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Tuesday 14 October 2008

Photo (and video) updates

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I am finally in Finland at my table top computer and thus able to update some photos to accompany my reports from Italy, France and Germany! After the competition I went to Paris and heard three interesting concerts: The Turangalîla Symphony performed by the Orchestre de Radio France, a concert by the Chamber Orchestra of Cologne (they have one Finnish violoncellist!) and a concert by Orchestre National de France with Alexander Toradze (the smiling guy above) as their piano soloist playing the Shostakovich piano concerto No. 1. Now I have some days of rest before my rehearsals with Saimaa Sinfonietta will start.

14.10.2008 Beethovenfest photos updated!
14.10.2008 I found a video clip of Leif Segerstam conducting!
26.10.2008 some photos added to Pedrotti competition entries.

Thursday 4 September 2008

Blogging from the pocket

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This time I am traveling without my laptop, but I took with me my trusted Apple gadget. Of course writing on the touchscreen is a bit slow, but hopefully that results in more concentrated and to-the-point entries!

The ONF has been rehearsing for three days now with maestro Masur, and on Saturday we will travel to Bonn to perform all the symphonies of Beethoven. It is the first time a foreign orchestra has been invited to do that and thus the expectations are high!

Tomorrow a rehearsal of the Eighth and Ninth symphonies. More news from Bonn...