It happened on May 24, 2026.

As a musician — and more specifically as a double bassist with a big heart and the conviction that music belongs in public spaces — it was especially important to me, on this sunny day in May, to make a stop in the European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt).

I could also say that I was just passing through, although a double bass does have an endpin that makes such a thing possible — metaphorically speaking.

What can I say… it was unexpectedly quiet.
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