Today, around noon, I walked into La Quinta de Mahler (LQM), a place I usually go to and of which I have written in some other articles. Since I couldn’t find what I was looking for, I asked Juan Lucas, the person in charge of this extraordinary music shop in Madrid, if he [...]
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I stumbled upon this recording of Treemonisha, just by chance, when I was prowling for some music at La Quinta de Mahler, an excellent music shop very near the Teatro Real, in Madrid, Spain. I usually visit this shop in search for music and good conversation. And most of times I get [...]
Michael Thallium, Global & Greatness Coach Over a year ago, I wrote On my listenings (Part 1). Time flies and it was just about time for me to continue with this series of articles. I won’t repeat what I have already said in the above mentioned article, so I recommend you [...]
Michael Thallium, Global & Greatness Coach Hello! Thank you and congratulations! Thanks for making it to get here and congratulations because it hasn’t been easy. If there exist miracles, I’d say, no wonder, this is one of them. To start with, just the fact you are reading this —not to say [...] I’d like to bring your attention today to Oliver Sacks’ farewell. “A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver. Nine [...] Autumn Moon (Luna de otoño), Scott Kahn I first learnt about Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) in May 2014, while I was in Riga in order to get some navigational certificates which, a couple of weeks later, would allow me to sail around the Arctic on board the M/V Plancius, a vessel where I [...] Today I have discovered Leo Ornstein. Well, actually, I discovered his music because Leo Ornstein passed away in 2002 being more than a hundred years old (it’s not clear what his date of birth is, but if you take 1893 as a valid date, Ornstein died at around 109). I might have heard [...] I have the String Quartet no. 36 in b flat major by Joseph Haydn put in my iPod shuffle, a tiny little electronic device in which you can “stack up” lots of music. These kind of devices were in fashion at the beginning of the 21st century in many countries around the globe. [...] Michael Thallium in Nordaustlandet, 2014 I have been giving it a thought for a while to what article to write after almost six months of inactivity on my blog. Quite a few things have happened ever since. After my short stay in Latvia in order to get some navigational certificates, an occassion that [...] (Article originally published on Huffingtonpost.com) The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places ~ Ernest Hemingway Jennifer Sertl, Business Strategist & Executive Coach I am a reconciliation of spirits. My father was a surgeon and my mother a painter and musician who played 12 instruments. My parents [...] |
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