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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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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Imagine being a farmer in a middle of nowhere Europe in the 18th Century. You work in the field year round. You hear the sound of nature all day long. Maybe you sing to yourself and with your co-workers. Maybe at night you gather around the fireplace and sing to the accompaniment of an instrument.
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