| Budapest day 3... and counting! |
BUDAPEST IS THE SHIT MAN.
Whoever said it is dangerous can eat their socks. I have never been in a country safer than this. Hahaha. It is awesome. Well. I have new friends: this Egyptian chap I met during my freaking 8-hour transit in Istanbul, a Korean guy in the dorm and a family of gypsies. ISN'T THAT EXCITING.
Well, audition was today. HOH MY GOD I NEVER FELT SO INSECURE MY WHOLE LIFE, even when confronted with stick-thin glamorous supermodels. There were like 8 bassists auditioning. And their basses were superb. This girl was freaking playing BOTTESINI ??? WTH. And my programme didn't even have much impressive high-register stuff. Within 10 minutes, I was tempted to leave. Only the thought that I had carried a 10kg instrument for 1.6km deterred me. YEAH I AM GOD. Hahaha. As if being probably the only Asian girl in the city was not enough, I had to play a hugeass instrument, which drew me many many stares from everyone. Now, that is not the kind of stares I want from men. Hah.
Well, I don't know how the audition went. It was alright, I guess. This is how it went:
I enter room to find an audience of about 15 people. FUCK. There were 2 bass professors, and about 8 double bass students from the Zeneakademia. Excellent.
Well, no choice, just start playing and smile with captivating sweetness. Played the full Eccles, about 1 page of Capuzzi (I DID NOT PLAY THE FUCKING SECOND MOVEMENT) and 3/4 of the Hrabe etude. I DID NOT PLAY THE FUCKING STORCH ETUDE WHICH I SPENT 5 DAYS PAINFULLY MEMORISING EVEN IN MY SLEEP. NABEI. Wah quite pissed off man. Ok, I am grateful in a way. But the wasted effort!!! ARGH! And we were all allowed to use scores! Which meant I memorised everything for nothing! GREAT!
So anyway, then there was the sight-reading, which was easy. Mozart's Symphony 40 third movement. HAH.
Of course I was quite irked that I was stopped in the middle of Capuzzi and all. That's a bad sign init? I don't know. But AFTER the audition, these 2 guys (bass students at the academy) came to me and were like, "oh so how did you hear about the academy, and which teacher would you prefer? Where did you study? Tokyo? (hahaha)" And after that another dude was like, "CONGRATULATIONS! THAT WAS V GOOD!" Seriously, I was rather frightened. Haha.
I was quite pleased after I recollected my senses.
But quick as fuck, I remembered that god loves to play tricks on me (don't even get me started), and after all these pleasantries, I will most probably receive a very friendly e-mail from the nice lady from the international department thanking me for my efforts and not to be disappointed (fucking RJ, I will always remember how you rejected me bastards!).
Oh well, there is still solfa-harmony and the compulsory piano.
Free day tomorrow. God knows what I'll do. Maybe I should go run naked through the Városligeti Park. Yes, I have indeed gone running, in a desperate bid to impress the men with my STUNNING physique (hahahahaha!!!), and it is a huge park.
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