On French cheese
The last time I really worked with Ms. Emma Brown, Singer Extraordinaire, was for her Master's final exam in Composition (as I have...
On Power Flowers
Last Monday, the 27th of June, I was a Power Flower. No, really. At the music school where I teach, there is also an all-ladies choir...
On happy songs
Last Friday, the 24th of June, I was asked to play the Musical Intermezzo during the Leiden Honors Academy Closing Ceremony in the...
Snippet: on secret admirers
I have a student who is both thoughtful and shy. Today, I taught my last Monday class of the school year, and one of my students had...
On perspective
A couple weeks ago, I was playing at a baptism, and it was a staggering amount of fun. I was asked to play "Morning has broken" and "You...
On Cortot exercises and Grieg competitions
About two months ago, it suddenly and mysteriously became very important to me that I could play Chopin's Black Key study very well. By...
Het Klankcafé on YouTube!
A small update, ladies and gentlemen - Episode of Het Klankcafé is online, and to prove that I hereby provide you with the following...
Klankcafé, Episode Twenty
Quick, think of a studio! If what you came up with is something like a very sound-proofed room with a lot of microphones, a potential...
Mon Livre Rouge on radio
About a month ago, Jannum called me. We had actually talked not that long ago, and we didn't really have anything planned - yet - so I...
The Regent's Chamber Concert
So I guess I'm a circus miracle. It became rather painfully clear that my sad, sharkbitten finger wouldn't be healed enough to play on...
