The difference between lotus and water lilies is not obvious. The general rule states that the leaves of water lilies may be partially submerged by the weight of the water that soaks them, while the water slips on the leaves of the lotus, and this allows them to stay above the surface of the water. It seems easy, but there are many different types, shapes, sizes, and circumstances that could make us wrong.

Last week, I was going down Rambla Catalunya (in Barcelona) to get to a meeting when a scent stopped me. Was it the limes? Have they already begun to bloom? When I raised my head, I saw that indeed, the weak and mistreated trees were beginning to bloom. As usual, I thanked them that, despite we don't take care of them, they continue to grow and give us their [...]

For several months, the theme of Liederabend's cover has been the twilight. I'm aware that I should have changed it already, but I didn't find time to stop and think about what could be next, after I had dedicated it to roses, insomnia, nightingales, travels or serenades, for example. Some topics are difficult to put on the cover because at least seven songs need to talk about [...]

During the early decades of the 20th century, the development of industry in the northern states of the United States, with the consequent need for labour, attracted many people who sought an opportunity for a better life. From Europe, especially, but also from the southern states, where African Americans were discriminated against in an unfair and yet legal situation.

In Joseph Haydn's immense production, the songs occupy a small place, he wrote about fifty; that means that there are twice as many symphonies as there are songs. They were, moreover, late works: the first ones are from 1781 when the composer was forty-nine. Prince Nikolaus Esterházy was likely not interested in the new genre that came from the north because otherwise [...]