'A musical life in motion' is the fascinating life story of Ans Samama-Polak (1924-2023). She was born into a warm, intellectual and well-to-do family. As a Jewish girl, she experienced the horrors of the war first-hand. After the war, she developed into one of the leading Mensendieck therapists in the Netherlands. She developed a therapy that still benefits countless musicians at home and abroad.

With enthusiasm and frankness, she tells her life story, in which her father, the philosopher Le...