A Different Take on the Chopin Competition – we're excited to bring you season 2 of FLIS: podcast about music and listening. Our main focus is Frederic Chopin, but this week you'll learn a thing or two about Iga Świątek and Adam Małysz.

Dr Aneta Bartnicka-Michalska is the guest of the first episode. The philosopher and psychologist will tell us more about the minds of young musicians. How can they develop a sense of agency? What's the origin of stage fright? Can a win in the Chopin Competition turn into a burden?

Dr. Aneta Bartnicka-Michalska works at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and . She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Polish Psychological Association, and the Polish Association of Human Development Psychology. In the next episodes of the series, we'll be discussing social and class divisions in the Philharmonic world, sense of humour, the Romantic notion of genius, and AI.

Chapters:
(00:00) Music Nightmares

(03:10) Competitions: Toiling for Your Dreams

(09:08) Healthy Rivalry

(11:27) Psychoeducation in Art School

(18:03) Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Nervous System

(29:05) Perfection or Mastery?

(32:41) The Competition Through Psychologist's Ears

(42:03) How to Stay Original

(54:11) How to Win
(58:53) Iga Świątek & Adam Małysz

Credits:

Concept, production, host: Filip Lech, Izabela Smelczyńska

Jingiel: Izabela Smelczyńska

Narrators: Aleksandra Szkudłapska, Mark Bence

Translation: Natalia Sajewicz

Graphic design: Paulina Ufnal / Hekla Studio