Practice in Honesty
Perhaps we, as artists, are to embody our human potentials that can come from wholehearted pursuits of things beyond our immediate biological and social needs.
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Life of a Pianist
What Stillness Nurtures.
This moment, our here and now together is a coincidence to be cherished, miracle to be appreciated, fate to be celebrated. And isn’t music the embodiment of our cherishing, appreciation and celebration?
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Life Lessons from the Keyboard.
When I focus on my mission to deliver the power of music, and to serve as a bridge between various sectors, languages and countries, I feel lucky with all these opportunities to share what I have to offer. It’s just like how my playing starts to be led by the music, when I start to think of each note as a part of the whole of music. Â
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My Way of the Piano in the Context of History
As the world today draws its inspiration and directions from the Way of the Samurai, I think perhaps that my practice, too, may serve as a bridge between the Occident and the Orient, institutions and individuals, and logic and senses.
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The First Japanese Violinist/Pianist/Composer, Nobu KĹŤda (1870-1946)
This is by Nobu Koda? The Japanese woman, born only a dozen years after Japan started international communications and commerce? She sounds like…Beethoven!?
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