Archive for February 2010

Masterclass weekend

Posted by Susan Tomes on 8 February 2010 under Concerts, Musings  •  2 Comments

A moment during my weekend of masterclasses, which finished last night with a delightful concert by the participants. It was a most enjoyable experience to work so intensively with six young professional pianists, and two fine young string players, violinist Sulki Yu and cellist Sebastiaan van Halsema, who had volunteered to be my ‘resident artists’ [...]

Voice of experience

Posted by Susan Tomes on 5 February 2010 under Daily Life, Musings  •  2 Comments

More in the press today about how older women TV presenters are sidelined. It seems that not only women over sixty, but even women over forty start to become ‘invisible’, or at any rate unviewable. By this yardstick I must be well on my way to disappearing like the Cheshire Cat, leaving nothing behind but [...]

A discussion between equals?

Posted by Susan Tomes on 3 February 2010 under Concerts, Daily Life, Musings  •  Leave a comment

I’m starting to look forward to my piano masterclasses this weekend. Six young professional pianists are going to be my students. I’ve always hesitated to say ‘students’ ever since a friend came to listen to the masterclasses at Prussia Cove and commented afterwards that the discussion between ‘master’ and ‘student’ had seemed to him more [...]