España!

took a lesson today with the principal violist of the orquesta here. his name is fransisco, and he´s from australia. pretty cool guy. i playes some bartok, some bach, and some mendelssohn scherzo, and we talked about possibilities of me playing with the orchestra here. i don´t think anything is for sure, but he recommended i send a recording to the orchestra just in case they had an opportunity come up. he gave me some great advice about what to do to get to the next level- play in front of the mirror every day, be your own teacher, record yourself and actually listen to it (really.... shit.).
he also said that you never know when an opportunity may come your way, and that opportunities may not come your way, so you need to make your own.
the orquesta played last night in maria pita square. i love outdoor concerts in the summer, espeically when thye´re in beauitful old plazas at sunset. good music, good company, what could be better! the plaza was packed too. i think they´re expecting the same attendance for our concert on sunday, which will be amazing, and scary too!! I get the sense that the people here are pretty chill- whatever happens is cool by them, and there´s no need to worry or hurry through the day. lessons i need to learn for sure, but lessons that are hard to implement in the american society. i wont miss the smoke and carnecerias everywhere, thats for sure!
so we have our concert tomorrow, then i fly back monday morning from coruña. its been a quick 10 days, that´s for sure! i don´t know that i´m ready to be back to reality, but then again i don´t really have a choice. i really enjoyed not working (playing is not working, by the way! people pay us to do this!)

i´m looking forward to seeing all of you reading this. really, i really am.
besitos!!!!!