September 2024

Flowering Time

3 Comments / Healing Power of Music, Life of a Pianist, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

Each note, each harmony blooms only when they are ripe – and the musicality is to capture these notes at their moments.

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Performing in 111°F.

1 Comment / Concerts, Healing Power of Music, Life of a Pianist, Musical Activism, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

When I played my recital from 1-2PM this past Saturday, it was reaching 111°F.

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