“I am a big believer that we are doing about 80% too much.”
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Making Waves
The Ruth Phillips Interview
with Keelan Carew
- 42 min
Mental Health Mindfulness Performance anxiety
Cellist, performance coach, writer and mindfulness teacher Ruth Phillips discusses her story and how an injury led her to ask the question that changed her fate.
Ruth is a baroque and modern cellist, writer, performance coach, and mindfulness teacher and mentor. She works with student and professional musicians all over the world, including the Verbier Festival Academy, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Glasgow Conservatoire and Yehudi Menuhin School, helping relieve performance anxiety and promoting presence and ease on stage. Her articles on mindfulness and music have appeared in Classical Music Magazine and The Strad, and she has been a guest on podcasts including Thoroughly Good Classical Music and Things Musicians Don’t Talk About.
Keelan Carew
Keelan Carew is an acclaimed pianist and broadcaster dedicated to classical music education. Raised in Medway and trained at the Royal Northern College of Music, his career highlights include a Royal Festival Hall appearance with Lang Lang and a concerto debut performing Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody.
A prominent voice on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, Keelan has hosted series such as Piano Odyssey and Sounds Connected, alongside frequent appearances on In Tune. As Founding Artistic Director of the Rainham Piano Festival and former outreach lead at the Yehudi Menuhin School, he expertly balances performance with producing accessible concerts for the next generation.
