The Proyecto Crece, an initiative of El Diario Montañés, wanted the participation of Matteo Conti, a professor of Music Education at the European University of the Atlantic, Matteo Conti.
In an interview published in El Diario, the artist talks about the importance of music for humans and the benefits it can bring to education.
In this sense, music for Professor Conti manages to activate the reward system, enabling us to learn instantly and on the go. Furthermore, he points out that thanks to musical activity, altruism, cooperation, and teamwork are encouraged, quickening our decision-making process.
Thus, the interview mentions the central objective that music has in education “is to promote tolerance, respect, diversity, and freedom,” says Conti.
The professor believes that music is capable of changing the world and living in a harmonized and consonant society. On the importance of music in situations like the one we are currently experiencing on a global level, Matteo Conti affirms that “it is a work of union, which is what music is. Music is social glue. This is a struggle that we will have to carry out whether we want to believe that we are akin to musicians or not. And that music (us) can change the world”.
Throughout the interview, Matteo Conti asserts the role that music has in society, its importance in education, as well as its transformative power in people’s lives and society.