Listening to a piano being tuned in the background, I thought, “How therapeutic this sound is.” I typically like to stay in the same...

The cloudy weather outside created a soft, hazy ambience in my practice room, especially with no lights on. The gentle melodic line of a...

“How can I be happy?” A teenage piano student of mine asked this question abruptly in the middle of a lesson. I gazed at the black and...

I placed my subway card on the entrance machine before passing through the gate. Beep! You may enter. The AI voice of the machine...

I kept rereading a text from my friend, Allen, over and over again. "It is time for me to end the journey now. I am running out of gas. A...

This week, I made another visit to a winter wonderland—Maine—for my concert. Since Boston was the nearest city and airport, I decided to...

Last week, I traveled from NYC to the small town of Jasper, Indiana, for a concert. The stark transition—from San Diego's sunny spring...

If you recall, about two years ago, I shared that I had started a five-year journal in 2023. There are five squares on one page to write...

Several years ago, an audience member came up to me after a concert and told me, “You seem to be too normal to be able to perform in the...

Last week, I had a summer vacation in Big Sur, California, for my birthday. Swimming in the State Park creeks brought back cherished...

Recently, I witnessed several people retire from their work. It seems like a coincidence that these milestone events occurred to many...

I vividly remember my first piano teacher when I was four years old.

A student raised a hand in the last part of the Q&A during a recent public talk and asked me, “Do you still think about ‘Will I make...

Last week, I had the privilege of visiting local high schools in Crescent City, California, where I performed solo concerts. Often,...

Last week, while walking along a snowy sidewalk in New York City, my head was filled with a request I’d gotten from the MTNA’s (Music...

I write this in my hotel room on Jeju Island, South Korea, listening to a wild ocean. The rainy season is about to start in Korea. The...

As I write this, I am in NYC attending one of the biggest performing arts conferences in the U.S. called APAP (Association of Performing...

Over the last three weeks I traveled to South Korea just in the time for the publication of my book Whenever You're Ready, which I...

Last week I had a pleasure to be a conference artist at the Oregon Music Teachers’ Association (OMTA)’s state conference in Florence,...

Since the release of my album 시음 /si-úm/ on April 24 I have been taking time to calm down from the pressure of the project which took...

Last week I was in NYC for the finishing of my upcoming album, 시음 /si-úm/. Every time I visit the city I find that I always come back...