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Sammanfattning: By using the scientific essay and modern hermeneutic understanding as method the essay Musical performance, a space of magic examines the mental and physical room for musical performance. The focus is, as the title reveals, the sense of a higher state of interconnection which can occur between the performing artist and audience. The essay examines the musical performance as a collective act; seeing both the performer and the audience's as maneuvering actors in the room. The performance is understood as an act together. The theoretical reflection of this scientific essay is largely based on the concept of play defined by Johan Huizinga. For an understanding of knowledge in action, practical knowledge, the essay investigate the concept of fronesis defined by Aristotle. For an understanding of collective knowledge about sensory experience, the essay search understanding in Jonna Bornemark's thoughts on a concept of judgment understood as a framework for quality built from within a practice by its actors. The essay also discusses John Dewey's thoughts on the creative process and collects experience from literature on improvisational music. The essay contributes from a hermeneutic understanding with an experience based reflection and offer the reader a ground for continued scientific reflection on professional knowledge in music performance.