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This article was originally published on Ananda Sukarlan’s blog
Ananda Sukarlan September has passed, and it’s been a super-busy month, although it seems like I was enjoying life. The month opened with my concert with the Nusantara Symphony Orchestra in Jakarta, and joining my friend, the conductor Addie MS we [...] Jon Lord. Picture taken from his official web site. One of the modern musicians I most admired and listened to. He made me vibrate and I was fortunate enough to see him play a couple of times in Madrid. Today, 16th July 2012, Jon Lord sadly passed away. My sincere condolences to his family [...] Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin in his fantastic book – which I recommend- This is your Brain on Music, tells the story of how John R. Pierce -in his 80s at that time- asked him to select six songs which would represent the whole rock. Pierce had already listened to Elvis Presley, so Levitin omitted [...] It was a rainy day of April in Spain. I got up early because I had an appointment and a long trip to go by car from Móstoles in Madrid to Muriedas in Cantabria, in the north of Spain. I was meant to meet the person I had seen play the piano with [...] Almost a week ago, I was at a fantastic recital. The pianist was Federico Lechner. I had met him by chance hardly a week earlier at another fantastic recital by the Japanese pianist Asuka Nakamura. Federico was sitting in the audience just behind us. During the break, my friend and pianist Julio César [...] Michelle Sample is a 15-year-old from Southern California. She thoroughly enjoys playing the guitar and has successfully been doing so for over three years. Music holds an extremely special place in her life as of 2008. In addition, she has a passion for writing poetry. I would like to share my personal feelings on what [...] Piano Phase is a piece by minimalist composer Steve Reich. It was originally written for two piano players or one pianist and tape, but later it was played by one musician with two pianos. The phasing technique is where one person is playing a repeating pattern while the other is gradually getting faster. At first [...] To a great 2012 full of great events, bliss and, of course, great music!
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