The amazing Montserrat mountain It feels a bit absurd: flying to Spain for just one concert. But then again: the Fira Mediterrania is a nice and wellknown festival, and besides, it is a good opportunity to meet other festivals specialized in mediterranean music. What IS absurd, however, is the policy of Vueling airlines against musicians. […]

Taksim square, Istanbul After our first five concerts, we have two days to relax in Istanbul. At first I thought: ‘Hey, that is strange: we play during the week, and not in the weekend?’ But if you think of it, it is perfectly logical, since we play at University stages, and a lot of students […]

Baraná with Ceylan Ertem in Kayseri We have to get up early, because we have a four and a halve hour drive to Kayseri in front of us. We see endless Anatolian scenery’s: brown/yellow hills, with very little trees or bushes, turning slowly in higher mountains. You could record quite a nice episode of Star […]

The second day of our festival, I started wondering whether the concept of me presenting the festival as well, besides playing, conducting the Workshop Orchestra, organizing the meetings between musicians, and playing myself with Yom was such a good idea after all…. It fitted well in the idea of a festival in which the ‘meeting’ is […]