During the holidays, the little ones are invited to take part in a series of summer workshops at the Eliad House in the capital. The workshops will be held by musicians Miruna and Radu Nagy, as part of the educational programme "Creators of Musical Fairy Tales" initiated by Arcub. More details from cellist Radu Nagy, in an interview with our colleague Ioana Țintea.

Mr. Radu Nagy, tell us about the concept behind the series of workshops, Creators of Musical Fairy Tales, that you will hold during June and July. How will you guide young children to discover their creative potential?

First of all it's about having an intuitive approach, a creative, spontaneous approach, and at the same time giving children a structure, both in terms of how a story is constructed, that it has a journey, a beginning, a middle and an end. Within this journey, which is also the map of the journey, it is filled with heroes and action. What we have observed from our experience is that they like action a lot, they have an instinctive inclination towards the good, towards the beautiful, but they also like adrenaline a lot. Together with actors and a director, they stage plays in Berlin and make their own music, for about 20,000 children a year.

I've noticed how quickly they learn when imagination is involved. Children's imagination is natural, they are born with it. It just needs a little stimulation and also coordination, as these creative workshops will be group workshops. In a way, each child will have to find their voice, their hero and how they express it. We will also give some basics about music and what music means, how it underlines the action or a character, the hero for example or a mood. Whether it's joy or sadness or suspense. There will actually be basic elements, very simple elements. I remember when I was a child watching the film The Sound of Music and how easily I could learn the musical scale, because every note of the musical scale was a character.

We will also use music in this way to show children that it is also a language. Music is not something schematic. The two languages of storytelling and music actually intertwine and support each other.

What are the main benefits that children can get from participating in the Creators of Musical Fairy Tales workshops?

There are multiple benefits. First of all, they spend their time in a creative way, in an enjoyable way. There is also the satisfaction of producing something, because at the end we get to put on a little show of about 20-30 minutes. Another benefit is the awakening of creativity. Also the self-confidence that they can do something like this in such a short time and the collaboration with other children. A group of kids who probably don't know each other will come together and sweat and find compatibilities. There will be groups of three. At the end there will be a performance in which they will all participate. It's also about collaboration and compatibility and finding your voice, spending time in a nice, fun way.

What message do you have for parents who are interested in enrolling their children in these classes?

For parents who are interested in enrolling their children in these classes, our message is that there are worlds, whole stories, hidden in every child. It's really nice that this muscle actually develops, that it develops confidence and is able to dream, to be able to spread its wings in this world. It's a wonderful world. From our experience we've seen how much joy this brings to children and it's about leaving enriched, not only with experiences, but also with the fact that they can carry on in their lives and who knows, maybe a seed is planted for the future through music, through acting, through storytelling, through speaking or writing or drawing, maybe something artistic is awakened in children and will be developed further.