I am playing a Halloween Concert! When: Wednesday, October 31st, 12:10-12:40 Where: Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA Program: Schubert-Liszt Song transcriptions: Gretchen am Spinnrade, Ave Maria Chopin Etude in C-Minor Op. 10-12 “Revolutionary” and Prelude Op. 28-15 No. 8 “Raindrop” Federico Mompou Prelude No. 8 “On a Drop of Water” Admission: Free Halloween […]
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This is me, an hour before MATIMA’s concert “Beauty (美）is Universal” at Asia Society Texas Center last night, after the tickets were completely sold out. Three hours later, I was walking on a cloud, bonding with audience members who gave us a long standing ovation, full of smiles, nods, cheers, etc. We used two microphones
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The etymology of the word “concert” is French concerter: to unite to cause to agree, from the 16th century, and in the 17th century, Italian word concertare to harmonize. This Saturday, we will be concertizing. https://asiasociety.org/texas/events/performing-asia-beauty-mei-universal-matima MATIMA, a classical ensemble of two musical doctors (clarinettist Maiko Sasaki and myself, pianist Makiko Hirata) will present “Beauty (美）is Universal” at
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