True Love

If I only could go there

Best of Musical, September 2003

1. Maya looks and sounds wonderful, she just stands out, even if the recording is low-quality

2. I'd like to have a haircut like her, with probably a little longer hair

3. I never heard her singing "Mein Leben" before :-( Craving for a full version

4. Click on the photo to see the video, start from 2:35.

5. P.S. I am so happy she received my present and letter :-)

Happy Birthday to my laptop

I bought it exactly a year ago. And named it Hartfield. As in Emma. For an elegant pink laptop must have an elegant name. Happy Birthday to my mobile phone too. It doesn't have a name, but it's a very helpful device, for the signal is really loud and I almost never miss calls. Besides, I can hear the best alarm-clock in the world - Maya Hakvoort's melodic voice! And I can attempt at catching the beauy around when I don't have the camera with me.

Photo: My good friend helping me translating in autumn 2008.

One is a Maya-fan when:

1) One cannot start working in the morning before listening to Mayas song or two, maybe three
2) One googles her name every day to see any updates for the last 24-hours and uses Google alerts for “Maya Hakvoort”
3) One checks Youtube daily for new Maya-videos
4) One plans a Vienna trip so that one can get to the concert/musical where she will sing
5) One adds books she mentioned in interviews to the reading list, ditto films
6) One gets interested in some musicals for the sole reason than Maya had a part there
7) One decides to read books on which musicals where she had a part are based
8) One thinks it’s a good idea to start learning Dutch
9) One is awoken every morning by Maya’s voice (singing “Mach die Nacht zum morgen” at 7:00, “Our time” at 7:30 and “Inside Looking out” at 8:00, depends on the day of the week)
10) One has a couple of Maya’s photos framed and put up on the wall
11) One does not feel well when one leaves their MP3-player with Maya’s songs at home. And one feels still worse when the said player is broken
12) One hears a beautiful song and thinks it will fit Mayas voice perfectly
13) One considers it a good reason for mourning when Maya has to cancel her appointment to be in a certain musical one hoped to see because of Maya
14) One thinks a trip to Vienna loses a part of its charm if a Maya concert is not included into the visiting schedule
15) One makes Maya fan-arts
16) One is considering to get a credit card only to buy Mayas new album which is not available where one lives and can be ordered only via internet
17) One’s family hates them for playing Maya all the time
18) One makes Maya CDs for all friends possible to hook them too
19) One is having dreams of being at Mayas concerts and talking to her afterwards (or even helping her to organize a concert, as crazy as that!)
20) One pays A LOT for EMS so that a present and letter one sends to Maya reaches her in time for the meeting of the fan-club. And, after sending, one starts fretting that the present should have been done better and the letter should have been written more carefully…
I wonder what she will say of my modest attempt at producing her likeness (that has already been posted here before). I just had to express my gratitude for the joy and support she gives me with her singing and acting.

Süß

Maya Hakvoort and Kerstin Ibald, Vienna Musical Concert 2003 (fragment of a larger photo with some other performers).

Maya in Farbe

Made a colour version of Maya's portrait. I have one more Maya-related creative project in my mind, but it will take some time to make it :-)

Happy Birthday, Maya!

(Free based on the "Maya goes Solo" album cover).

Maya is wonderful: she has a unique expressive voice, warm and stress-relieving. She's very conciencious and professional when it comes to her roles and concerts. She's friendly, charming and elegant. She makes you think "I want be like you", for she's a modern talented woman who managed to balance a successful career and happy family life. She's just great!

Herzliche Glueckwuenche zum Geburtstag, Maya! Viel Weitererfolg in deiner Karriere und Glueck und Harmonie im Privaten! Danke fuer alle schoene Stunden, die deine Kunst schenkt!

Can't help it

I wanted to write a coherent post here on Elisabeth later, but I can't help posting it here now. She's absolutely amazing!

(I mean this video: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=YY-4efOKjeU)