How Shostakovich Changed My Mind by Stephen Johnson (narrated by Stephen Johnson)

For Stephen Johnson, music has a greater power to transform us, to change our minds, than the other arts. Exploring the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, Johnson writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on the mind for sufferers of mental illness. Johnson looks at neurological, psychotherapeutic and philosophical findings, and reflects on his own experience, where he believes Shostakovich’s music helped him survive the trials and assaults of bipolar disorder.

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