Comments on: Financial Crisis https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/ Just another WordPress site Sat, 03 Jun 2017 09:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 By: Nicola Frei https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-548 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:20:11 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-548 Lieber Herr Gerhardt,

mit oder ohne Vibrato hat mir und meiner Frau das D-Dur Haydn Konzert ausgezeichnet gefallen. Vielen Dank für die wunderbaren Momente auch mit ihrer schönen Zugabe; wir haben es genossen und haben uns sehr gefreut Sie kennenzulernen. Sie haben hier in Valencia drei (meine Tochter auch) neue Fans und freuen uns sehr auf ein vielleicht baldiges wiedersehen in Valencia. Vielen Dank und beste Wünsche für die Zukunft.

Nicola Frei aus Valencia (Spanien)

]]> By: Alban https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-547 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:26:23 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-547 initiative and will feature ONLY works commissioned as part of this initiative. I also owe apologies to my manager whom I quoted also wrongly; she had never told me that this cancellation had anything to do with budget cuts of the Cleveland Orchestra - we had talked about financial problems of smaller US orchestras because of the crisis and that artists, especially soloists might have to be content with lesser fees or might not even get invited so easily anymore, and in my little brain I had put two and two together (added up as five in my calculation though...) and came up with the wrong assumption. Best wishes, Alban]]> Dear readers,

I would like to apologize for having completely misunderstood and misrepresented the following facts: my manager had informed me that the Cleveland Orchestra changed the program for June 2010 and that they weren’t going to need me anymore to perform the Concerto by Matthias Pintscher. I assumed by having recently read articles about how the financial crisis affects US orchestras that this had to do with budget cuts of the Cleveland orchestra. This is completely wrong, and neither has the Cleveland orchestra laid off anybody. I apologize sincerely for having written something without having gotten my facts straight beforehand. The reason for the program change is that the focus of the program is now the 10th Anniversary of the Cleveland Orchestra’s young composers’ initiative and will feature ONLY works commissioned as part of this initiative. I also owe apologies to my manager whom I quoted also wrongly; she had never told me that this cancellation had anything to do with budget cuts of the Cleveland Orchestra – we had talked about financial problems of smaller US orchestras because of the crisis and that artists, especially soloists might have to be content with lesser fees or might not even get invited so easily anymore, and in my little brain I had put two and two together (added up as five in my calculation though…) and came up with the wrong assumption.
Best wishes,

Alban

]]> By: Alban https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-546 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:06:44 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-546 Hi Jeri,

yes, I write this myself, sorry for the mistakes, but I am often too lazy to proof-read the stuff. Tell your son to stop by in my dressing room after the performance in Aachen. If he needs a ticket, he should e-mail me beforehand, maybe I have a comp left.
All best,
Alban

]]> By: Jeri Stilwell https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-545 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:21:00 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-545 I am enjoying your blog — and you are so right about the financial situation in th US.

My son, John, lives in Herzogenrath, and hopes to attend your Aachen concert in April. I wrote to you about him after you first played in Portland. He can play some mean Bach Suites.

I am curious about your blog — do you write it in English of have it translated from the German? Anyway the Englisn is very good.

I hope you are coming to Portland again soon. I took 6 guests last time.

]]> By: Boris Nedialkov https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-544 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:01:28 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-544 The part about Haydn was very helpful to me! In my country the authentic practices you describe are not in vogue, with some minor exceptions. To me however, they are more natural and close to my own feeling about this kind of music. I had to play Haydn C dur recently and I did it so as to please the audience, with vibrato and romantic nuances, but it was not convincing at all. You, however, gave me a great idea how to overcome my reluctance to perform Haydn in a more romantic way, without experiencing any internal conflict over it. Thanks!

]]> By: Shunske https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-543 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-543 if you weren’t such a great musician and politics not such a corrupt business i would have urged you to become a politician 😀 good also to know i wasn’t alone in juggling thoughts about “period” vs. “modern” interpretations…am doing quite a bit of that myself these days. good luck, and greetings from NYC!

]]> By: Katie Berggren https://albangerhardt.com/financial-crisis/#comment-542 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:39 +0000 http://www.albangerhardt.com/blog/?p=195#comment-542 Insightful and inspiring as always, Alban.

A fan in Wisconsin

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