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Sebastien Vallee and I will perform all French program including Faure, Franck, Gounod, Hahn, St. Saens, Debussy, and many others. French is Sebastien’s native language, and it is so beautiful to hear his French. The program is divided into several sets, Seasons of Life, Farewells, The Mystery of Death, Dreams of Love, and Galant Love. […]
This movie was nominated for The Best Foreign Film at Oscar this year. “Wild Tales” depicts an extreme-ness in our lives. We experience some parts of tales in this movie, but seldom go that extreme. It is a super comedy. The reality suddenly turns into the unreal. It is funny and scary. The director is […]
Sir Schiff chose to perform the late sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert. I just performed all Schubert program a night before this concert, and I was in a perfect mood. The first piece was Mozart sonata in B-flat major, K. 570. As a good piano student (!), I played this one when I was […]
I was very lucky to attend the dress rehearsal of “Alice in Wonderland”, a new production on Ursuk Chin’s composition/Librettist David Henry Hwang, a West Coast premier. Susanna Malkki is a conductor, and she does an amazing work. For her innovative multimedia event, director/designer/video artist Netia Jones has created “Alice in Wonderland” into a glittering, crazed […]
I went to see LA opera: The Ghosts of Versailles by John Corigliano and William M. Hoffman on Wednesday February 18, and it was just great! The story is very silly and non-sense, but it is so fun. And I was so impressed by the staging. It is so colorful and imaginative. I am sure […]
I went to listen Martha Argerich’s Schumann concerto at the dress rehearsal on Thursday. She is a legendary pianist, and it is so exciting to hear her in live. She is one of the best virtuoso pianists in the recent years, and is as strong as ever (I think she is 73!). She is so imaginative and expressive. […]
It was my first experience to see “Opera in Theatre”, and I am pretty impressed by the high quality of the show. The production and the cast is a “Dream Team”. The film is from Wiener Staatoper, Zubin Mehta, a conductor, Nina Stemme, a soprano who portrays Leonora passionately and strongly, Salvatore Licitra as Alvaro […]
It is so inspiring! I loved this exhibition. All the quilts I saw at the exhibition are just beyond I can imagine as quilts go. They are so fun, so artistic, so creative, so imaginative…. Quilts talk to us. Quilts express to us. Each quilter uses different process and different materials. There is absolutely not […]
I am a big fan of both Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig! The movie starts strongly! Pacino (Simon Axler, an aging actor) is preparing a Shakespeare Theatre, and is going through the delusional moments. He struggles. He is afraid he is loosing. And Pegeen (Greta Gerwig), a young professional and lesbian, suddenly comes to his […]
Do you like Martha Argerich’s piano? Are you a fan of her passion and expression? This documentary film was done by her 3rd daughter, Stephanie Argerich. Martha has 3 daughters with 3 husbands, Lyda Chen and Annie Dutoit, and Stephanie Argerich. In this film, we can see Martha Argerich’s private and daily life, from Poland, where […]