This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on May 2, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Without music, life would be a mistake,” Nietzsche famously said. Where does music exist? – not in the mind of the composers. Not in the sheet music. Not […]
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 21, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Music is beyond words“ is a common phrase. It can resonate as a synonym or be interpreted as an antonym to the phrase “music is a universal language” we
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 7, 2019, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Music is a Universal Language” It may not be an overstatement if I were to say this phrase led me to be the pianist I am today. I
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This is an English translation of an article that was published in Nikkan San on February 21, 2019. It was a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Here is my secret. It’s very simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” – from The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de
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This is an English translation of an article that was published in Nikkan San on February 7, 2019. It was a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. Alfred Adler, one of the founders of psychology along with Freud and Jung, said “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears
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