This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on November 21, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. I attended two wonderful conferences earlier this month: On Nov 4th, US-Japan Council Tenth Annual Conference in Hollywood, and then on Nov. 7th, the sixth annual “Women’s Leadership Counts” conference […]
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on November 7, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. I visited the Kingdom of Bhutan, a Tibetan Buddhist country in South Asia. I’ve been curious about the country whose government’s guiding philosophy policy is GNH, Gross National Happiness: not
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on October 17, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. As a Japanese-born US resident, and a Japanese classical musician, I always saw a part of my role as a that of a cultural ambassador. It was not until 2011,
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on October 3, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. 「Change happens by listening…」said Jane Goodall, famous for her groundbreaking studies of primates by having lived among them since the 1950’s. Goodall stood alongside Greta Thunberg (16) of Sweden and
In order to decide how to make my musical activity more socially relevant and directly impactful, I need enough perspective to see what/where the needs are, independent of traditional performance practice and preconceived notions. Having been single-minded in my pursuit of a solo career for the first three decades of my life, I know that
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