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The Old Church, Portland, OR

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Earlier Event: August 11
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Later Event: October 17
All Classical Portland 89.9 FM
Same photo booth in Florence, less than a year apart. 👪💞
The @guardian put out an interesting editorial on the question of, “what is classical music for?” . Classical music reaches many people on very different levels, and I am a firm believer that it has something to offer everyone. . "It should make the listener think, understand humanity, and feel more alive." . . . #classical #opinion #music #meaning
Great times with Olivier and Sophie visiting Turin and crossing the Alps though Italy into Switzerland. Enjoying our last few days in Lausanne. This trip has been a gift, a bonding experience for our little family and one for the books. #italy #switzerland #babysfirsttrip
The greatest classical cadenzas, and also a few of the most fun to study and perform! @classicfm released a great list: Beethoven's cadenza for Mozart, Joachim's cadenza for Brahms, Kreisler's Beethoven solo, Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.5, Chick Corea, new ones, and jazzy ones. . . . #pianist #classical #cadenzas
I have been around the piano my whole life, and the discovery never ends. . From @pianistmagazine, "the world’s oldest piece of piano sheet music can really give us a glimpse into what piano composers thought the piano was capable of achieving when they were first invented. Almost 300 years later, we are still discovering new ways of using this magnificent instrument." . . . #sheetmusic #piano #instrument
Some highlights from traveling with friends through Portovenere - Rafi’s first time at sea, and Barolo! #italia #babysfirsttrip
I’m preparing one of my favorite pieces, Ravel’s "Une barque sur l’océan” from Miroirs, for a recital in Florence. The work evokes a small boat on the ocean being swept by waves and currents. It is a source of endless beauty and joy to perform, as well as a pianistic challenge. But this masterpiece might have never been composed without a pioneering work Liszt, an earlier composer, composed at the Villa d’Este in the hills near Rome a few decades before. I visited the villa on my way to Florence and discovered a chain of inspiration that led from a 2nd century emperor looking for respite from the oppressive heat and politics of Rome, to a renaissance cardinal with grand ambitions, to Liszt seeking sanctuary, and then to Ravel’s quest for a new musical language. . [READ MORE] Link in bio. . . . #masterpiece #ocean #pianist