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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I encountered this book in the midst of my soul searching. What are the contributions I can make to this world as a musician? What is the role of art in the world? What is the meaning, and the historical background, behind a Japanese woman like me specializing in Western classical instrument? One of the
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 21, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Music is beyond words“ is a common phrase. It can resonate as a synonym or be interpreted as an antonym to the phrase “music is a universal language” we
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