It is a rare treat to have nothing on my schedule. Yesterday was one such day! I do practice everyday, however crazy my travels get. I’ve practiced on tables at airports. Mental practicing – without moving my fingers – is also useful. Even five minutes can be useful, when I do have access to a […]
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I am writing this blog, as I enjoy my first weekend home in six weeks, after a three-week tour in Japan, and a week at a chamber music festival on the East Coast. It’s been an eventful summer! Los Angeles Public Library’s “LA Made” series presented me in branches throughout the LA County in my
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This Sunday, May 12th at 4PM, I am playing selections from my program “Piano Waterscapes” on Santa Monica Second Sunday Concert Series, presented by the Silicon Beach Arts Council. This afternoon, I had a couple of hours at the venue, familiarizing myself with the piano and the acoustics. Each hall has its own unique acoustics.
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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
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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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