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Happy New Year. May this year be a peaceful one. Last year, I overhauled the site. Previously, I added articles sequentially via blog posts, but now I've set up a main page with several indexes. I think it's become a bit easier to navigate. 1. Beethoven's...

Shif's Lecture Recitals (Wigmore Hall, 2004-2006)

　A friend who runs a small publishing company introduced me to her friend who teaches piano masterclasses at Morley College London in the UK. The article was so fascinating that I'd like to share it here. The article...

Master Class Lessons on Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonatas by Barenboim

　　Happy New Year!　May this year bring you peace and tranquility! 　Now, at the beginning of the year, I have been thinking about how I will proceed with DTM this year. CDing Beethoven's piano sonatas Last year, I CDed Beethoven's piano sonatas Nos. 30, 31, and 32.　I have been working on Beethoven's...

　An acquaintance of mine who runs a small publishing company sent me a copy of a book she has recently published.　The book is called "Yes, Noh Naomi Seki," and is about the life of a female Noh performer. 　What surprised me when I read it was that this woman, Naomi Seki, came to this world at the age of 34 from a completely different world...

　　Happy New Year!　May this year bring you peace and tranquility! I have been thinking about how to proceed with DTM this year. 1. making a CD of Beethoven's piano sonatas I have been working on a CD of Beethoven's piano sonatas from his later years to give to a friend in Germany....

　I am almost 80 years old.　For quite some time now, I have been working on typing classical music as a habit every morning.　I've been doing it while communicating with my teacher over the Internet (online lessons, so to speak), and I've been polishing it little by little.　However, a while ago, I had a hearing test at a physical exam...

Happy New Year!　I hope that this year will be a peaceful one for you! I have been thinking about what kind of music I would like to play this year. 1. Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Last year, I finally finished No. 29, which I had longed for.　Now I'm ready...

　Listen to it first in the Audio Player at the bottom.　A German friend of mine who I worked with for a long time is turning 70.　He asked me to send him a short message video to be played at his party.　I typed this Beetho for the background music...