1. Piano Trio = awesome and hardcore. I really like working with my new partners and I think the Shostakovich will turn out exceptional.
2. Lessons are really intense and I feel like I will never have enough time to practice everything I need to practice. My hands might just fall off first, which would be bad. I just have a lot of repertoire to learn.
3. Chinese is fun. I feel like I've made progress. I can definitely communicate much better than last semester, I've even had a few of my Chinese friends tell me that I'm actually not that bad...
4. The Shanghai Sinfonietta convened this week from Wednesday to Friday, we prepared an entire concert in only 2 rehearsals and 1 dress rehearsal. We played with the cellist, Jian Wang, who is featured on the movie "From Mao to Mozart" if you are interested.
5. We had the concert last night and it was particularly fantastic. I think everyone had a really good time.
6. I've gotten much closer to my Chinese friends so far this semester...I have a lot more of them, and we spend a lot more time together (this is the product of having rehearsals all the way in Pudong and having to travel an hour back and forth by metro).
7. It looks like France in May is a go. I just sent a copy of my passport to the Xu Zhong (the conductor)'s assistant...there will be more updates on this when I actually find out things.
8. I'm really tired...this week has been kind of stressful. I think we're getting massages tonight.
9. I need to go practice...
3 comments:
France?!?!? What for?!?! :) Miss you!
We're glad you didn't drop off the face of the earth!!! Sounds like you are super busy but how about a picture?
You are getting close to your grand finale! And my oh my you will be absolutely fabulous after all of this practice and practice and practice and playing and rehearsing and on and on and on! Love you sweetie!
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