Neu­ro­sci­en­tist con­firmed when per­form­ing music emo­tional responses which are excited when lis­ten­ing to music are not engaged and other regions such as plan-making are also deac­ti­vated. Hence, per­form­ing music is a form of meditation.