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The adventures, thoughts, and general scrawlings of a classical pianist


Piano

  • The prettiest commute

    Two to three times a week I walk twenty minutes or so to my piano lesson. I actually prefer walking over taking the bus (even though I have a bus pass) because the little journey is so pleasant. One time I took pictures along the way. This is the view as I walk along the… Continue reading

  • On the Piano and Loneliness

    I once read in an interview that Martha Argerich—one of my idols—preferred playing concertos to solo piano works because she didn’t like being lonely on stage. It seems like a mere quirk, something you’d attribute to the fickle creative type, but I’ve since discovered that to be a pianist is to be alone. Many people… Continue reading

  • Stuff

    (I don’t really know what else to title this post.) Yeah, I keep falling off the blogging wagon. One of these days I’ll post stuff from my camera and hopefully make substantial posts about my life, but for now, here’s a little list of stuff off the top of my head. 1. I’m home for… Continue reading