jueves, 17 de abril de 2008

Alicia's first commission

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I was deeply immersed writing my opera today when my daughter Alicia came and said "Daddy, I want to commission you a piano piece for m...
sábado, 12 de abril de 2008

My vocal score "Tembang Puitik" almost sold out

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I couldn't believe it myself. My manager, Chendra Panatan told me that my score of 25 songs for voice(s) and piano "Tembang Puitik ...
lunes, 24 de marzo de 2008

First love never dies

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I know, I know that I have to really sit down and finish my opera. But instead, today I spent 2 hours sitting and connected to the internet....
miércoles, 19 de marzo de 2008

Why no "Sukarlan plays Sukarlan" ?

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My manager Chendra Panatan has always been bombarded with this question (especially by many, many young pianists) : Why doesn't AS recor...
martes, 18 de marzo de 2008

Accents in Silence

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We had a rehearsal with the ITB Choir last Sunday the 16th with my piece they commissioned, "Jokpiniana no. 1". It was great fun (...
viernes, 7 de marzo de 2008

Americans in Pyongyang (and everywhere else)

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What a funny feeling it is, being home for the whole month, writing practically just one piece of music (well, in fact, I interrupted my ope...
martes, 4 de marzo de 2008

And the winner (and loser) goes to.....

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God, I can tell you one thing about writing an opera : it is an E-N-D-L-E-S-S task . It reminds me of the saying (I think it was by Woody Al...
martes, 26 de febrero de 2008

Desperate housewife

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Oh, dear ! Why this sudden change of tone against Obama ? She's being hysterical !! Hey, senator Clinton, please remember : There ain...