‘Are you a girl or a boy?’ Whenever someone asked me this question before I was a teenager, my usual—sincere—answer was always ‘both equally’. Continue reading “Are you a girl or a boy?”
Are you a girl or a boy?
A Saturday in December (in loving memory of Peter Kamps)
1998. A Saturday in December. 7.30 am, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
My first piano lesson with Sureka, at her house. Many more followed. She challenged me in many ways — my favourite was when after I’d had my first few piano lessons, she instructed me to accompany her flute playing from sight. She didn’t give me time to panic. Continue reading “A Saturday in December (in loving memory of Peter Kamps)”
Bach kicking ass in 1723
I think September 12th 1723 was one of those mornings in Leipzig that Bach must have said, ‘guys, today, we’re really going to kick some ass.’ Continue reading “Bach kicking ass in 1723”