Happy and honored to be rewarded by another international competition, where my students got all gold and silver prizes. The most exciting part of teaching is to observe how my…
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music The “Coltrane Circle,” which resembles what any musician will recognize as the “Circle of Fifths,” but incorporates Coltrane’s own innovations.…
I am happy and honored to receive this award- the recognition of my efforts in guiding young talents through an interesting,exciting, but very challenging journey of piano playing. It requires…
It is no secret that the British royal family is filled with talented musicians. Prince Charles is a skilled classical violinist, while Princess Anneis is an accomplished equestrian. Even Prince Harry dabbles in DJing! So it…
Congrats to our winners- Sara Tateshima, Isabel Pang and Michelle Ji, who, besides Gold prizes in several categories were also awarded Silver and special prizes in musicianship, technique and interpretation!…
Cassia/ Kassia Byzantine About two hundred years earlier ( than Hildegard of Bingen), in Constantinople lived a girl named Kassia/ Cassia, who also chose a spiritual career. However,there is a…
Hildegard of Bingen In almost every last five or six centuries there have been women who have composed music. Surprisingly,they were accepted in the circles of male composers and were…
Architect Rafael Viñoly and master piano maker Chris Maene have developed the Maene-Viñoly Concert Grand – a unique 21st Century evolution of the grand piano. The instrument’s curved ergonomic keyboard…
China’s star freestyle skier, Ailing (Eileen) Gu, plays piano during her downtime at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing,…
Out of thousands of contemporary writers, one of the most musical ones is Japanese author Haruki Murakami. His works, besides being exceptionally interesting by their plots, are also imbued with music…