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August 12, 2005

Ostrava Days

Ostrava City Center (Photo: RV)For the first time in 11 years I behave like a student. I am one of the resident students of the Ostrava Days 2005 in the Czech Republic.

I had never heard of the Czech town of Ostrava and when I looked it up in a travel-guide it didn't appeal to me at all. The travel guide describes the city as: "If you can't avoid going to Ostrava, the city is as good as any". And although Ostrava isn't exactly Prague, Paris or Amsterdam, it does has its charms.

Visiting the classes is something I have to get used to again. Seminars are often 3 hour stretches without a break. And most of the stuff is rather brainy. This morning we had a lecture by Makis Solomon on Cellular Automata in the music of Yannis Xenakis.

For someone who usually tends to skip this intellectual information it was actually refreshing for a change. Not that I will ever use Cellular Automata in my music, but I just got some ideas because of it that might end up in my compositions.

This trip has been made possible by:

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