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Spring in LA 3/10/09 March 10, 2009

I have been so busy performing and teaching so I have not been able to up-date my homepage. And I got sick! As you see in concert information I am playing many concerts in this spring. I am very happy to get these many opportunities 🙂 I started to play piano when I was 3 […]

New Semester at Occidental College! 1/28/09 January 28, 2009

I started to teach at the Occidental College last week. I have 15 wonderful students in my piano studio this semester. It is very rewarding for me to teach at this wonderful school. Some of my students are really advanced playing Schumann Concerto, Rachmaninov Preludes, Liszt “Un sospiro”— which is very exciting. On the other […]

Friendship! 1/20/09 January 27, 2009

I attended LA Phil’s party last Sunday. It was for musicians and donors. After wonderful conversation with friends, my husband and I sat down at the table with donors. We started to introduce ourselves and to chat over a wonderful food. The nice couple sitting next to me was the board member of the Occidental College […]

Sumo! 1/15/09 January 15, 2009

Hi! I am a BIG sumo fan, and January is one of 6 tournaments in a year. Each Sumo tournament lasts 15 days so today is the 6th day in this January Basho (tournament). Each match can be very short, like few seconds, but it has a DRAMA!! I know most of Rikishis (wrestlers), faces […]

Windy Days in LA 1/14/09 January 14, 2009

We are having a very dry and windy weather because we are having desert strong winds called “Santa Ana”. It gets below 10% humidity in some days with “Santa Ana”, then we get the warning of wild fire. Usually it gets hot as well so we are in 80s in January! I rehearsed with my […]

1st letter from LA 1/12/09 January 12, 2009

Hi! Happy New Year! I hope your 2009 is going wonderfully. We had a cold weather from Christmas to New Year, but it has been a Blue Sky with 70-80 degrees. It is beautiful to feel the outside air and sun! I have many exciting concerts opportunities in LA this spring-summer. Please check my concert […]