too jarring for a title
Sunday, February 7th, 2010A thought came to my mind today, when Horowitz’ famous remark on the categorizing of pianists: “Jewish, gay, bad” kept jumping to my eyes everywhere lately.
And this thought is somehow tied to my recent reading of Beethoven’s letters and conversations.
I think, I have a probable answer (though of course this is not the only one) to why [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Schubert
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Schubert’s “Diaries”
“Where other people keep diaries in which they record their momentary feelings, etc, Schubert simply kept sheets of music by him and confided his changing moods to them; and his soul being steeped in music, he put down notes when another man would resort to words.”
– Robert Schumann, letter to to Friedrich Wieck, 1829
My heart sings praise to You
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Today, I woke up with such joy!
For the first time in a long time, I felt excited about the day ahead of me. (not that there’s anything special going on today.) I am so thankful for being where I am, with whoever I met, doing what I love. So thankful for being alive, healthy, loved.
All [...]
Thomas Mann
Monday, November 16th, 2009For beauty, Phaedrus, mark me, beauty alone is both divine and visible at once; and thus it is the road of the sensuous; it is, little Phaedrus, the road of the artist to the spiritual. But do you now believe, my dear, that they can ever attain wisdom and true human dignity for whom the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »>Nov.7
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Only New York’s autumn reminds me of Beijing’s autumn.
Yesterday Yo-yo Ma and his silk road ensemble came to our school and did a “masterclass” on out-reach programs. That is to say, to give advice and suggestion on groups of musicians who are planning to go to elementary schools to spread the knowledge and joy of [...]
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