Having recently returned from your trip to Paris, I felt I should write to let you know how much we enjoyed it. The organisation was faultless and the accommodation and excursions excellent. Of course the concert and meeting Vasily was the highlight of the trip. I am sure it will not be the last time on which we join you on another musical excursion.

Pat and I would like to record our thanks to Ken and colleagues for their help and consideration during our visit to Bilbao last week.We did appreciate it very much.Although we enjoyed the concerts given by the RLPO in San Sebastian and Santander, the highlight of the week for us was the visit to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. It was made especially so, thanks to our outstanding guide.
Saturday must have been extremely stressful for Ken and Dawn as they guided our group(including three members in wheelchairs)through Heathrow and Euston. However, with patience and good humour, we managed it, and finally arrived in Runcorn ....on time!

Many thanks again.

Thanks to everyone at Maestro for a wonderful holiday in Italy attending the Opera's and Ballet at Torre Del Lago. The setting is wonderful.
The family run hotel in Montecatini couldn't be better and the late night treats after the opera's added a special flavour.
Looking forward to our next holiday with Maestro.
Best Regards
Colin and Irene Band

Thank you to Ken, Brendan, Stacey and everyone else involved in two recent trips.

After the awful weather in England it made me feel guilty to find ourselves in warm, sunny Tenerife in January, hearing the
wonderful Dudamel in that wonderful concert hall (except for the air conditioning!).

Atoned for it somewhat with the even deeper, slushier, icier snow in Berlin in February, but with true Maestro flexibility it was arranged for the coach to take us everywhere door-to-door so we never needed to walk more than the width of a pavement, and Brendan took such good care that we should not fall. The Goetz Friedrich productions were outstanding, Lohengrin in particular being as good as I ever expect to see. (Angela Merkel attended on the same night as we did.) The Komische Oper felt to have more of a family atmosphere in the audience, regular fans who attended everything, and Queen of Spades was enjoyable on its own terms, even though the budget for Lohengrin could perhaps have lasted the Komische Oper all season.

Meanwhile, Ken himself was in
the easten USA blizzards, coping with moving a whole orchestra despite closed airports and railways and snowed-up roads; I hope he has recovered by now - none of the Berlin party ever doubted he would manage it.

Looking forward now to Konstanz, Bilbao, Paris,etc before a 5th anniversary visit to Berlin next year.
Long may Maestro live!

Love to all, Pam.
P.S. Apologies if this message comes twice - better twice than not at all. P

We had comfortable hotels and excellent guides in both Moscow and St Petersburg.A wonderful mix of palaces, churches,galleries and a wide variety of concerts.All enhanced by the autumn colours. Many thanks Ken for a golden experience

Thanks to Maestro for excellent Advent tour to Vienna. Evertyting was splendid - travel, transfers, excellent music, great seats, good sightseeing and fine hotel. We will be looking out for future tours.

I have just spent a week in Vienna at the Herrenhof Hotel. The service at this hotel was the best I have ever experienced & the staff couldn't do enough to please me-- this is a rare compliment as I am usually very critical of any hotel!!
The week in Vienna was followed by a week in Bezau- a great rest & I/we hope to come next year for the 3rd time!!
Thanks Ken for your great organisation & we look forward to future trips with you & Joan.

Thanks for a wonderful trip to London - great organisation resulted in a memorable experience. Well done to all at Maestro and the RLPO.

In the Steps of Klimt. Vienna 2008.
A well organised tour in every respect with several memorable moments.
An opportunity to focus on the development of Klimt's style and make comparisons with some contemporary artists in Western Europe.
The whole was complemented by the varied evening concerts.
I'm now looking forward to the Klimt Exhibition in Liverpool

The 'Steps of Chopin' tour was pure delight and so uplifting that I wish I could do it all again in September! Perhaps while you are savouring it all again you may feel inspired to devise another magical tour.

What a week we had in Berlin with a splendid and very moving "Ring". The organisation was superb,hotel food and tours.Can't wait for the next one!

The Copenhagen Ring was an excellent holiday and very well managed.

Thank you for taking such good care of us in Copenhagen. It was a marvellous trip & I enjoyed every single minute of it! Your itineraries really are a joy to read and I can only imagine the research & planning that goes into them.
p.s. I have just booked for the Berlin Ring next February!

Many thanks for such an enjoyable and well organised week for my first visit to Copenhagen. I have certainly fallen in love with the city and will return.

Many thanks for such a fantastic trip to Copenhagen for the Ring. It was a super holiday, not only the opera but all the other 'extras' that had been planned. It was an added bonus to have the interesting talk before Rheingold and to visit behind the scenes at both the old and new opera houses.

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Copenhagen Ring holiday. Everything was so well thought out, a wonderful hotel, delicious meals, excellent outings with a wonderful guide, Manna. It was good to be part of such an interesting and friendly group.

Thanks for a super week in Copenhagen for the Ring - superb hotel, clockwork arrangements, Great experiences!

After our lovely 'Steps of Chopin' in September I have had to decide whether to have my bathroom re-vamped or join you for the Ring in Copenhagen - I've chosen to join you on what promises to be another happy trip!

Steps of Chopin really was a magnificent 'Grand Tour' with marvellous music and experiences. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Congratulations on a superbly organised holiday -"In the Steps of Chopin". Joans dream with your administration & research made for an outstanding holiday for all of us!

Steps of Chopin, April 2005 - the careful planning of each day, the thoughtful details & information, the little 'extras', the numerous joint meals, the very interesting itineraries for the 'transfer' days, the good quality hotels and (above all) unique special musical 'events' which would just not be possible with a private holiday. All in all a very special experience.

thanks for your excellent organisation during the Steps of Chopin tour. We saw such interesting places and learnt so much - it was clear that a great deal of research had gone into the tour and a few 'strings' had been pulled! The lovely music in such wonderful settings was the icing on the cake.

Steps of Chopin - an inventive, colourful, complete travel experience - unsurpassed!

Thank you for arranging another enjoyable and relaxing trip to Riga. Looking forward next to the 'Colmar Festival' experience.

The 'Steps of Chopin' was a wonderful holiday. Each day was filled with such lovely delights that it is impossible to mention them all here. To spend time in Nohant and visit the 'world' of George Sand was one of many highlights!