Courtesy of Tonar Music Management
“During my long friendship with Dr. Victor Candia, I have come to admire his deep knowledge of the many issues and potential injuries that musicians are faced with throughout our careers. He is a singer and an instrumentalist which gives him a depth of understanding of vocal and instrumental techniques and being also a scientist and a psychologist by training, his work uniquely amalgamates science, psychology, and music performance techniques.
I regularly recommend students and colleagues to him.”
“I learned about the work of Dr. Victor Candia in 2007. Since then, I have been an admirer of his approach to treating injured musicians and to helping them regain motion dexterity and playing confidence. His understanding of the whole psychomotor process required to play a musical instrument at the top level of professional performance is exceptional. Indeed, merely attending his brilliant lectures on performance can help one prevent common injuries from happening.
To those teaching and playing the guitar, I recommend Dr. Candia’s work as one of the most thorough I’ve ever seen.”
“To this day, I have never in my life met anyone who knows the guitar better than this man—every aspect of the technique and physicality of playing, as well as all the psycho-physiological conundrums that surround us as performing musicians every day.
I would have never recovered without his help and I will be eternally grateful to him.” (Classical Guitar Magazine)
“In a much useful series of lectures and practical lessons given to professors and students of musical instruments and the voice, he addressed a wide number of physiological and psychological aspects highly relevant to the learning and practice of music performance. In a master class particularly dedicated to our voice students, it became clear to me that Dr. Candia’s deep knowledge reaches far beyond the physiological and psychological aspects of the singing voice: he demonstrated a real understanding and knowledge of vocal technics, always coming up with the right solution to any of the technical problems he was confronted with.
An outstanding and very entertaining lecturer!”
Rodrigo del Pozo
Instituto de Música, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
“We collaborate on a regular basis with Dr. Candia for many years. We could profit from his extensive knowledge and experience in the diagnostic and conservative treatment of neuromuscular hand problems. His careful examination and analysis of motion and of muscle overuse was essential to help many patients.
It is a real pleasure and honor to work with him.”
PD Dr med Maurizio Calcagni
Vice-Chairman, Head of Hand Surgery
Div. Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
University Hospital of Zurich
“Dr. Victor Candia is, without doubt, one of the world’s leaders in the psychobiology of elite performance of the arts. As an accomplished musician, creative thinker, successful experimentalist, inspiring teacher, and fluent in several languages, Dr. Candia has been able to help several dozen world-class musicians to overcome profession-related injuries, stress, fatigue, and other illnesses of the body and the mind.
When it comes to understanding the biological and psychological underpinnings of art performance, Dr. Candia definitely sets the standard.”
Prof. Dr. Rafael Núñez
University of California, San Diego