It’s been around for a while. Most famously, Hilary Hahn took on the challenge. You commit yourself to making a video of yourself practicing for 100 days, and sending it out to the internet world. I decided to do this, partially because I met (virtually) a piano-lover, who’s been teaching himself how to play by […]
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I have amazing gift givers around me. They give me such thoughtful gifts that the thoughts behind the gift makes me tear up, as much as the usually-much-needed-gifts themselves. One such friend, my duo-partner, clarinetist Maiko Sasaki (with whom I co-founded ensemble MATIMA: http://matima.org/), gave me a page-turning pedal one year for my birthday. If
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The book was published twenty years ago, and I can see how it remained a best seller for seven years: it is easy to read, convincing, and effective in communicating its points. My father was the first one to recommend it to me many years ago. Then an old friend recommended it to me, recently.
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I think I can help. I feel very privileged. I am grateful for the world-class education in piano performance/music I received. I feel lucky every time I get to travel internationally to perform in various parts of the world. And through my daily, solitary practice for hours everyday, I have contemplated for decades on beauty,
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My soul-search on what I may have to offer to the world with my background and skill set has been leading me to many inspiring and fascinating encounters. One happened this past week at an amateur chamber music festival, ArtsAhimsa. Stephanie Engel, a flutist, humanitarian and psychiatrist, introduced me to the incorporation of music as
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