On the road, molto moderato

This is a selection of pictures I took for Lëtzebuerger Land while following the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra on their UK tour.

Does that mean I was embedded? Whatever it’s called, looking back at it, it was not just work, but something like a spiritual experience. Before you think “why does she go all hippie on us now?”, you need to understand that I was travelling mostly alone and had an hotel room for myself. So all I did was shooting, writing and being drowned in this amazing music (especially Grieg’s piano concerto stayed in my mind during the whole trip, scroll down to hear it).

Coming back home felt like waking up from a dream and i realized that this whole experience really recharged my batteries…and made me (re)discover calssical piano music. So yeah, the whole thing just hit me like a big fat inspirational hammer.

Scroll to the end to see Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s amazing performance of Grieg’s piano concerto that I was lucky enough to see twice. Mindblowing!

Rehearsal

Concert

Wrapping up.

Off to the next stop.

Here’s what was being played: