October 9, 2005 at 11:54 AM

After a while I am going back on stage. Next week three concerts and I am also playing in a radio program. I love my job. This week I spend mainly with Prokofiev. It will be the first time I perform the D Major Sonata and I am very much looking forward to it. The piece is so filled with emotions and sometimes I feel I need even more colors then in Debussy. It feels like I have all these beautiful aquarel colors to give the fairy tale Prokofiev composed shape.

One of the things I got to work on this summer was using as little movement as possible when playing, somthing which Mr. Perlman has always been confronting me with. Because I got boiling water over me, this was not much of an effort, but now I need to get comfortable again. I have tried several methods, but Alexander Technique stays my preferred one. It is just so nice to feel your spine elongate and feel freedom in your arms. I can recommend it for every musician!

For people in Holland: check out my website at www.dekamervraag.nl/muziek/carla_leurs for info on where the concerts are and for the radio broadcast next sunday!

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