Artfolio CKV June 2014 | Page 36

My thoughts I’m personally not really a big fan of classical music, but I don’t hate it either. It depends on the exact piece of music, some sound really good to me, others more like lullabies. So I wasn’t really looking forward to it since I could spend my evening on a ‘better’ way. In the end I can say that it was pretty good though I was not amazed by it. In the first part Simone did a real good job especially with the higher notes. She seemed to have crawled into the music and she was absolutely engaged with her violin. This was nice to see and to hear. In the second part the conductor stood out in a good way. I still don’t understand how you can give a tempo and a beat etc. and unify the orchestra by hand gestures. This basically means I’m impressed anyway. However he just seemed excellent and very passionate about it and if I’m going to watch someone perform, I’d like them to love what they are doing. I did think the piece was ͽ