For a long time I have wanted to write something for piano quintet, a medium which has given me such pleasure as a performer and a listener. I thought this would be the perfect project for Civitella Ranieri: it would need none of the meetings which attend my usually...
Most days during my stay at Civitella began with a long walk in the Umbrian hills. Then I would return to my studio, Castrabecco, and work on my novel in progress. Many authors have drawn an important connection between walking and writing, and I was often...
How odd. Blue skies, white clouds, hardly any gray,the sun a flaming disc, and warm,and yet big drops of rain are coming down.cooling my head for the sun to dry it out,and now two hours have gone by, it’s still sunnyand yet there’s thunder in bursts and rumblesas...
