I met Maestro Ennio Nicotra and the Musin method when I still had no idea what a conductor was. In relatively little time I understood (or at least started to understand) the essence of this profession.
We often ask ourselves what conducting is, without finding an answer. Maestro Ennio Nicotra has a clear answer. It makes everyone understand right away that conducting an orchestra means giving direction to an orchestra.
It may seem trivial, but it is not. It is not at all. Conducting is synonymous with moving music.
This is the Nicotra method. His teaching is as effective as it is simple (in the noble sense of the term). It is a sincere approach to this art, without frills.
Another aspect that distinguishes his work is not to restrain the instinct of each aspiring conductor.
Nicotra never imposes. Nicotra suggests, guides.
He gets behind the wheel and teaches you how to drive the car you have at your disposal, without displacing anything. It is a horizontal approach, never vertical.
Maestro Nicotra brings out the features of everybody, without clipping the wings.
It drives without interfering with each person's character, ever. Leave it free.
I was lucky enough to study with him for three years and then started working in the world of conducting.
His method prepares you for the symphonic, for the opera, for contemporary music, for the baroque. It is surprising how effective it is always, precisely because it is based on the very essence of music.
The music that Nicotra always invites to push, to feel, to direct, to live, to love.
Lorenzo Passerini Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi founder and chief conductor
