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Bram Heemskerk

Janine Jansen

December 5, 2005 at 11:58 AM

Although I don’t try to get Janine Jansen to a tv-show, like a sort of Dutch Oprah Winfry (they sent all Oprah’s shows often on Dutch television) I sent her and 17 other violinists with the name Santa with a Santa poem the cd of Ysaye with the violinconcerto of Ysaye (see last entry). I think most violinists (most of them I have played violinconcerto’s with amateurorchestra’s) will realize that I was behind it and that I was Santa. This day a colleague said: I found some pictures of “your sweetheart”. I have some scans of them. Isn’t she lovely? Xxx. Perhaps next concert of her I can give the flowers and kisses (perhaps you can manage the same with Joshua Bell, Sydney Menees?)But she has already a friend, Julian Rachlin, who is a good professional violinplayer (I am a poor violinist), and I am bad in soaking off and I don’t like to stoke/disturb in a good marriage/relation. But it is always a pleasure to see/hear her.
But being a professional violinsoloist is looking glamorous, but is very lonely. She is alone in her hotelroom in FarawayStan (derived from AfghaniStan) like Perth and is eating alone in a restaurant there. If you play in a group of people in a professional orchestra that’s more social. Or like me playing in 5 amateurorchestra’s (without any professional contract) and having a a job with colleagues is more social, than studying difficult notes on your own as international violinsoloist and travelling around the world.




From Jim W. Miller
Posted on December 5, 2005 at 3:55 PM
You should follow her to FarawayStan find out where she's staying follow her to the restaurant where she's eating alone and suavely join her. In an hour she'll be telling you all her problems and realize you're the only one who really understands her. I don't think it's stalking if you're harmless. Not sure. But anyway, you know I missed seeing her three weeks ago. Close by and I didn't know about it. But a lot of chix in the U.S. look like her. Most of 'em in fact.
From Eric Stanfield
Posted on December 5, 2005 at 4:58 PM
Somehow I doubt she's spending her nights sitting in hotel rooms feeling lonely. But good luck!
From Bill _
Posted on December 5, 2005 at 5:23 PM
Nice candids :-)

Jim's right.

From Scott 68
Posted on December 5, 2005 at 6:13 PM
yes but have you had dreams of her playing violin dressed in a ham sandwich costume?
From Sydney Menees
Posted on December 5, 2005 at 9:23 PM
Haha, very funny yo. I think I'll be writing a long explanation blog entry today...stay tuned.
From Bram Heemskerk
Posted on December 6, 2005 at 11:42 AM
I just want to put my lips around her shoulders.

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