meet janet horvath, the former associate principal cello of the minnesota orchestra.

when janet was in school, she wanted to be the best cellist in the world. she worked outrageously hard at her instrument for long hours and rarely took breaks. it ended in a debilitating injury, and she calls herself one of the "walking wounded."

she thought her life was over. she didn't think she would ever play again.

she did, of course. she overcame her injury, had a very successful career in music, and more recently she has largely devoted her life to help up-and-coming musicians learn to practice without risking injury.

she even wrote the book about it, called playing less hurt

in this episode, you'll learn:

• how to warm up,


• how to prevent injury during long practice sessions,


• how to incorporate breaks,


• how to manage and minimize tension,


• and more.

thanks to diego for his question. if you want to ask a question to be answered on a future episode, go to robknopper.com/ask

and to learn the 5-step audition preparation process i used to win my met opera audition, download the audition cheat sheet at robknopper.com/auditioncheatsheet