Good night,
Alban

Tae care.

Bob

sorry to tell you, but there won’t be a game Spain-Germany, because the Spanish will loose tonight against the Italians, since they committed the same mistake the Portugese and the Dutch did: they rested their best team in the third game of the preliminaries which deprived the team of the chance to play one more game together competitively – as easy as that. I predicted the loss of Portugal and the Netherlands just because of that reason. So the tough time will be coming for you tonight 🙂 For us it will be the end against Turkey, because they believe now that Allah is on their side, and that’s a tough one to beat…
Enjoy tonight!

Dear Bob,

thanks for your interesting text – would love to see your film about the tigers. Have you ever heard about a “liger”? My wife showed me one on youtube, it’s a mix between a lion and a tiger, pretty gigantic animal (well, not so pretty actually).
Thanks for all the flowers, hope to meet up in Australia one day – safe moving and travelling,

Alban

You know the term “tempest in a teapot”? … well, I suspect that it applies to the “Misquotations in Review”. It is so easy to misinterpret either the spoken or written word, especially when you are being translated. For what its worth, to me what you write says so much about who you are, your approach to your art, and your approach to the world at large. As someone else has said of you, it is rare to find an artist so open. If there is the occasional misfire, well, it happens.

Keep it coming … and I love your sense of humour!

All the best.

Bob

I would love to have heard your concert with Lisa Batiashvili; what an astonishing combination. A gifted & pregnant violinist, a wonderful piece and a fabulous concert hall; though perhaps your cello would prefer to be called “wide-hipped” rather than a “fat monster”?

I wasn’t aware that you were such a soccer groupie; I doubt that many soccer teams would have a cellist as a good luck charm. Maybe, if you are successful at attracting wins for your team, you could consider it as income augmentation? I am in awe that you even know some of the teams. My knowledge of football is restricted to what games are played with a round ball, and what are played with a pointy ball. I am a total embarrassment to such a sports-oriented national as Australia. However, it will be good to get back home after a few years away.

By the way, to admit that you are fallible … screwing up an arpeggio … horrors .. is simply to admit to being human. Isn’t it? I feel that your mother would approve of the emergence of this humble streak in her son?????

While you continue to deliver you talents throughout Europe (and later in Australia and New Zealand, I see), I am heading back to do some filming of the latest litter of Sumatran tiger cubs born at Tiger Island, a facility in Queensland, last week. This may see the end for me of a 10 year project on tigers that I’ve been working on, though I’m fairly addicted to it by now and it will be hard to give up.

And do try to find more time to chill out. We all need time to stop and smell the coffee!

Take care and much continued success.

Bob