January 9, 2005 at 8:52 AM

Three more hours and I will be on my way to New York. However I am still in the dark as to if I am actually going back to school, some last minute problems, which I hope will be solved tomorrow...
I just had two most amazing weeks behind me, where God has once again showed me how faithful He is and I trust that this will continue, also in NYC. The last 2 weeks I spent in Swizterland. First I attended a conference called "Explo" where I immersed myself 5 days in studying and hearing about Christianity. And after that I stayed with some new friends, made at the conference, while preparing for a concert I played last friday with two of my best friends: Reto Reichenbach (piano) and Esme de Vries (cello). I find it hard to describe all that has happened in these 2 weeks, it will never do justice to the experience. But I am so glad that all of this happened, because I could not have asked for a better preparation to return to the States and in general for the coming semester, because I will be playing a lot of concerts and I finally have finished my application for the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Tchaikovksy won by the way, I decided that it would be safer to play Tchaik, since I have played it already so often with orchestra, whereas Shostakovich I have only done twice on a competition (although when I played it with Sinaisky, it was one of the most incredible experiences that I have had working with a conductor!)

I got to run, still have lots of stuff to pack. I am curious and excited to see what's in store for me in New York. Let's hope everything will work out the way it is supposed to work out.

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