May 14, 2025
College is out in most places and commencement and graduation ceremonies are over. Many of the recent grads are now trying to figure out what they are going to do in the future without realizing that they’ve already used up a couple of weeks of it. It also means that the concert season is winding down and the summer festival season is nearly upon us. Outdoor art festivals, music festivals, and a variety of “concerts in the park”. Let me take this opportunity to encourage you to support and attend these various events. Trust me…you’ll feel good about yourself if you do and your life will be richer for it.
FYI - My little podcast and this blog is growing a bit but I’m under no illusion…it’s never going to be really big. (Now if I was a 14 year old girl giving out life advice I’d have many thousands of subscribers by next week…) Because I try my best to provide high quality content and not worry about big numbers I’ve decided to refer to this as a “boutique” podcast/blog. I don’t know if I’ve invented the term but I’m going to pretend that I did.
In case you missed it…
This weeks guest is Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo who won the gold medal at the 2017 Van Cliburn competition. We talked about how winning changed his life, touring, recording, and much more. Please join us.
Coming up…
My guest next week is the award winning pianist Kariné Poghosyan. We had a delightful chat about her upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall (June 9 for those in the NYC area), her use of online platforms for concerts and teaching, recording, touring and much more. You’re gonna love her.
In other news…
Victoria Bond’s “Cutting Edge Concerts” is presenting pianist Min Kwon performing selections from her “America/Beautiful” project on May 28 at Symphony Space. For more information and tickets please click here.
Baruch Performing Arts Center is finishing the season on a high note with classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang on May 19. For information and tickets please click here.
San Francisco’s Ear Play series concludes on May 19 with a premiere of Benjamin Sabey’s “Dream Suite” for sextet. For more information and tickets please click here.
