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I went to listen Bach’s Mass in F Major for Christmas worship at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. I mentioned about this church before during their Bach Festival. This church has a long history of great music making. Some churches are going for more casual direction, like a community center in these days, and I found it […]
I saw “Lisztmania” when I hosted a party in Houston. One of guests brought it and we watched together. I remember we totally enjoyed it with some drinks. I just wanted to remind myself how silly it is. So I watched it again. It is very 70’s! I mean it is really. There are a […]
I watched Tampopo on DVD at home. I love this movie, and have seen it for several times. It was produced by Juzo Itami in 1986. If you have seen Japanese animation movies and Kurosawa movies, please try this one. Are you interested in Japanese food? You will enjoy this movie. Tampopo changed the style of […]
I watched DVD of this movie tonight. As you guess, this is a foreign film (to me). The director is François Truffaut. Oh well– I found this DVD in the closet while I was cleaning up last week. I guess my husband bought this movie to avoid shooting me. It was still wrapped. It is […]
I am reading a book “Violin Dreams” by Arnold Steinhardt. He writes about his parents as Jewish. It is very touching, and the music in their lives has been deeply attached to their long history. Mr. Steinhardt writes “Jews believed that only music could give these prayers wings strong enough to deliver them to God.” […]
It was a beautiful fall day to play a noontime concert at Occidental College. The night before, we had a rain and we woke up with a fresh air and blue sky. Perfect! The theme of the concert was 2 Bicentennial composers, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) and Robert Schumann (1810-1856). Occidental College has a cozy performance venue, […]
I went to listen 2 concerts on 10/26 and 10/29 at Disney Concert Hall. Christian Zacarias played Trout Piano Quintet by Schubert with LA Phil musicians, and played/conducted C. P. E. Bach Keyboard Concerto in D Minor with LA Phil. He is trully a refined pianist/conductor. His piano playing in classic style is superb, beautiful tone, sensitive phrasing, […]
This is the final installment of Millennium Trilogy, and I needed to watch it. Noomi Rapace has created a new heroine, Lizbeth Salander, in the 21st century, and her acting is just stunning. Without Noomi Rapace, Millennium Trilogy would’d be created. Lizbeth was a victim at first, but she fought back her enemies. And she triumphed […]
We need to take our cars for maintenance, we trim our hair, some people pay a lot of money for nails, and we visit a doctor’s office for physical. I use “Pischna” for my piano technique maintenance. When I was 15 years old, I met a great piano professor who told me that I needed to redo my piano technique to […]
After visiting Cuba, I was in El Salvador. Cuba was very hot and humid, but it was wonderful to see a blue sky and a deep blue ocean. A light shower greeted me at the El Salvador airport, and once I entered the city of San Salvador, it was slightly cold. El Salvador is the […]