Beethoven's piano sonata in C major, Op. 2 Nr. 3

Over on my homepage I posted some mp3s from the dress rehearsal of Beethoven's piano sonata in C major, Op. 2 Nr. 3. This was a "live" dress rehearsal at a retirement home in Munich, the Augustinum on Feb. 18th. The "real" performance is this coming Wednesday, March 18th at the Seidlvilla in Munich (see the Pianistenclub site for more information).

Oh, did I mention that I'm the one playing?

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Crosspost: Impressions of Speaking at the FlixTech Summit

Posted over at my current company's blog (current company for two more weeks): Impressions of speaking at the FlixTech Summit . In this post I talk about how I prepared for my first-ever tech conference talk, and how it all felt.

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