CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR METAPHYSICS, 9-11 July 2026, Munich
Submission deadline: 1 March 2026
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At the age of 93, Pau Casals still practiced the cello four to five hours a day. When asked “Why?” he once replied: “I feel like I’m making progress.”

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Someone asked on MathOverflow for a proof of Gödel's incompleteness theorem using König's lemma, and I posted an answer providing such an argument.
mathoverflow.net/a/496785/1946

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Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Recording: 1966
Rubinstein and the Guarneri Quartet seem intent on softening Brahms’s sharp edges. The gloom and conflict don’t vanish, but under the piano’s clarity, settle into a kind of pervasive dampness.

My classical music favourites XVIII. -- Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Raoul Koczalski Plays Chopin
Release: 2012
Is this what they call the "Real Chopin"? Did Chopin really leave behind a pattern of “genuine interpretation” in a roundabout way? Who knows! But one thing's for sure: Koczalski's playing is in a league of its own.

Katharina Wolpe Plays Schubert's Impromptus
Recording: 1996 | Release: 2011
Schubert’s Impromptus take on a quiet grandeur in Wolpe’s hands, her "limpid tone, natural rhythm, and clear phrasing" offering a nuanced interpretation. "Epic impromptus," described by a friend.

Vaclav Neumann Conducts Dvorak & Smetana
Live recordings released for the first time (Lucerne, 1984 and 1988). Treasure rediscovered.