These pages will keep track of my travels, my colleagues, my friends, the garden and anything interesting my little digital camera lights upon.
Welcome to the new decade. Here are a few catch-up pix from last year, a bit of food for thought, and a bouquet of images from our beautiful Spring/Summer garden.
Brilliant Josef Špaček who won the 2009 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Check the GIGS page to see where you might hear him play in June/July.
2007 MHIVC winner Bella Hristova paid us a fleeting visit, apparently not during the Summer. Not too cold to check out the nearby windfarm though. Love those windmills. Bella has played in Carnegie Hall - twice! - since this pic was taken.
Ashley and Victoria are famous for removing flowers (not necessarily theirs) from backstage rooms. They love their work.
P4-BASH, or for those not acronymically inclined, Piano Quartet - Brown (Ashley), Ansell (Gillian), Smith (Wilma) and Houstoun (Thing), or from left to right, HASB. Whichever way you look at it, four happy colleagues after a spot of Schnittke, Brahms and Fauré.
Gillian does not see the point of rehearsing sober.
Rambo with his head in the bucket not long before kicking it - R.I.P.
Without whom............
Roland Barthes
Pensive composer and recording producer, Kenneth Young, wonders if I will ever stop making mistakes...
Pensive recording engineer, Steve Garden, wonders the same thing.
Only former Timaruvians can fully appreciate the ecstasy occasioned by this little sign.
Backstage with maestro Eckehard Stier after a performance of Beethoven with the APO.
Christine Pearce granted me the great happiness of playing all five Beethoven piano concerti with the VWO.
Hakuin
A lovely pic of artist and WebMaestro, Quentin Roper, and myself on the occasion of the launch of this website.
Quentin has designed the site, done the brilliant animations and removed my fear of computers (if not my ignorance).
We have enjoyed a few glasses of good wine in the process. Cheers, Quentin!