Free Time - with Reger and Sports...
Oh, this is so sad, my concert-free time between the Shostakovich No.2 in Halle on Feb 22 and the rehearsals in Amsterdam for Sinfonia Concertante which start on March 9 is almost over.
Projection, or "Is cello really a solo instrument?"
One blogger (Thomas Walter) sent me last week an e-mail asking about projection, and I thought this was an interesting issue for this little forum here.
The "Art" of memorising
In the last response to my last blog David asked about how I memorize, and since I don't have any secrets and would like to share maybe useful techniques, here we go.
Werktreue - faithful rendition
Today I received very respectful criticism in a cellist forum about the freedom I take while playing Bach. This is one of my favourite subjects since, and here is my answer.
Bach Suites
Today I finally started to learn the C Major Bach Suite. Oh my god, I know it so well by just listening to it numerous times, but how hard is it musically.
Cello and Rostropovich
Sorry, this is an article I wrote for a German music paper - I am too lazy to translate it now, but maybe I get around it one day...
Zunächst muss ich gestehen, dass ich kein besonders großer Cellofan bin. Weder habe ich viele Cello-CD’s noch spreche ich gerne übers Cello an sich. Für mich ist es vielmehr Mittel zum Zweck, und dieser heiligt bekanntermaßen die Mittel. Der Zweck? Musikmachen, und zwar so oft, impulsiv, intensiv wie nur möglich.
Willkommen zu Alban's Blog
Since a while I started thinking of starting my own blog in order to get some more feedback from fellow musicians or general audiences about the way I see, feel and understand music making, the music "scene" or business as well as general things in culture. I have no idea if there is a real interest for this, but I thought I'd check it out and see what happens...