Bernard Haitink, een van mijn grootste voorbeelden (bij wie ik in 2017 het voorrecht had een masterclass te volgen in Luzern, zie video) heeft besloten een punt achter zijn grandioze dirigeercarriere te zetten. En wie kan hem dat, nu hij 90 is, eigenlijk kwalijk nemen? Continue reading “NL | Manoj in Volkskrant over Bernard Haitink”
Are you a girl or a boy?
‘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?”
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)”