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2008
Gustav is nearly always travelling. (To avoid the perhaps obvious thought that some people might have: his trips to attend competitions are not sponsored by the Alink-Argerich Foundation.)
Also in 2008, many piano competitions will be taking place again. Every month, Gustav will attend at least one or two. Already scheduled are visits to the competitions in Sydney (July/August) and Hong Kong (AAF) (October).
April 2008: Gustav attended part of the performances of the Franz Liszt Competition (AAF) in Utrecht. In between, he also travelled to Spain, for the international piano competition in Jaen (AAF), which celebrated its 50th anniversary. Later in April, he has to be in Brussels again, and he might also be in Paris.
March 2008: Gustav did not travel much this month. He had a meeting in Brussels and had to spend much time on administrative matters. Considerable effort was also made in further organising the office for AAF. By phone and e-mail, he stayed in touch with the competitions that were going on in March.
February 2008: Gustav was still in South Africa at the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria. After returning home, he continued with the distribution of the new AAF catalogue, sending out hundreds of copies to pianists, teachers, conservatories and organisers. Gustav went to Brussels, where he met and talked with Martha Argerich again. He then continued to Pontoise (France), where he attended the Piano Campus Competition (AAF). Also on his return trip, he delivered the new AAF catalogue to various people and places in France and Belgium. A few days later, he will very busy doing the same in Germany.
January 2008: Gustav has finished the new AAF catalogue, which has become quite a publication with not less than 104 pages full of useful information about all the AAF competitions. As soon as the catalogue came out, copies were already sent worldwide. It will continue to be freely available to anyone interested. The end of January, Gustav travelled to South Africa, to attend part of the UNISA international piano competition in Pretoria. On the way, he made a stop-over in Egypt, where he attended a special concert in Cairo (and of course, saw some pyramides and greeted a few mummies).
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