Savoring Music
“Savoring Music” introduces music as a practice in savoring, exploring our senses and expanding our imaginations. The introductory episode, “Savoring Breath,” asks the viewers to breathe to Bach’s famous Prelude No. 1.
Nikkan San “The Way of the Pianist”
In Sickness and in Health
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 19, 2020, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. We promise our partners to love and cherish each other “in sickness and in health” when we get married. Weddings, funerals, graduations…at all of these ceremonies that mark the the
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The Role of Musicians in a Time of Crisis
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 5, 2020, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. The threat of Coronavirus has been disruptive. Around the globe, schools have been closed, stock market has plummeted, and events are being cancelled. In the meantime, a letter from a
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Playing Music is Like Cooking.
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on Feb 6, 2020, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. I bet at some point you secretly wondered why there were so many different pianists playing the same piece. If the piece is the same, aren’t the end results the
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Music, Like Life, is the Art of Time.
This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on December 19, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. Did you know that an anagram of the word “listen” is “silent”? The discovery made me ponder on the fact how, we cannot generate and receive information through sound at
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