The full story
This is the full account of my injury survival story:
I am one of the lucky few that has made a full recovery from a near career ending shoulder injury. It took 2 years of intense, daily physiotherapy, economic hardship, depression, loss of work and a whole lot of pain, but I made it. I also learned a lot in the process and I am now determined to help others avoid the problems that I’ve had. Here is my story:
In the fall of 2005 I was living in Sweden and working full time in the Malmö Opera Orchestra, when I started experiencing a slight, but relentless pain on the front of my left shoulder when playing. (more…)
Staying busy
Ok, so work on the site has slowed down, but for good reasons; I’ve been busy doing what I’m supposed to do, namely play the violin for a living. Having been out for almost 2 years with the injury, starting from the bottom of the freelance scene has proven harder than I imagined, but now gigs are slowly starting to come my way. I just spent 2 weeks working in the South Jutland Symphony, one of the 5 regional symphony orchestras in Denmark. This past weekend I played Brahms Requiem in a church in Sweden, and this saturday I am going back to Sweden to play in the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in a stadium concert (yes!) with Jose Carreras (yep, one of the 3 three tenors). It’s nice to finally be a struggling musician again – before I was just struggling.
Other upcoming projects include an interview and article concerning my injury and return to playing in “Musikeren“, THE magazine for professional musicians in Denmark. They (and particularly the editor) have (more…)