When I was a kid I always listend to music. My sister played the violin too, I also remember being very intrigued by it. Although I don't come from a musical background. The violin got my attention. I went to private lessons for about 4 or 5 years and then went to my local music school. By that time I was 9 years old. I was getting more interested in music and started playing jazz tunes on the violin with my brother. The real magic happened when I listened to a complete classical piece, for the first time. I was really mesmerised. From then on, I started practicing regularly. I then went on to study with a famous teacher when I was 13. Unfortunately, after that (when I was about 14 years old), I got sick and almost quit the violin... Until I realised that there wasn't anything else that I was doing more than listening to classical music and reading about it. Weirdly enough I saw some improvement in my playing quite quickly and decided to go to conservatory and give this violin thing a second chance! Now I'm here. Why is that weird? Well it's the time of my life where I practiced the least amount of hours, but still, I was practicing.

In my short 17 years of life on this planet, I have not achieved much...

But when it comes to the violin; I haven't done a single impressive thing. Or maybe that's a little bit excessive...

Well, if we're talking about concert experience. I think it's the most logical to put them in order here:

2012 until 2016

• I gave concerts about once a month, every month, but not during summer break.

2016- 2025

• 2-4 yearly concerts with my music school in Ninove; nothing much

2025 - in conservatory

• 28/10: class concert with my fellow violin colleauges

• 7/11: concert with the KASK symphonic orchestra led by Michel Tilkin

That's it.

Over the years I have attended many many many concerts of great artists as well as local artists, especially classical artists. But hey, funky music like Cory Wong's is nice too!

There is this one experience I got in my life that I really admired and liked. I was 16 and went to this music camp in Antwerp for musicians, I got lessons from a violin teacher, whom I learned a lot from. Next to the many awesome masterclasses, I learned a lot more than just violin playing.

I interacted with other fellow musicians, something I had missed a lot on. The only musician-friends I had where on those communities on discord. An app used for game, but quickly spread into many different communities for very different thing. very different... (,,•᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ ,,)?

Anyways, I learned that having fellow friends in your interests was very important. But especially to musicians. There is always room for improvement, the best way to learn to become a better musician is not from a teacher in my experience, but from other musicans who are trying the exact same things as you.