The last months of the year were busy with chamber music concerts in various constellations. I had the pleasure of performing the Chopin and Beethoven Cello Sonatas with the marvellous Loukia Loulaki in October. Other performances included works by Sarasate, Richard Strauss, Cassado, Massenet for violin and piano, and cello and piano, songs by Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx, Alma Mahler, Max Reger at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Baroque music by Marin Marais and conce