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		<title>A Movie &#8211; &#8220;First Position&#8221;   5/15/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this movie, almost reflecting myself when I was their age for hundred years (!) ago struggling to find my destination. Thousands of aspiring young dancers enter one of the world&#8217;s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. There are several age categories, and each category offers amazing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Philharmonic Debut in Disney Concert Hall 5/11/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A night after the exciting Green Umbrella Concert I visited Disney Hall for New York Philharmonic concert. I understand it is their first national tour with Alan Gilbert. I thought their tour program was well-made, Dvorak: Carnival, Op. 92, Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman as a soloist, and Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Umbrella Concert at Disney Hall 5/11/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to LA Phil&#8217;s New Muisc Group &#8221;Green Umbrella&#8221; last Tuesday 5/8, featuring 3 pieces Akiho: Alloy, Pereira: Concerto for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra, and Berio: Recital I (for Cathy). In Akiho &#8220;Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble&#8221;, a dozen percussionists ensemble, presented refined performance with amazing energy. Their performance reminded me Japanese Taiko groups. &#8220;Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble&#8221; plays by memory and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Belrose Duo, Russian Program in Pasadena 5/7/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 18:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our duo, The Belrose Duo, David, my husband, on cello, and I on piano, played all Russian program &#8220;From Russia With Love&#8221; last Saturday in Pasadena. I am so grateful that there are many many amazing works for cello and piano, and we have been enjoying performing together on those works for almost 20 years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Simon Rattle and LA Phil    5/7/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to the concert last Saturday 5/5 after our recital in Pasadena. Of course I can&#8217;t miss this opportunity, LA Phil with Sir Simon Rattle, and Ligeti, Wagner, Bruckner, and Mahler joined by his wife, mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Kozena. It was an amazing night with just great music making. It is so interesting that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Movie &#8211; The Deep Blue Sea       4/22/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Deep Blue Sea is an exquisite, nuanced and romantic tragedy, adapted from a 1950’s play by Terence Rattigan. The director is Terence Davies, and Rachel Weisz is Hester Collyer, the wife of an upper-class judge (Simon Russell Beale) and a free and creative mind trapped in a passionless marriage. She met with Freddie Page (Tom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schubert: Winterreise D. 911 by Eschenbach and Goerne      4/20/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love lieder, especially Schubert and Schumann. I was lucky to be introduced those great songs when I was in the Performing Arts High School in Japan. As piano major we needed to take Accompaniment Class, and we played many different songs and our teacher sang with us. Last 20 years I collaborated with many singers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brahms Clarinet Trio at Disney Hall   4//7/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a wonderful performance with Michele Zukovsky, clarinet, and David Garrett, cello (my husband) on Tuesday 4/3. We played Brahms Clarinet trio, Op. 114 which is a great example of lyricism in Brahms late works. After this trio Brahms wrote my favorite piano works, Op. 116 (Phantasien &#8211; a set of 7 pieces, Capriccios [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Movie &#8220;Waiting for Guffman&#8221;    3/31/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an amazing movie!! It was again one of Laemmle&#8217;s Sneak Preview at Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. This theater is my FAVORITE!! The director/co-writer/a lead actor is Christopher Guest, and he does very creative, imaginative, funny, charming, and skillful work on this movie. I don&#8217;t know why this movie has not been popular&#8212;-. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Frost, clarinet, on Aho Concerto with LA Phil   3/26/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had never heard clarinet like Martin Frost plays, technically and artistically. He is a real genius. Frost makes clarinet a big universe. His beautiful, singing and smooth line, powerful forte without harshly, amazing fingers, imagination and artistry&#8212;. I heard he practices 8 hours/day with great focus, and plays about 150 concerts a year. Frost received a [...]]]></description>
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