Antonia Tejeda Barros (Barcelona, 1975) is a recorder player, violin player, book-eater and mother of three wonderful children. Her specialty is to work a lot and earn very little. (Don’t read more if it bores you). She studied recorder and violin at the Professional Conservatory of Music in Badalona, the School of Music of Barcelona and the Superior Conservatory of Music in Barcelona. From 1998 to 2002 she lived in Holland, where she studied recorder with the wonderful Dorothea Winter at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She got her Art Bachelor’s Degree in 2002, specializing in Recorder, Early Music and Pedagogy. She is currently a member of Rubato Appassionato and Dionysus Consort. She is a co-founder of the Company Camaleón de papel, the label AcoustiCDelicatessen, and the Philosophy & Art magazine Humano, creativamente humano. She is the creator of the show El tigre flautista y las estrellas and a co-creator of the shows Música en la selva and En los Kampos de la Muerte. In 2015 she finished her Master’s Degree in Philosophy at the UNED (Cum Laude) with a thesis on Viktor Frankl and Sartre, Auschwitz, and the death of God (directed by the distinguished Manuel Fraijó). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Philosophy.
She has two Blogs: on Antonia’s Blog she writes about Philosophy, Music, and whatever she feels like, and on Pasión cinéfila obsesivo-compulsiva she writes only about cinema. She has lots of recorder, violin and composition students in her small musical corner.
She’s addicted to online courses and so far has completed (with a Certificate of Achievement) the following courses: Moralities of Everyday Life (Yale University), Søren Kierkegaard–Subjectivity, Irony and the Crisis of Modernity (University of Copenhagen), Classical Sociological Theory (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Ancient Philosophy: Plato and his Predecessors (University of Pennsylvania), Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and his Successors (University of Pennsylvania), Philosophy, Science and Religion, I (The University of Edinburgh), Religion and Conflict (University of Groningen), The Holocaust–An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, the Jews and the World (Yad Vashem & Tel Aviv University), The Holocaust–An Introduction (II): The Final Solution (Yad Vashem & Tel Aviv University), Antisemitism: From its Origins to the Present (Yad Vashem), The History of Modern Israel–Part I: From an Idea to a State (Tel Aviv University), The History of Modern Israel–Part II: Challenges of Israel as a Sovereign State (Tel Aviv University), Politics, Art and Resistance (University of Kent), From the Big Bang to Dark Energy (The University of Tokio), Astro 101: Black Holes (University of Alberta), Big History–From the Big Bang until Today (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Origins–Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life (University of Copenhagen), Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space (The University of Arizona), Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology (University of Alberta), Learning how to Learn (University of California San Diego), COVID-19: Tacking the Novel Coronavirus (London School of Hygiene & Tropical, A Life of Happiness and Fulfilment (Indian School of Business), Cameras, Exposure, and Photography (Michigan State University), Camera Control (Michigan State University), Photography Techniques (Michigan State University), Fundamentals of Music Theory (The University of Edinburgh), Teaching the Violin: Creating a Healthy Foundation (Northwestern University), Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera (Harvard University), Händel’s Messiah and Baroque Oratorio (Harvard University), and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots (Harvard University).
She has completed five awesome masterclasses: Annie Leibovitz (Photography), Martin Scorsese (Filmmaking), Samuel L. Jackson (Acting), Danny Elfman (Music for Film), and Jane Goodall (Conservation).
She loves music, photography, books, cinema, painting, philosophy, astronomy, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Rimbaud, Freud, Ortega, Sartre, Kandinsky, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee, Man Ray, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Ramsey Lewis, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, Thelonious Monk, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Truffaut, Bergman, Will Smith, Heath Ledger, Michael Jordan, Woody Allen, and, above all, spending time with her wonderful children Yael, Itay & Dalit. She hates racism, antisemitism, homophobia, sexism, religious fanaticism, nationalisms, wars and intolerance. She currently lives in Madrid and juggles to combine her intellectual and musical interests with her true passion: motherhood.
She has two Blogs: on Antonia’s Blog she writes about Philosophy, Music, and whatever she feels like, and on Pasión cinéfila obsesivo-compulsiva she writes only about cinema. She has lots of recorder, violin and composition students in her small musical corner.
She’s addicted to online courses and so far has completed (with a Certificate of Achievement) the following courses: Moralities of Everyday Life (Yale University), Søren Kierkegaard–Subjectivity, Irony and the Crisis of Modernity (University of Copenhagen), Classical Sociological Theory (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Ancient Philosophy: Plato and his Predecessors (University of Pennsylvania), Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and his Successors (University of Pennsylvania), Philosophy, Science and Religion, I (The University of Edinburgh), Religion and Conflict (University of Groningen), The Holocaust–An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, the Jews and the World (Yad Vashem & Tel Aviv University), The Holocaust–An Introduction (II): The Final Solution (Yad Vashem & Tel Aviv University), Antisemitism: From its Origins to the Present (Yad Vashem), The History of Modern Israel–Part I: From an Idea to a State (Tel Aviv University), The History of Modern Israel–Part II: Challenges of Israel as a Sovereign State (Tel Aviv University), Politics, Art and Resistance (University of Kent), From the Big Bang to Dark Energy (The University of Tokio), Astro 101: Black Holes (University of Alberta), Big History–From the Big Bang until Today (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Origins–Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life (University of Copenhagen), Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space (The University of Arizona), Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology (University of Alberta), Learning how to Learn (University of California San Diego), COVID-19: Tacking the Novel Coronavirus (London School of Hygiene & Tropical, A Life of Happiness and Fulfilment (Indian School of Business), Cameras, Exposure, and Photography (Michigan State University), Camera Control (Michigan State University), Photography Techniques (Michigan State University), Fundamentals of Music Theory (The University of Edinburgh), Teaching the Violin: Creating a Healthy Foundation (Northwestern University), Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera (Harvard University), Händel’s Messiah and Baroque Oratorio (Harvard University), and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots (Harvard University).
She has completed five awesome masterclasses: Annie Leibovitz (Photography), Martin Scorsese (Filmmaking), Samuel L. Jackson (Acting), Danny Elfman (Music for Film), and Jane Goodall (Conservation).
She loves music, photography, books, cinema, painting, philosophy, astronomy, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Rimbaud, Freud, Ortega, Sartre, Kandinsky, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee, Man Ray, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Ramsey Lewis, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, Thelonious Monk, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Truffaut, Bergman, Will Smith, Heath Ledger, Michael Jordan, Woody Allen, and, above all, spending time with her wonderful children Yael, Itay & Dalit. She hates racism, antisemitism, homophobia, sexism, religious fanaticism, nationalisms, wars and intolerance. She currently lives in Madrid and juggles to combine her intellectual and musical interests with her true passion: motherhood.
