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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, French; learning Hebrew (modern)
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Musician
  • M.Mus
  • From Montreal, Quebec City
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

beeing nomad as much as possible before it's too late.

ABOUT ME

Finished [or survived?] classical music studies, I miraculously make a living out of it so far, so I just do as much sounds [noises?) as possible to survive...! The styles I like to play the most:
folk musics, klezmer (definitely a passion)east-european fanfare music in general (balkan and such)and yes, of course, baroque music on period instruments^^

From time to time, I feel like doing a doctorate in ethno-musicology or something. When it happens, I usually lay down for a few minutes and it goes away.

PHILOSOPHY

"... a trumpeter shall and must live in grand style, especially when he is young ..." quote, E. Altenburg

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I simply think that Quebec City is wonderful. The City celebrated it's 400th anniversary last year, and it's the bastillion of the french language in north-america. Enough history already! I just work a lot in this city and in Montreal as well, and I just want to help people that are around my age to enjoy this place as much as I do!!

Interests

arts, languages, history, ethnology, good coffee, good beer, good wine, bondfires, horticulture and plant growing in general,

  • arts
  • culture
  • wine
  • beer
  • coffee
  • music
  • classical music
  • folk music
  • history
  • languages
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Malher's symphony, Bach Brandenburg concertos, Klezmer brass all-star, Susan Watts, Konsonans Retro, Ivo Papasov, Veretski Pass, Budowitz, the Addams Family, George Orwell's 1984, "La fille du Régiment" sung by Nathalie Dessay, Alicia Svigals, Frank London, Nasim Maalouf playing quarter-tone trumpet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

will think about wich I'll mention^^

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to teach/learn/share knowledge about classical music, jewish music and culture, quebec folk music, religion history, botanics, amongst many

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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