Gamarjobat chemo kargebo (hello my dear ones), This week I started my study at the conservatory again and before I get eaten up by student life I wanted to take this chance to talk about something nice on our blog. As some of you may know, I spent my holiday in Georgia, the country where I […]
My 2017’s favourites
Ok guys, it’s a wrap, 2017 has officially ended! I know that it has been already 7 days ago, but I still want to wish everyone a happy new year! Currently, I’m in Georgia for the holiday visiting my family. I felt like I had to write something on the blog, but I couldn’t quite […]
Winter diary & inspiration
10th of December Ohh winter is hereeee! Yes I know, winter was already here. I know, it I know it.. but today it really hit me. Today ladies and gentlemen it was snowing in Utrecht. It wasn’t the first time this year, but I think it was the first time that is actually caused serious traffic […]
Keeping up as a musician – 5 everyday tips!
Hello everyone, It’s been a while, but we’re back! It’s true what they say: the longer you wait and don’t write anything, the harder it gets to start again. Just now I was checking the date of the last blog and to my astonishment, it was published on the 8th of October. OCTOBER! Can you […]
Creating happy moments
Today is Sunday, the first day of the week on which I had no obligations whatsoever. I finally had the time to do some things in the house; wash my sheets, vacuum clean the entire house, clean the bathroom and do grocery shopping. I knew it was a long time ago since I wrote an […]
Odd things you encounter as a violinist
As a violinist, I always carry my instrument around. You could say that my violin and I are inseparable. I always need my instrument: whenever I go to the conservatory to study, whenever I teach, whenever I play concerts and even whenever I stay at someone’s house for a few days. The days I don’t […]
Beauties from the violin repertoire
Lately, I’ve been re-listening a lot of violin pieces. Then I thought to myself: what’s nicer than sharing your love for pieces with others? Here’s a list of pieces with some of my favourites from the violin repertoire. You can find recordings of the pieces underneath this post. Sonata for violin and continuo No. 2 […]
A few of my favourite things / PRAGUE
It’s finally the nicest time of the year: summer! This post is going to be about my holiday with my boyfriend in Prague. It won’t be a regular post in which I describe what I’ve seen and done. I decided that I want to tell a little story with every picture that I placed in […]
Music of the Month: June
The first half of 2017 is officially over… Wait, what?! Can somebody pinch me, please? It went by so fast, but if I look back now, some great things happened. One of these things is the music that I discovered during the month of June and I really like to share that with you!
Informusic app reviewed by a conservatory student
Today I will write a review about an app that I recently purchased on my smartphone. It’s an app that I am quite excited about, especially as a musician and as a violin student. The app is called ‘Informusic‘ and it’s an all-in-one music history resource. The first time I encountered this app was a […]