{"id":3222,"date":"2025-07-31T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/en\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:33:06","slug":"interview-with-cecile-mellardi-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/en\/interview-with-cecile-mellardi-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with C\u00e9cile MELLARDI &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/what-is-nez-en-herbe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading container has-text-color\" id=\"qu-est-ce-que-l-apprentissage-multisensoriel\" style=\"color:#3c7a95;font-size:50px\">Interview with C\u00e9cile MELLARDI &#8211; Part 1<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8367\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grid-sensorielle container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-64c13e59dd371f5a3f4d4521605c62aa wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\">Hello C\u00e9cile MELLARDI.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a50a0b3c9ffb4f2137c97da7d90f35a3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\">You are a harpist. Today you also work in a nursery in the Ile de France region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95;font-size:26px\"><strong>Can you tell us about your career and the reasons behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8dd0a754c6f19fa4670b305928581da4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>It&#8217;s been quite a long road to get <\/em><em>to this nursery! I started playing the harp at the age of 9, and I was lucky enough to go to a primary school with a special timetable for music: there was school in the mornings and music in the afternoons. Then at coll\u00e8ge and lyc\u00e9e, in the evenings after school I continued my studies at the conservatoire. I really enjoyed that period of my life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cb298cb1ff8996afbf85f74cb7bda647 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>After the baccalaur\u00e9at, I had to decide what I wanted to do. I wanted to become a harpist and teach the harp, but this choice was conditional on passing some very difficult competitions. At the time, there were very few courses available and you had to enter one of the two &#8220;Conservatoires Nationaux Sup\u00e9rieurs de Musique et de Danse&#8221;, one in Paris and the other in Lyon. Selection was &#8211; and still is &#8211; drastic, with very few places available. While studying psychology and working, at the age of 22 I won a place at the CNSM in Lyon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cb498a0001e920ac344816d0fe6d854c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>This training paved the way for my career as a harpist: concerts in chamber music, with choirs, substitutions in orchestras and various teaching posts in music schools and conservatoires. Then, in order to balance my family and professional life as well as possible, I decided to take up a permanent post teaching the harp at a conservatoire, while still having the pleasure of playing in a few concerts. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-374e7d934056c317e15bfeba584c324d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>During my studies, I had enormous difficulty managing my stage fright and overcoming it. I could also see this in my pupils. It didn&#8217;t seem right to me to interfere with the pleasure of playing with such tension. So I decided to supplement my skills with training in relaxation and stage fright management, which enabled me to be more aware and to provide my students with greater emotional comfort.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ed6b11fc93c7d8c551dd686060d04f3f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>What&#8217;s more, I&#8217;ve always been sensitive to the reaction of listeners after concerts, but also of parents after their children&#8217;s performances, who often say: &#8220;How beautiful the harp is!&#8221;, &#8220;How soothing, how harmonious and graceful, how dreamlike&#8230;&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"pourquoi-travailler-sur-les-5-sens\" style=\"color:#3c7a95;font-size:26px\">You&#8217;ve read the book &#8220;Le Pansement Schubert&#8221;, published by Deno\u00ebl<strong>. <\/strong>Why did this book make an impression on you, and what can you share about what was important to you in reading it? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e19348ede2acba48962a38df31654909 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>It gradually dawned on me that I played a special, fascinating instrument with a sweet, harmonious sound whose effects were immediately felt by listeners. Performing regularly for more remote audiences, I went on to gain experience in a variety of places: nursery and primary schools in priority networks, media libraries, parent-child centres, hospitals, and finally &#8230; the nursery!<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-88ca343cb550d710d31ad2d8c65e2f3f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>I read this book with a great deal of emotion&#8230; I was touched from the very first pages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6a0caa862bbedd9c4ac05a9fd500e94e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>Claire Oppert, a cellist, recounts her experiences in a hospital for autistic people and in a palliative care unit for elderly people. She titled the book &#8220;Le pansement Schubert&#8221; (&#8220;The Schubert bandage&#8221;) because she and the nursing staff at one hospital realised that a patient found it easier to change her bandage (which was very painful for her) when she heard an excerpt from a Schubert trio. It had a soothing effect not only on the woman, but also on the carers who looked after her. With the right words, she shares with us little moments of life in these establishments in which, through music, each person allowed their heart to be touched&#8230; connecting them in truth and simplicity in an intimate way to themselves and their emotions. In fact, her aim was not to heal, but simply to play and offer music, to provide a privileged moment of encounter and sharing. As she says, she is a musician and part of the care team.