Jacopo Lazzaretti

Most of the musicians I work with have already done the preparation. They know the piece, they've put in the hours, and they can play it well when no one's watching. But performance still costs them more than it should: something happens between the practice room and the stage that technical readiness doesn't touch. Coaching with me isn't about nerve-management technique. In the week before a performance, we look at what's actually running through your mind: the specific thoughts, the specific worries, not generic pre-performance advice. When something goes wrong mid-performance (a slip, a memory lapse, a moment of doubt) we look at what happens next in your head, because that's usually where a small mistake turns into a spiral, or doesn't. And afterwards, we look at what stays with you: what you replay, what you remember, and why certain performances sit heavier than others regardless of how they actually went. What changes isn't the nervousness itself, but what you can do with it: a slip stays a slip instead of spiralling into the whole performance, and there's more room to notice it and respond differently. People describe having an actual method for the moment before they start, rather than just getting used to the discomfort. Some find they can stay focused on the music through a performance, even when a self-critical thought shows up, instead of getting pulled off course by it. Others start relating differently to the critical voice in their head, without it needing to disappear. I'm a certified NLP Practitioner and Coach, registered with ANLP. I've been performing and teaching as a classical guitarist for over a decade, trained at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.