Tag: piano

  • A DEDICATION TO DIE OVER!

    A DEDICATION TO DIE OVER!

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    When Javier Perianes dedicated his first encore to me (Chopin Nocturne in c sharp minor, Op. 20) at the Vancouver Playhouse I was rendered speechless for at least 20 minutes. What an extraordinarily wonderful thing to have happened. There’s actually a story behind Perianes and that Nocturne.  This goes back about three years.  I had…

  • HER CUP RUNNETH OVER

    HER CUP RUNNETH OVER

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    Remember that iPod Touch that I confessed to stealing from my husband? Well, now that I’m back in the swing of things, I barely get time to listen to it…and in any case, I’ve been listening to Murray Perahia practising in my living room for the past few days. Murray and I have exchanged quite…

  • MURRAY PERAHIA HAS SOME WILD FANS!

    MURRAY PERAHIA HAS SOME WILD FANS!

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    A few weeks ago, I was sitting at YVR waiting for a flight to Seattle – Frankfurt – Johannesburg – Cape Town for a reunion with my friends from the College of Music in Cape Town.  My husband recently won an iPod Touch which I quickly appropriated, so now I have finally joined the iPod…