Over the decades of the pursuit of my pianism, I have now come to ensure not just the attention and the proper timing that each note requires, but to send each off with love and care. It’s just like life. The most precious things in life tend to be ephemeral.
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Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades is where the Nobel Prize winning novelist wrote his last major novel, Doctor Faustus. At this historic location, I had the great pleasure of recording some music by LA-based composers, both from Mann’s time and our own.
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“Rubato” is a musical term from an Italian word rubare, meaning “to rob.” It’s an abbreviation of the phrase “Tempo rubato,” to rob time. The term indicates the player to expand the intervals between the regular beats with some flexibility.
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The month of May has arrived. I am fully vaccinated. I finished the second draft of my book. I am getting calls for exciting recording projects. The prospects of playing once again with other musicians on fine concert grands inspires me. With the new energy, I am considering doing another 100-day practice challenge. I made
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Wedding. Graduation. Birthday. Holidays…each seasonal occasions have their songs, music and/or sounds. Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist/musician, assert that at these ceremonies marking different life stage comfort the attendees that while life situations may change, there are things that remain constant, like your community, cycles of life, etc.
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