My university

 Hi everybody! Thanks for coming back to my blog to check on this new entry. Today I thought about writing about the changes I’ve longed for in my study programme so let’s do this!

I’m a student at the Arts Faculty in Universidad de Chile, I study Musical interpretation in French-horn and I’m almost a graduate already. It’s so exciting.

During the years I’ve studied in the Arts faculty I’ve witnessed the many things that the building we study in lacks. The most important and obvious one is the infrastructure. 

Since the building is so old, we’ve seen our amphitheater’s roof fall and an elevator that has never worked. I’ve had to go up the stairs (sometimes up the 10 levels) because our faculty’s building is so tall. Normally, it wouldn’t be a problem for me to take the stairs but it’s 10 levels, so it’s insane. Plus, we have old teachers and it’s such a difficult thing to do for them.

Now, leaving the infrastructure behind, I would like to talk about the teaching methods. I’m not saying they’re bad but they’re varied. We’ve got great teachers but we also have very old ones and they are too old school. 

We also need more pianos! I feel like there are so many things that could change in our faculty and they’re pretty obvious to me and to my classmates, so I honestly don’t understand why no one has ever changed these things. I guess it’s going to take much more time to make this changes.

Thanks for reading, once again. See you on the next entry!

Legalization of marijuana

 Hey there! I hope everyone is safe and sound.

Today I thought about writing my opinion on the legalization of marijuana because it’s a popular topic nowadays.

As you may know, marijuana comes from a plant called cannabis and this is used for multiple uses: as a drug, as alternative medication for some illnesses, as an oil for massages, etc. This “drug” is legalized in a lot of parts in the world but in Latin America is still very rare to find it legalized. It isn’t in Chile, for example.

This year some researchers did a study that revealed that Chile is the third largest consumer of marijuana in the world, following Israel (first place) and the USA (second place). The thing is that it is illegal in here to plant and sell marijuana, and smoking pot in the open is illegal as well. So if you’re caught, you could go to jail for smoking a joint. But, is that reasonable?

In my personal opinion, I think it’s ridiculous. I don’t know about other drugs but marijuana has proven to be beneficial for treating diseases such as epilepsy and even some types of cancer, and it’s a recreational drug that has no side effects such as violence or hallucinations. In fact, I think that if it was legal and it was sold on certain drug-stores under regulated parameters, it would be safer to consume it than it is nowadays since many people illegally buy from others.

What do you guys think? Should Marijuana be legalised in Chile or in your country? Why?

My future job

 I would to go to a german university called Rostock to make a master with my instrument  with a very good chilean teacher who lives there and he is a proffesor, his name is Ignacio Garcia. He is very good qualified in this instrument, besides he is the major horn player at the Opera
of Berlin.

This kind of job demands lots of time on tours, so I will have to travel with the orchestra I will be working on. As there is no many horn players being one is such a great deal, because the salary is very good, even though you don't have much qexperience, but if you have the major grade they treat you with much respect.

My dream is to settle down in Europe as a musician, because the artistc environment is very high, there is so many orchestras  and I think I amvery capable to get a job in one if them. This situation is very different of what we have here in Chile just thinking in how it is very difficult for a musician to get a job in one of the few orchestras that exists this fact makes me afraid of my future and I am not so optimistic about how this thing will be in the near future. Chile is not a good place for an artist, salaries are awful so I think that best thing I can do for being a horn player is to get away from here for a very long time, perhaps when I get older I can come back and work here.  

Split

 I was thinking what I could write this time in this blog and I thought writing about one of my favorite movies would do. So here goes Split, one of my all-time favorites.

Split is a movie that was in 2016 and it was directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Anyway, the main character is Kevin, a man with multi-personality disorder. He kidnaps 3 teenages and keeps them in a basement. Kevin's different personalities get to meet and interact with these girls and he starts to lose control over the whole situation.

This movie is one of my favorites because James McAvoy performance is pure brilliance throughout the movie, and althought the plot is a bit scary, sometimes it's funny too.

Nevertheless, if the main character wasn't played by James, I wouldn't like it this much because James McAvoy is such a good actor.

I've still not watched Glass (2nd part) but if James McAvoy acts in it as well, then it will be fun too so I'm looking forward to watch it.

my favorite concert

 A short time ago I went to listen to an incredible concert performed by the London Symphonic Orchestra. This concert has been one of the most beautiful concerts I've been lucky enough to attend, mainly due to the performance of the musicians cause it truly was incredible. It has made me think it was a once in a million experience. Actually, this orchestra is ranked as one of the best that exists nowadays. 

The best thing about this concert was that its director was the reknown Sir Simon Rattle. On this occasion, the repertoire I heard was Gustav Mahler's fifth symphony, which coincidently happens to be my favorite. This invitation was given to me by one of the musicians who were playing at the time. 

I will certainly never forget what this concert made me feel: at its very beginning, it was so exciting that I could not hold back the tears. And the best thing is that it was played at the CorpArtes Theater here in Chile, which I think is the best theather in Santiago.

The Orchestra also played a Benjamin Britten's requiem. Funnily enough, I had never heard about that requiem before but they played it so flawlessly that it felt like a love at first sight (or hearing).

The country where I want to live

 I would like to visit Germany again, because it's the country I'd like to continue my musical studies.

Germany has such a great musical and artistical environment...

 The weather is very  cold in winter, sometimes it snows and it is freezing...and in summer is very hot...

Weather is confortable in autum and spring

 I have the goal to continue my career in Germany and get a job as a musician in a great orchestra

It is such a great country to live in due to economial wellness and because german has a very developed sense of arts

Nowadays I study german so I can go there next year

I' d like to get a Master degree in musical interpretation with a teacher who knows me

In this photo I was in the Berlin Philharmonic Theater, where I was lucky enough to have a class with a teacher of my instrument who belonged to the famous orchestra, that same day I also saw this famous orchestra and was impressed with it so high level of musicians they belong.

The country i will visit

The country that I would like to visit is Germany, because that's where I want to study, I love this country because it has incredible cities. The tranquility that people have to live is the best, so I am Germany is a country that has a very good economy and that gives a peace of mind to the people who live there.
For me it is the perfect country to do what I really like, which is to make music at the highest level.
The city where I would like to live is Berlin because it has many orchestras and a giant artistic field.
I was in Germany a short time ago and it is very clear that it is where I want to live.
Another thing for which I love Berlin is its philharmonic, for me I really think it is the best orchestra in the world, I had the opportunity to listen to it and was impressed with its level, it is really very exciting to hear it