Here I go...!

March 10, 2006 at 9:29 PM

Hi all,

this is my first entry so I would like to start by thanking you all for the fun I've had reading your texts. Many times I found in these texts the motivation to take my violin again and keep on practicing. Thanks again!

About myself... I have moved to this lovely city in Austria a few months ago and I must say life here is quite different than I expected.
I miss the great concerts in Frankfurt (midori, mullova, hilary hahn, alban berg quartett...), the free public transport, my running mates and also the german language.
The local people here are sometimes hard to understand. This happened to me one of my first days at the office, i was falling asleep in a meeting when someone suddenly said "a-moll". I woke up immediately "hey! they're talking about music!!", then they repeated "a-moll" a couple of times and I realized that they were saying "ein mal" ("once" in german)... :)

But there are also some good things here. I found very soon a chamber orchestra to play with.
They even asked me to make a web-site for them, so here it goes:
www.villacher-kammerorchester.at
I would appreciate comments and suggestions to make it look better...

Another good thing is the music school. It's small for a middle-size city like Villach, but they are accepting adults, so I will have a chance to start my studies here and maybe in some years I can think of joining the conservatory in Klagenfurt (the capital of Carinthia, the state where I live).

The city itself is nice. Those who have read till the end really deserve this nice picture. I took it last monday!

Ah! I forgot. Carinthia is a great place for hiking too!

From Colleen R
Posted on March 10, 2006 at 11:00 PM

Welcome! Those pictures are absolutely gorgeous!!!

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on March 12, 2006 at 1:38 AM

Welcome to v.com. I love your photos.

From Wanda Jenkins
Posted on March 12, 2006 at 4:55 AM

Absolutely breathtaking scenery!

From Jesus Contreras Espada
Posted on March 12, 2006 at 10:06 AM

Thanks! you're always welcome in Carinthia.
...and if the weather is bad we can stay at home and play the telemann c-dur concert for 4 violins. I have a copy somewhere :)

From Antal Kerekes
Posted on March 12, 2006 at 9:35 PM

You forgot to mention all the nice new freinds you met in Villach. Those bloody foriegners!

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