THE AUTHOR
RITMìA® is an innovative form of Early Childhood Music Education created by the Italian bassoon player Sonia Simonazzi. Sonia is from Mantova and lives in Piacenza (near Milan and Reggio Emilia). Coming from a humble hard working family, she grew the love for music and made her parents to support her dream. She graduated from the Music Conservatory of Parma with the highest grades and at the early age of 19, started to create RITMìA®. Moreover, Sonia has studied and worked in Italy with the finest  yoga's teachers. A bassoon and baroque-bassoon player, music researcher, music educator and yoga instructor (see pics here), Sonia holds training programs for teachers, workshops for parents, classes and labs for children.
From 1999 to 2001, she was selected as one of the experts in Cremona (Italy) for the "International Mus-E Project" (Musica in Europa), promoted by the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation of Bruxelles, in cooperation with the European Economic Community (CEE) and UNESCO, and for experimental training initiatives coordinated by the Departments of Education of Piacenza, Cremona, Padova.

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Sonia Simonazzi has written the following books:
"Yoga e Musica per crescere” (Sold Out) Fabbri Editori (Milano, 1996)
"Bambini in Musica, Suoni, Gesti, Giochi " Ludi Sounds (Milan, 1997) 
"Dire, fare, suonare" Elledici (Turin, 2000) 
"Quando la Musica diventa Gioco" Idee e proposte per educatori creativi, per genitori pazienti, per piccoli protagonisti da 0 a 3 anni. COMUNE DI PIACENZA (Piacenza, 2002)
“Il Parlamusica” to be released 
"Il Saltinsuono” to be released