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It has been for 15 years teaching and performing at the music camp “Sound Encounters” in Kansas. This year, I added to teach composition, and enjoyed working with students so much besides my usual piano classes. I performed several concerts with different faculties which is always very fun. Today is the last day of the […]
This production is the conclusion of the Mozart/Lorenzo Da Ponte Trilogy (“Don Giovanni” in 2012 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2013). “Così fan tutte” provides a “forever” theme of a test of fidelity, an amazing humor (still works in 2014), and a perfect match between the music and the text. You may not cry during […]
I saw this movie a while ago.. It is a fantastic movie with a lot of imagination, fantasy, creativity and wit. I love this kind of films. It is about Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his […]
I have been fascinated by the life of Clara Schumann (Sep. 13 1819 – May 20 1896), a wife of Robert Schumann. Clara was one of most famous pianists in her time, and one of the great piano stars around Europe in the 19th century. She premiered new works by Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, and […]
Joe was an amazing brother-in-law for me for the last 20 years. He passed away last Saturday with a pancreatic cancer. It was 10 months after the diagnoses. He went through very difficult treatments, but he gave us precious moments to share. He is in peace now. He helped me when I had to endure […]
Romance, Romance, Romance…! Composers tell love stories in their music. I will perform some of most beautiful music from Romantic and Impressionistic periods and talk about anecdotes on composers and pieces. Please join me!
I saw this movie a little while ago. Gloria (Poulina Garcia) is a “woman of a certain age” with 2 grown up children and has an office job, but still wants to feel young. The story is based in the life of Santiago, Chile. Though lonely after the divorce, she makes the best of her situation and fills […]
Los Angeles has been having a big rain. The city is not made for rain so anytime we have some rain it causes some troubles. Anyway, I was practicing Debussy’s L’Isle joyouse in my piano studio at Occidental College yesterday. I love my studio there. The building is historic (I discovered many century old sheet […]
It is just an amazing movie, one of the strongest movies I ever seen. This movie portraits every single side of human being, ugliness, beauty, irrational mind, courageous, love, hate, sex, addiction, bias, humanity, yes, everything. Of course Matthew McConaughey is doing, to me, more than any human can do as an actor, and a […]
LA Phil’s Green Umbrella Concert on Tuesday January 28 included a wonderful program of Boulez, Carter, and van der Aa. I mostly went to listen Michel van der Aa’s “Up-close”, but I enjoyed all of the pieces. First of all, the conductor, Grad Lubman, is amazing, technically and musically. His hands were very musical and […]