Karlheinz Stockhausen – (Aus) Licht I went to (Aus) Licht – the pièce de résistance of this year’s Holland Festival – with great anticipation. A three-day production with a compilation of Stockhausen’s opera/music theatre Licht. Expectation based on the many…
RSI in professional music training
More than forty years ago I took the entrance exam for the Sweelinck Conservatory, the current Amsterdam University of the Arts. What did I expect from the course? In addition to piano lessons – I studied with Jan Wijn –…