Few personalities in the classical music world garner as much serious attention as Mark Ainley, whose daily updates on his Facebook page "The Piano Files" demand thoughtful consideration from piano-philes all over the world. If there is ever an internet jukebox for the greatest piano performances, it would have to be Mark's brilliant selections.
Facebook has become a successful platform for sharing knowledge, useful or otherwise, and our generation has come
Pianist and pedagogue Koji Attwood has been a close friend since my Juilliard days, and is still one of the pianists I most admire and respect. When we weren't dissecting the shoulder of a Neapolitan jacket or recipes from previous episode of Iron Chef, we dissertated on the nuances of certain Horowitz recordings or Scriabin harmonies, over Chinese food or industrial strength espressos in Little Italy. When we
My two concert trips to Cambados in Galicia (northwest Spain) had me totally convinced: not only is this truly an Albariño wine capital, it is also a seafood heaven.
I also had the good fortune of making some new friends here, among them the honorable mayor of Cambados. He was one burly, imposing man only countered by a gentleness and humour rarely wonted from a man of his stature. His quiet manners masked the deep love he has for his hometown.