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b3970da6d9ee35c9c74b3134acfaf20b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>It clearly struck me that music has the power to heal and soothe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f90a5899a0952214e4753b0fa8e9d61b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8379\" style=\"width:765px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#3c7a95;font-size:26px\">How would you describe the role of music in general and, more specifically, for the people you played for? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2c5c675d1332b47c5ed49b7bf1d1ddc3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>Music is a universal language that everyone can understand. It touches our minds, our bodies and our hearts. The sequence of sounds and silences resonates with our being and often gives us pleasure. It&#8217;s a pleasure that comes from the vibration of the sounds, this wave that touches us (whether we&#8217;re conscious of it or not&#8230;) both physically and emotionally. Melodies or musical atmospheres tell a story&#8230; They can activate our imagination, allow us to escape, to dream, they can influence our emotions and allow us to let go. Music sometimes expresses what words cannot. Musical expression doesn&#8217;t have to pass through the intellect to be &#8220;understood&#8221; or appreciated. It is a living language that is transmitted directly from heart to heart. It seems to me that playing or hearing harmonious music allows us to welcome more harmony within ourselves. It&#8217;s as if music puts us back in order, reharmonising our &#8220;inner being&#8221;. For example, when we&#8217;re stressed, relaxing music helps us to unwind. Conversely, stressful or disharmonious music can cause tension and disorder. I think that what is true for the listener is also true for the performer, who is responsible for creating the best possible music. The musician can be compared to the actor who interprets a tirade and captivates the listener by sublimating the text: he goes beyond mere words and allows the audience to access the author&#8217;s emotion. Like a well-rehearsed speech that reaches out to the audience, the music is also constructed with phrases, intentions, breaths&#8230; it&#8217;s a living speech that leaves the listener speechless. The performer is the extension of his instrument, the sounding board&#8230; He really plays with the timbre of the instrument&#8230; And that has an effect on the listener. In general, the public admits that listening to a concert in a concert hall does not have the same impact as listening to a CD. The sound immersion with the instrumentalists envelops them completely, thanks to the direct vibration of the instruments, unlike a recording. It&#8217;s not difficult to prove with scientific studies that sound (sound waves) has a real impact on living beings. Then there&#8217;s the musician&#8217;s interpretation of the moment&#8230; What emotion flows through him when he plays? What energy does he share when he plays? It&#8217;s invisible, but &#8230; it&#8217;s very real! We are living beings capable of feeling and sharing emotions. Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to express them, to put them into words, or even just to take the time to experience them. A concert is a special time to sit back, listen and let things happen. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-351b6816a07afdcf4579f6d180e74fb4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>One day, I had the opportunity to go and play as a trio in hospital wards, at the bedside of seriously ill patients. I thought it was wonderful to be able to offer them a little moment of music at the foot of their beds. They were very receptive, and moved, because the music touched them despite their pain and extreme tiredness. It did them good and gave them pleasure&#8230; life! They were incredibly grateful.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8004c87ac8003a05c93f7edca36a4e3d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>At the end of the afternoon, we also played for the carers. They told us that it gave them new energy for the end of the day, it gave them a moment to relax and recharge their batteries, and they appreciated being looked after.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e819e9e0aa39ef79dc201e29d5a187e7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>I&#8217;ve also had other experiences in schools in disadvantaged areas. I would give a presentation on the harp, followed by a short concert. I was often greeted like a &#8216;star&#8217; by the many children, who had &#8216;stars in their eyes&#8217; when they saw and heard the instrument. Often interested, eager to ask questions and eager to try out the harp, they were very attentive, listening to the music. It was impressive to see them concentrated (and not scattered), all receptive and available to the present moment that was being offered to them. And during the exchanges with me, they adapted their vocabulary more finely to the musical questions and that stimulated their language. The group was united and attentive to the same event, and some of them shared their musical experiences within their families&#8230; Some of them saw themselves as future musicians&#8230;<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9e510bdc83f3a2281216663eb0e7fd83 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><em>Then I had the opportunity to go to this nursery, where the experience is even different because the age range is 0 to 3 years. And I was very impressed to see how receptive the toddlers were.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c6abd119e007f5b7ac03e84ec688425d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Design-sans-titre-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3232\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c6abd119e007f5b7ac03e84ec688425d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c6abd119e007f5b7ac03e84ec688425d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f90a5899a0952214e4753b0fa8e9d61b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-184a6fbf7487ad3cf0b3078fe2b693ef wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3c7a95\"><strong>To read the 2nd part of this interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/5senses4kids.org\/en\/interview-with-cecile-mellardi-part-2\/\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9cile MELLARDI is a harpist. 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