player profile
primary instrument: piano
instruments ive touched upon...VERY briefly: trumpet, cello, violin



piano
--70's bechstein grand (berlin, germany)

length of study

--sincethe age of six...on and off

pieces ive studied

--mozart sonatas
--beethoven sonatas
--chopin mazurkas, waltzes, impromptus
--brahms
--bach two & three part inventions


schooling under...
-ms. junko hawkins (new jersey)
probably improved the most under her.
drilled on me the importance of tone quality.

-mr. shimizu
(kashiwa)
also composes music

-ms. zhe, li (eastman school of music)
forced me to emphasize tone volume.
hanon -scale- drill

artists whom i am most impressed by

vladimir horowitz
-russian/american pianist
--earlier recordings are all unbelievable

maurizio pollini
-italian pianist, chopin competition winner
--flawless technique, especially evident in his "chopin etudes" recording

glenn gould

-canadian pianist
--eccentric interpreter of classical music...moving recordings of j.s.bach

ella fitzgerald

-american jazz singer
--probably my most favorite jazz singer


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