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Yesterday, I met up with an old friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) for an early happy hour drink.  I was surprised to hear that he had taken up the interest of writing jokes. The more I spoke to him about his pursuit in being a comic, the more I found it similar to [...]

There were a number of artists at the Look & Listen concert last Saturday sketching during the performance. I found a few drawings from Julia Sverchuk and wanted to share them. They are so alive and seem to really capture the feeling of performance! I especially like the picture of Karlheinz sitting and listening/recording the [...]

Karlheinz Essl and I had our first meeting for his new piece, Whatever Shall Be, for toy piano, quadrophonic surround sound and gadgets today. After a few hours of trouble-shooting technical issues, we are now finally ready to unleash his new work this weekend! I am so honored that he wrote this piece for me [...]

I am on my way back to New York City after my debut at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. I had a fantastic experience at the festival and hope that I will have a chance to return again!  Several months ago, Gilmore reached out to Concert Artist Guild and asked them if I would [...]

I was recently cleaning out my apartment and was trying to decide on what to do with objects related to my projects/work that are not crucial to performance. I spent about 2 months creating a toy theater set that is the grounds for movie-making in The Memoirist part 2. I wasn’t sure what to [...]