http://blog.sashamakila.com/ This is the travel diary of conductor Sasha Mäkilä. You will read all about his rehearsals, concerts, competitions and master classes while he is on the road. en Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:04:50 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/02/01/How-to-find-me-on-the-Internet urn:md5:f4c8ab06f9a2b1bf8865261266856032 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Sasha Mäkilä <p>If you want to stay on top what I am currently doing, there are couple of other things besides this blog that you can follow. My personal website at www.sashamakila.com is where you will find the most current information of my coming concerts. If you want to book me for a concert better check the calendar page first! You can now become my fan on... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/02/01/How-to-find-me-on-the-Internet">Read</em> How to find me on the Internet</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/02/01/How-to-find-me-on-the-Internet#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/02/01/How-to-find-me-on-the-Internet#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/480816 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/01/01/New-Year%2C-New-Challenges urn:md5:4915a46bc3b6fe0446d4bc16cf332ccc Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:54:00 +0100 Sasha Mäkilä <p>First I would like to wish Happy New Year 2010 to all my readers! Some of you have sent me email which is very nice - I will always try to find time to answer them. I would also like to see more comments on my blog postings, so I will make it my personal challenge this year to try to write in a way which would encourage more interaction between me... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/01/01/New-Year%2C-New-Challenges">Read</em> New Year, New Challenges</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/01/01/New-Year%2C-New-Challenges#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2010/01/01/New-Year%2C-New-Challenges#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/471959 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/11/21/Furtw%C3%A4ngler%2C-Karajan-and-Conducting-Technique urn:md5:6c9d468d739db94060ee865dcde4d5e2 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0100 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Boskovsky talks about great maestros At 0:40 in the above clip Willi Boskovsky, the long-time concertmaster of Wiener Philharmoniker, speaks about working with the legendary Wilhelm Furtwängler and how difficult it was to start a piece with him. Furtwängler was renowned for his unconventional (at that time) style of conducting, which in fact was... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/11/21/Furtw%C3%A4ngler%2C-Karajan-and-Conducting-Technique">Read</em> Furtwängler, Karajan and the Modern Conducting Technique</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/11/21/Furtw%C3%A4ngler%2C-Karajan-and-Conducting-Technique#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/11/21/Furtw%C3%A4ngler%2C-Karajan-and-Conducting-Technique#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/461364 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/10/28/Sometimes-It-s-Hard-To-Say-No%21 urn:md5:4cb1689115ffd89e3f23d3bff89291ca Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:14:00 +0100 Sasha Mäkilä <p>I have just survived the busiest month+ of conducting in my life, so please forgive me again for not updating this blog! But unfortunately being a free lance conductor is like this - there might be no work for weeks and suddenly everyone wants you at the same time! And if you refuse an engagement you risk finding yourself at the bottom of the stack... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/10/28/Sometimes-It-s-Hard-To-Say-No%21">Read</em> Sometimes It's Hard To Say No!</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/10/28/Sometimes-It-s-Hard-To-Say-No%21#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/10/28/Sometimes-It-s-Hard-To-Say-No%21#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/456035 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/09/06/Summarizing-My-Summer urn:md5:804c106acfe09ded02ef655b04df09e0 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:14:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Me and violin soloist Anna Lee at the dress rehearsal before our Shostakovich concert in Aspen (photo Laura Mirahver) This has been one of the busiest summers in my life, and thus I have not been able to update my blog, sorry! Anyway, the concerts at the Viola Congress in Stellenbosch were awesome and we had really good time after one of the... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/09/06/Summarizing-My-Summer">Read</em> Summarizing My Summer</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/09/06/Summarizing-My-Summer#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2009/09/06/Summarizing-My-Summer#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/437977