Oct 06 2008
Out of all odd places, I picked up the love for classical music in Beijing when I was little. At time, I was living with Auntie Jennie and her family in Zhongyang yuetuan 中央乐团, or the CNSO now. That was during the Cultural Revolution period. Life was miserable everywhere, except CNSO where they hobnobbed with [...]
Oct 06 2008
Koreans love bath, so do we Chinese. Can I claim that the Koreans take after the Chinese? It’s probably true.
Bathouse culture runs very deep in Beijing. It started after Beijing had running water at beginning of 20th century. The Zhous had the Water Works in the capital, it eventually became today’s Beijing Water Works. We [...]
Oct 06 2008
A little huge fireball, long before Olga Kern who won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition .. that’s when I first saw Olga, who played Rachmaninoff piano concerto #3, or the Rock 3 - she wore a red dress and played like an animal - which was very refreshing .. beating out all the boys. [...]