November 1, 2004 at 7:14 AM

Monday morning 8am. Only a week to go before I go to Sout Korea and ofcourse my whole unit plan fell through, due to last minute trips to Switzerland and the UK. So now my usual competition stress started. This past night I dreamed about being at the competition and miraculously making it through the first round. However I could not play 2 out of 3 pieces of the second round and was wondering if I should pull out. Something which would be reality if I were to play the second round today. But if I were to get into the second round, I still have 2 weeks from today.
On sunday I will play at a concert in Amsterdam. The program is music of Willem Pijper. I am playing with Ton Hartsuiker, the former director of the Utrecht and Amsterdam conservatories, the first sonata of Pijper. I have to say, it is actually a beautiful piece. For the people who like Ravel and Debussy Sonatas, take a look at this sonata as well. It is never played, but you can do amazing things with colors and all.
I also still have to get my visa and immunizations for Korea. Brrrrr, way too many things to do!
I'll start now with getting myself back to the gym (I have been going every single morning swimming or working out for the past month, never been so diligent in my life. I hope my practicing will catch on :) )
I promise I will get back to my lesson with Mr. Perlman from last week, it was really good and somehow I feel it transported me to another level of playing. But that's for later.
Ciao!

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