A couple new tidbits...

Yesterday I went to see the rehearsal of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Cusco, and met the director and I will start rehearsing with them next week, and will play with them on a big concert on July 31st in the Municipal Theater here! It will be an interesting experience, especially since they play a lot of music written by composers from Cusco and Peru, an unusual mix of classical and folkloric music. Yesterday, I also met with the director of the Casa de la Cultura in San Blas (the cultural center of one of the nicest and coolest neighborhoods in Cusco), and he invited me to give a solo recital in the hall there, the first week of August. He said that he would arrange for all the publicity as well. So, it looks like I will be here at least another month, with lots of things to keep me busy!