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(Originally posted on April 18, 2010) In December 2001, I was in Brussels visiting my good oboist friend Katy.  Thanks to her, I was able to sneak into the Flemish side of the conservatory and observe some of Mr. Sigiswald Kuijken’s baroque violin lessons.  In between those lessons he taught (all in different languages), he came to me and asked a few questions.  When he asked me what my goal was, I told him that I wanted to organize my own Bach ensemble and direct Bach cantatas regularly.  “Well, then you must be a violinist, and that explains why you are here,” and he went on, “who do you study […]