Yan Shen's New York Debut On Friday August 13th, Houston-based pianist Yan Shen made her New York debut at Robin Shoemaker's NYC salon. Her all-Chopin program consisted of 3 polonaises, 8 mazurkas, and a 25-minute sonata. Chopin: Polonaise Op. 40 No. … [ read more... ]
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Pianists with small hands
As a child I liked my small hands. They seemed appropriate for the son of writers. Marco Rubio's "if your hands are small we all know what else is small" exchange with Donald Trump was decades … [Read More...]
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Sasaki and Lyon: Unmasked and Unleashed
Unmasked Vaccination was required in order to attend the July 2021 Shoemaker salon reopening concert at Central Park West, New York. Once in the Shoemaker residence, we felt liberated … [Read More...]