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Testimonials of those who have participated in a Piano Reflection event

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Riva

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.Professore ordinario di Psicologia Professor of General Psychology and Lecturer of Psychology and New Communication Technologies at the Catholic University of Milan
Director of the Laboratory of Applied Neurosciences Technology at the Auxiologico Institute of Milan
President of the International Association of Cyber Psychology, Training and Rehabilitation.

"Corrado Balotelli has got incredible skill in creating an emotional fabric with music based on the non-verbal cues of the person he is portraying, in addition to so much more. The initial silence while Corrado prepares is followed by an overwhelming experience where he and the person being portrayed build "another" dimension together, with the sole support of the pianist's music. The level of attunement both people reach during these intense moments of silent sharing is perfect. Although Corrado's artistic talent is incredible, it is not enough to explain what he does. He sets off with something ineffable and intimately his own, to create an experience that goes beyond music and touches the emotional world of both the person being portrayed and those listening to this dialogue between musician and audience. Corrado is not only able to musically "reflect" the emotional world around him, but knows exactly where to look and what to look for. This aspect is the foundation of such a complex process, yet it seems so simple and straightforward to those listening. In fact, the linearity Corrado knows how to apply in his musical composition, drawing inspiration from people, is one of the most amazing features of this wonderful experience.
[...]Corrado looks a person in the face, reads the emotions in their face, processes them in his brain, and then turns this into a musical language, which becomes the Musical Portrait.  Corrado was able to extraordinarily – and innovatively - use this art of his: his empathetic ability to see into a person’s soul and create an aesthetic transformation."

Dr. Mario Pigazzini

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Psychologist and psychoanalyst
Associate member of the Italian Society of Psychoanalyses
Guest member of the British Psychoanalytic Society
Associate Member of the Study Centre of complex and nonlinear systems at the University of Insubria in Como.

"Corrado does exactly the same work we therapists do: we look at our patients, we try to interpret their emotions, the emotions of their bodies, of their language; we process and transform this information into a language that is not musical, but in this case is a spoken, which helps the person recover self-awareness. Corrado looks a person in the face, reads the emotions in their face, processes them in his brain, and then turns this into a musical language, which becomes the Musical Portrait.  Corrado was able to extraordinarily – and innovatively - use this art of his: his empathetic ability to see into a person’s soul and create an aesthetic transformation."

Dr.ssa Cecilia Edelstein

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Cecilia Edelstein, psicologa, terapeuta familiare, counselor e mediatrice familiare, fondatrice e direttrice del Centro Shinui (www.shinui.it), è responsabile della Scuola di Counseling sistemico pluralista di Bergamo e Brescia, del Master in Mediazione Familiare di Bergamo e del Corso di specializzazione in Intercultura. Presidente CIPRA – Coordinamento Italiano Professionisti della Relazione d’Aiuto, insegna Counseling Interculturale al Master per l’Immigrazione dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. 

Corrado, uomo eclettico, con un’identità mista, portatore di mestieri vari e molteplici studi eterogenei alle spalle, è riuscito con estrema creatività a intrecciare l’arte della musica con l’arte della relazione d’aiuto in maniera armoniosa e passionale. E’ riuscito a tradurre l’ascolto attivo e l’empatia - alla base della relazione di aiuto - in un linguaggio musicale interpersonale e professionale, fatto da infinite melodie e improvvisazioni, contestuali all’incontro che avviene in quello specifico momento tra la persona, il suo volto, la sua espressione, la postura del corpo e lui, il pianista. 
In perfetta sintonia con una metodologia sistemica pluralista, il processo relazionale, artistico ed estetico che Corrado co-costruisce, viene rinforzato dalla presenza voluta del gruppo degli ascoltatori, testimoni interni che aprono la dimensione diadica, creando complessità e circolarità e amplificando le vibrazioni ed emozioni che emanano dall’esperienza stessa. Dinamico come lo conosco, non mi stupirei se, un giorno, Corrado ci sorprenderà introducendo un altro linguaggio ancora in un’ipotetica fase di elaborazione, come ulteriore sua creazione, basata sui suoi ultimi studi.
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