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, 19 May 2013 13:33:14 +0200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/19/For-the-Love-of-Bach urn:md5:fc94486b85f61cbab4670ee8b8c41bc6 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:49:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Johann Sebastian Bach is one of my favorite composers, and his music has held a special meaning to me since childhood. My mother being a flute teacher I of course heard a lot of classical music at home, and besides Bach I remember being fond of symphonies of Mozart and Sibelius already early on. But what makes Bach especially dear to me is the... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/19/For-the-Love-of-Bach">Read</em> For the Love of Bach</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/19/For-the-Love-of-Bach#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/19/For-the-Love-of-Bach#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/734031 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/09/%22See-all-my-critics-wastin-time%22 urn:md5:4d9d9cf906db1b563f22b1c33eb7c3ad Thu, 09 May 2013 23:08:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>A month ago I conducted a concert in Joensuu, eastern Finland, and that program was no doubt the most difficult for me this season. We of course played some timeless classics there, like Idomeneo overture by Mozart and Beethoven's 2nd symphony, but the hardest piece was Tapio Tuomela's "'Swap' for saxophone and orchestra", which was a world... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/09/%22See-all-my-critics-wastin-time%22">Read</em> &quot;See all my critics wastin' time&quot;</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/09/%22See-all-my-critics-wastin-time%22#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/05/09/%22See-all-my-critics-wastin-time%22#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/732716 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/25/French-Music-in-Kazakhstan urn:md5:ea578d3eff380e88e08aba3188aa4e4f Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:12:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Shalkyma concert hall in Karaganda My most exotic concert trip so far this year was to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. It came about at a short notice when one of my old conducting teachers, Piotr Gribanov, contacted me just a few weeks before the concert date and promised that I can plan any kind of a program I want. I settled for a French program, since... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/25/French-Music-in-Kazakhstan">Read</em> French Music in Kazakhstan</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/25/French-Music-in-Kazakhstan#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/25/French-Music-in-Kazakhstan#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/730807 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/19/110-Years-of-St.-Michel-Strings urn:md5:35afdea0a463bd91fa0a5efff65e6a43 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:15:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Our orchestra in 1904 A few weeks back we celebrated the 110th anniversary of the St. Michel Strings in Mikkeli. To be accurate, our orchestra in its current form (as a professional string orchestra) was not created 110 years ago, but the local "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde" was established on March 19, 1903 (on the birthday of the composer of... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/19/110-Years-of-St.-Michel-Strings">Read</em> 110 Years of St. Michel Strings</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/19/110-Years-of-St.-Michel-Strings#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/19/110-Years-of-St.-Michel-Strings#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/730126 http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/13/Madetoja-Symphony-Cycle-Completed urn:md5:1caae6f156f2b8851bda2ab873441093 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:25:00 +0200 Sasha Mäkilä <p>Me and Kristóf Baráti after the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto I think almost half of my blog entries already start with an apology to my readers for not updating frequently enough. Again, I have been on the road almost non stop after my concert in Kemi, and I just could not find any time to sit down and formulate my thoughts about my projects and... <em><a href="http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/13/Madetoja-Symphony-Cycle-Completed">Read</em> Madetoja Symphony Cycle Completed</a></p> http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/13/Madetoja-Symphony-Cycle-Completed#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/post/2013/04/13/Madetoja-Symphony-Cycle-Completed#comment-form http://blog.sashamakila.com/feed/atom/comments/729299