This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on May 2, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Without music, life would be a mistake,” Nietzsche famously said. Where does music exist? – not in the mind of the composers. Not in the sheet music. Not […]
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For the next several months, I will travel around the world to deliver my recital program “Piano Waterscapes,” featuring piano pieces with water imagery. Below are the chronological list of pieces I have for this program. When played in its entirety with my talks, it’s a bit longer than a normal two-hour recital program with
Introducing “Piano Waterscapes,” a Recital Program. Read More »
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on April 18, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” This quote, sounding like a Zen koan, is usually attributed to Mozart although Debussy, Miles Davis and
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For some reason, my springs tend to get packed with excitements. In 2017, I successfully defended my dissertation at the end of March, and started all the paper work necessary for graduation while recording my latest album, “100 Years: Early Beethoven and Late Brahms,” with clarinetist, Maiko Sasaki. While I kept my teaching and performances
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on April 4, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “To listen is to expect to hear things.” I am quoting my teacher from a lesson when I was in high school. I have since pondered on it as
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