Back in business
My wrist is fine again, and I’m playing full time. It took about a month, and according to medical science I should count myself lucky, as it can take up to 3 months for the overstretched ligaments to heal and fully contract. I have been busy freelancing a lot with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and practicing for upcoming auditions. I have also been preparing a few pieces to record for this website and expect to upload material within a week.
In other news, the article about my story in “Musikeren” (”The Musician”) is coming out in a few days. Stay tuned for 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…)
Hang on…
I’m working on a brand new version of the thesteelydane.com! This will center not only around my activities as a violinist, but also my role as an advocate for prevention of music performance related injuries. I plan to have a members section for people who have attended one of my lectures with relevant info, links and reminders of what we talked about.
Stay tuned, it should all be ready in a few days…
Nicolaj