Lang Lang

월요일, 19 7월 2010 10:09

Notes from a Classical Pianist

Musicians like Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang develop their affection for music early by embracing how notes create anything—from a song to a symphony. From 5-year-old child prodigy to concert pianist, his journey has become spreading the joy of music and, as he says, its power “to change how the world thinks and acts” wherever he goes.

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Playwright With The Right Stuff

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David Henry Hwang Romances The Word

From the beginning, playwright David Henry Hwang found the theater fascinating because of the way in which words could fill a stage.

“Theater is inherently metaphorical. Film is supposed to be real,” he observes, reflecting on more than 30 years of experience as a scribe of plays, film, librettos, TV and texts for dance. Thus, Hwang’s ideas for characters in a play often come from unexpected places. In a seminal workshop with Sam Shepard, he learned how to write from his unconscious.

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The Singing Sax of Ronnie Laws

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Judy Seckler 에 의해서 작성 목요일, 06 5월 2010 14:22

Ask saxophone player Ronnie Laws about the thrill of having a sax created in his name, and there’s no hesitation. “A signature instrument is like a high-profile athlete having his own gear,” says Laws. “It definitely has to do with credibility.

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