It is not a season for indolence if you are a musician! The Christmas season here in Vienna has always been a particularly challenging one for me, but the Punsch stands, street musicians, and even the snowy weather fortify me as I run from lesson to...

While dashing thither and yon about the city during this busy Holiday season, I have chided myself most stringently for not writing to you, my good and patient readers. You will not begrudge your old friend for not carving out the time to leave an...

Dear Sir, I have been scouring your fabulous blog, and correct me if I have missed it, but there is a rumor that your wife has a photograph of her, circulating about the internet. What do you know about it? Merci, Lauren Mademoiselle! You may be...

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