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 […]
‘Le chat du rabbin’ – the movie and it’s music
Today I will write about a movie that I have seen yesterday. It’s a French movie that’s called ‘Le chat du rabbin’ (The rabbi’s cat), based on the comics by Joann Sfar. After having seen the trailer a few years ago, I got interested in the movie. However, I have never been able to find […]
The experience of a lifetime
Dear everyone, As said and promised we’re back with a new article on our blog. Like we mentioned in the previous article, we have been away with the Ricciotti Ensemble. It’s been already a bit more than three weeks since we got back from our tour in the Netherlands. It was truly an amazing and […]
Back to business
Hello lovely people, As you might have noticed we’ve been away for a while, because we have been on tour with the amazing Ricciotti Ensemble from the Netherlands. We’re excited to tell you about our experiences with this street symphony orchestra. We will post an article and maybe even a video about our tour soon, […]
Things musicians have to put up with during concerts that outsiders aren’t always aware of
Whenever you perform at a concert, you want to play as good as you can for your audience. The truth is that it’s not always possible. Of course, a lot has to do with preparing your part well, but there are also unexpected things that can happen at the venue. So here’s my top 7 […]