Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
16 Jul 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash Sigh.... I guess that every parent knows this feeling. A four year old that has decided on one aspect of life to stake a their challenge to parents... for us, it has been the eating of dinners. It's now a long running habit for th...
13 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
This was actually a restaurany that I visited very recently (this year!) when there was some work and travel available in 2021! It's not a very common occurence to travel too much for work at the moment as festivals and ensembles are still in a...
12 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15. ... and here we are with my weekly mind-dump about the past wee...
9 Jul 2021 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
For some reason, there are quite a number of Vietnamese restaurants in Leipzig... perhaps it has something do with the shared East German and North Vietnamese political history? It is something that I find slightly odd, but I should look into it...
7 Jul 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
One of the nice things about having so many historical keyboards around the house is the ability to just walk up to something and just start playing on it... we have a double-manual French harpsichord, a 5-octave fortepiano, a clavichord and the...
5 Jul 2021 2 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14. So, the first week of the second Trimester is now behind me, and I've jus...
3 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
In another of my little series of finding little quiet places in the middle of towns, I am going to introduce you to the Botanische Tuin (Botanical Garden) of the TU Delft (Delft Technical University). Now, Delft is quite a famous tourist town t...
1 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Like most people, I have lived in a particular place for many years and been completely and utterly oblivious to some of the little gems that exist right under my nose! This can range from interesting streets, nice restaurants or cafes, museums....
26 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments bengy
Prašná brána (in English, the Powder Keg Tower) is an impressive tower situated right next to the Municipal House (where the Smetana Hall is located) where I was performing last month as part of the Prague Spring Festival. It is a Gothic era tow...
25 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
..it works! So, for the concert tomorrow that I wrote about yesterday (wow, that was a bit of a confusing sentence!)... I'm playing this piece that is not written for the viola d'amore and so it already sits pretty awkwardly under the hands... l...
