A Return to Elegance
In sound, elegance is personified by the hypnotic and beguiling singing tone that was a unique aesthetic of 19th and early 20th century pianists. It was held as the highest pinnacle of a pianistic artistry. A return to elegance and beauty of tone is what ignites me as a pianist. Read more:
About me
My mission in music is to awaken listeners to the beguiling realms of elegance and beautiful tone at the piano. It is known that the piano is both a percussive and string instrument. But for me, the piano is foremost a ‘singing’ instrument where a myriad of tones in an infinite variety of colors are born through the vibration of the strings. As Chopin said “the piano must SING!”. That is my credo. Through my research in attaining...
emphasize her versatility.She blends the music at hand with startling swiftness-American Music Guide
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Journey of the Soul
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Portrait
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Discography
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A Bach Odyssey
For the past several months I have been focussing my attention on Bach and transcriptions of Bach for a recording project and performances. It is amazing how this music can make you look so far outside of yourself into a world filled with such an expansive breadth of emotion and complexity and yet at the same time convey such...
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Great way to Memorize Music
The ability to memorize music accurately is one of the most important tools for a musician to develop. It is a prerequisite for most soloists. Even the in orchestral field its benefits are used. For instance, the conductor Herbert von Karajan encouraged the members of his orchestra to memorize their parts so that they would be ‘freed from...
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Nectar Amidst the Percussive Weeds
Nectar Amid the Percussive Weeds After two weeks away on vacation, I was struck and somewhat horrified to see just how overgrown my garden had become with weeds. Weeds in all shapes and sizes. Weeds that just seemed to spring out of nowhere and usurp their territory without any consult or apologies. After spending the previous months tending to...
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Zen and the Art of Surviving a Rip Tide
Walking along the beach in beautiful Long Beach Island, NJ at night, stars glowing over head and hypnotized by the waves metronomically crashing along the shore, I started to think about rip tides. I am not a good swimmer and am fairy uncomfortable in the ocean–In fact my level of discomfort got heightened yesterday when I took my two...
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