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WKBK Radio interview
Last Saturday we had the absolutely pleasure of being interviewed by Becky Montrone on her Wondrous Roots radio show. If you missed the broadcast, here’s the podcast which includes a little solo Bach from Louisa too!
Continue readingA Brave New Dawn!
It?s 5am and I?m woken by sounds.. First a sniff, a chortle, a grunt, a sigh, a gurgle, a little shout and finally a small cry. That split second when I?m not sure what day it is has been and gone and now I?m catapulted into reality. My baby needs me to feed him now, […]
Continue readingNew Life, New Me.
It?s been 3 weeks since Nick and I became parents for the second time and we couldn?t be more delighted, thrilled and over the moon with the beautiful addition to our Steinberg clan! Little Rory Alexander attended his first concert on Wednesday night and was good as gold listening to his Daddy perform Mendelssohn. It […]
Continue readingB-Day!
B-day! When a big concert day approaches, I always feel like I?m being sucked into a time vortex that shoots me towards the inevitable ?big day? and when it?s over, I feel like I?ve been spat out the other side in a spin of emotions, haggard but elated, exhausted but high as a kite, older […]
Continue readingExpansion…!
If there is one aspect of a career in music that is certainly true, it is that despite the requirement to seek a certain amount of limelight, the vast majority work goes on quietly in private, behind closed doors and well and truly out of the spotlight. Hours of practice obviously, but also almost an […]
Continue readingFacing the Critics.
It?s always really hard when a critic didn?t think much of your CD? They didn?t seem to understand your music-making, comparing you to ‘the greats’ and you are left feeling really flat. On the CD is music that I?ve poured every ounce of myself into, the hours of hard work, the practice, the editing, the […]
Continue readingA Decade of Duos!
How is it 10 years already! It all began with a Christmas present that Louisa gave me, a Henle edition of the Cesar Franck Sonata, back in 2006. I had played the work a few times already (but only with a cellist) and I was very keen to play it with Louisa. So, after a few […]
Continue readingRush!
Moving at a hundred miles an hour seems to be the theme of my life at the moment. I don’t necessarily mind it but there are occasions when I feel like if I were take my eye off a single moving object, I may very well come tumbling down and turn into jelly (or rather […]
Continue reading~Four Walls~
8am sharp and they’re here.. Boxes, tape and working like dogs It’s been such a long time coming And yet I can’t believe it’s today.. ~ They’re only four walls ~ A person is only a collection of memories Things, stuff, baggage and emotions. What really matters is what you carry inside. ~ They’re only […]
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