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It is a twisty movie with romance. The movie does not show the pretty side of Italy, poor lives in Turin. Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport) and Guido (Filippo Timi) meet at the speed-dating site, and quickly hit it off for romance. Guido is a security guard (ex-police officer) and Sonia has a cleaning job at the […]
I saw this new Woody Allen movie ” Midnight in Paris” at one of my favorite theatres in LA, Arclight in Hollywood. This is a romantic comedy set in Paris, especially in rains, about a family visiting there. The father, and a daughter Inez(Rachel McAdams) and her fiance Gil (Owen Wilson), are finding themselves so apart each […]
I visited Getty Center yesterday because I wanted to see the special exhibition “Paris: Life and Luxury”. This exhibition focuses on the elite class in Paris in the 18th century, food, cloths, arts, music, furniture, jewelry, science, basically everything in life. I usually visit Getty Center with family/friends tourists. Unlike my usual visit as a host, my husband and I did […]
I was very very impressed by Mackey’s violin concerto yesterday at the dress rehearsal of LA Phil’s subscription concert. It is a great piece. And of course, Josefowicz can play. With her command, intensity, energy, and technique, this violin concerto sounded amazing. It reminded me Barber violin concerto. 2 composers use different musical languages, but […]
It is a quiet and beautiful movie. I believe it is a winner of the Grande Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie is based on the true story. Under a threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks who stationed in an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether they leave or stay. […]
This is a quote used in the book “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. She uses this quote in the words of The Bhagavad Gita, the ancient Indian Yogic text. “It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” Bravo!
It is my hobby to find great movies which are not advertised in public. “Queen to Play” is a stylish, sophisticated, warm-hearted, intelligent, and charming movie, well-played by Kevin Kline and Sandra Bonnaire. The movie is set on the beautiful island of Corsica. The cleaning lady (Bonnaire) found her passion and obsession in the game […]
Thank you very much for supporting our Japan Relief Concert today. We got a great audience and generated $2000.00 to support people in Japan. Our program was all Hungarian music, consisting Koday, Bartok, Ligetti, Dohnanyi, and Liszt. Of course 2011 is Franz Liszt’s bicentennial year, and I played Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. I really enjoyed […]
It has been very difficult for me to digest what have been happening in Japan. No one has prepared for Tsunami disaster. More than 10.000 people died and many are missing, uncountable people lost their houses, boats, cars and everything, and more than 300.000 people have evacuated and are having very difficult days at rescue places, mostly at […]
I was pretty busy last Saturday, but I could not miss great jazz players, especially their duo. It was totally inspiring. Their ensemble was just amazing, and their technique was remarkable. Each piece has different style and uses different musical languages. I am not a jazz musician so I may be entirely wrong. Their creativity and […]