Renee Fleming: I can help with long Covid
News…Last summer, the 63-year-old diva launched a new online initiative, “Healing Breath”, alongside other singers including Angelique Kidjo and several Broadway stars.
“We are experts in breathing. It’s the foundation of what we do — like swimmers,” she told AFP ahead of a performance at the Paris Opera this week.
“The idea is to enable long Covid patients, or any person with lung problems, to extend their breath,” she said…
Fleming is also advising experts at Johns Hopkins University on a “NeuroArts Blueprint” that aims to create a network of researchers and artists developing ideas around art therapy.
“What I would love to see happen is for the arts to be fully integrated into our healthcare system,” she said, praising efforts to do so in Britain and some US states.
“Music has been with us for at least 55,000 years judging by the musical instruments we have found, and probably much longer. It’s in our DNA to respond to music and arts.”…
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