A Concert

On the weekend, my student Josh (shown above) had invited Ritsy and I to take in a small private concert put on featuring two members that live and play music in Vienna and Yuka-chan (his niece?!?!) who lives in Gifu. The seating capacity was rather limited but we were invited as Josh thought it would be good for the baby to listen to some live classical music.
Kouji-san and his wife brought their baby too, but he was a little overwhelmed by the loud noise. He however was very good at brushing his teeth.
The trio had to adapt some of the musical choices to be played by only three people. They played a lot of Strauss and my favorite was a haunting rendition of Schubert's Ave Maria.
The two band members from Vienna brought their son with them, that could speak not only English, German,and Japanese but he will soon be studying Latin ! He was 14 years old and had a great head on his young shoulders! Above is Taro, with my wife.
Afterwards we had a great bbq with fresh fish from nearby Yaizu! Also Kouji's wife made her world famous Thai Curry to which everyone scream- karai! which means hot. Of course we know that she probably only made it half as spicy as it would be back in Thailand!
To end the night we had a cup of beer and listened to the performance again, to which the musicians all took turns grimacing- not sure why- it sounded beautiful!

It was a very special and unique night with great music and an opportunity for meeting some fantastic people! A great way to spend a weekend.