Aspects of the correlation between empathy and performance in music

Abstract

The present study is interdisciplinary, mixing music and psychology, and representing an attempt to highlight some behavioural aspects of the musician in his pedagogical act. The hypothesis of our study is the expression and highlighting of empathy in the personality of the instrument teacher and its correlation to the student's educational performance. The involvement and quality of the relationship, and the influence of the instrument teacher in the educational act are also determined by empathy. This is a psychic ability, to be close to others, perceiving their emotions, without distorting them or yours own. In the educational act, the teacher is the exponent of ethical, cultural, aesthetic values, transmitted at cognitive, emotional, volitional level. To a large extent, the student is the mirror of the teacher, an aspect constantly highlighted, through empathy, a mental process with real benefits, as long as the student becomes aware of the entire process. Our study emphasizes the complex educational act that is built on the chain between mirror neurons, emotions and emotional intelligence through the binomial of intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences. Key-words: