Educational communication between a teacher and a student in the process of professional development of a music performer

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of educational communication between a teacher and a stu- dent in the process of professional development of a music performer. It focuses on the inter- action that goes beyond technical teaching itself and is aimed at the development of a creative artistic personality. The aim of the article is to identify and describe the key factors of educational communication between a teacher and a student in the process of professional development of a musician. The author emphasizes that a teacher’s pedagogic proficiency is not limited to the transmis- sion of knowledge and skills but lies in the establishment of an atmosphere of co-creation where a student can bring out his/her own individuality, develop emotional and artistic percep- tion of music. In this context, the process of teaching is based on the principles of dialogue, humanistic pedagogy, flexibility and empathy, which enables the development of independent thinking and of a student’s own performance conception. Special importance is attributed to the integration of the emotional, the figurative and the motoric component, which helps a student not just to reproduce a piece of music but to mind- fully experience it, being plunged in the composer’s world. In this case, pedagogic activity becomes an art where a teacher is, first of all, a partner that directs and stimulates a student’s artistic activity, organizes problem-solving situations and a joint interpretational search. Such an approach ensures harmonious development of professional skills, artistic taste, critical thinking and emotional sensibility and paves the way to the formation of a student’s own creative artistic position. The author emphasizes that the success of music education depends on a teacher’s ability to create an environment for independent search, emotional co-experience and spiritual enrichment of a student by combining technical, aesthetic and personality-related aspects of teaching. Thus, pedagogic proficiency becomes the key to the development of not only a highly qualified music performer but a harmoniously developed personality.