Hallelujah in Belgium…?
We are all humans of this world, we all desire the same things: love, happiness and to be understood for who we are. It shouldn’t be so difficult to understand one another, especially not between two countries very close to each other, like for…
SCHUMANN!!!
I'll say nothing. Watch what happens when four musicians say Yes to music and No to "rules". I give you: Ensemble Odd Size [iframe id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4IDiMQetAsE"]
To sing music by dead people. And alive.
As a classical singer I perform lots and lots of music by dead people. One disadvantage though of singing the music by composers who stopped living is that you can’t ask them what they really meant, how they wanted it sound, who they wrote it for or…
A lullaby to start the week
From Sounds, sweet Airs and the Art of Longing with me and Fredrik Bock. Lovely melody by Benedicte Torget. [iframe id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2NkYeGrCkr8"]
When music is scary
On the occasion of Sunday’s concert with Paulus Barokk. I realise, when I write these posts, that many of them are about what I’ve learned and what I now have to re-learn in my own way. Always having been the good student, doing what the grown-ups…
It's not you. It's me. Really.
I’ve just read ”The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. It’s the kind of book that I don’t usually read (just because…), but someone read a quote from it which really provoked me, so I had to read it. ”Never take anything personal”… Well, if that’s…
Preparing. Puzzle.
Right now: Preparing for the four books of Madrigals, by George Crumb. Music that’s like a gigantic puzzle. In the beginning it’s just thousands of bits and pieces lying around. No borders, no contours, no clear pictures, just rhythms, words and…
New sounds in the air
Today I've updated my media site to be more…me. Please visit. Click on music/media.
Ophelia - or (re)Fin(d)ing my voice
In the Autumn 2004 I was a very tired mother of a two-year old, and I had also just received my Konzertexamen-diploma. Twenty-eight years old with a long education behind me and a future I didn't know anything about. Lost and a bit sad. The musical…