I already mentioned that I’ve been playing the flute since I was a kid. However, as an adult I didn’t play it regularly. Three years ago, a wind orchestra came into my life. My daughter’s music teacher Angelika brought me there. Angelika plays oboe in the orchestra. It’s the Mittersendling Symphonic Wind Orchestra in Munich under the direction of Gerhard… Read more →
Category: My music stories
Things that I resisted but finally decided to learn
There are so many things that I resisted to do on my own. I didn’t want to do them and also didn’t know I’d be able to. But at some point I realized I need to learn them. What helped me to overcome the resistance? Trust in my own capabilities. So here we go: – I started singing and was… Read more →
I thought I could never write music. Until I gave myself a permission to try it out.
Since childhood I have classified myself as a person without imagination. Here is one of many examples that confirmed this thought in me. When I was little, I had to prepare a story for the next piano lesson: What do I imagine when I’m playing this piece? (It was “Sweet Dream” by Tchaikovsky). I had no ideas. Then an adult… Read more →
How I earned my very first money? With music, at the age of 10
I have a very romantic memory of how I earned my very first money. In the theatre “Krasny Fakel” (Red Torch) in Novosibirsk there’s a small hall on the upper floor. There I played flute in a play by Fyodor Dostoyewsky at the age of ten. I portrayed Varvara Alexeyevna at a young age, her memory of her own childhood.… Read more →
I need your ideas and inspiration
A month ago I was very clear about what I would do next in music. Today I’m confused and helpless. I know that I want to give beautiful music to the world. But I don’t know how. This change happened after my vacation in my hometown Novosibirsk (Russia). It was in the Akademgorodok district where I grew up. For me… Read more →
Long Nights of Music at the Landshut University, or how music found me in Germany
What do you take with you when you move, especially when you go abroad? 15 years ago I came to Germany from Novosibirsk (Russia). With a suitcase and a hot love of music. I was terribly afraid of losing contact with music during my business studies in Landshut, but found it there again – at the University of Applied Sciences.… Read more →