Miho's favorites

There are so many great pianists in the world. However when it comes to Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, which is one of my favorite Piano compositions, it was difficult to find a pianist who can play it in a way which filled my satisfaction.   and I've been looking for a great pianist for that piece.  My husband and my taste are often the same so he was also looking for it.  and finally, finally we found a very gifted pianist !  Her name is Tiffany Poon .  She is definitely a genius pianist.      Tiffany Poon - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2     Very expressive and unbelievable talent.  We both feel so great to listen to this performance.  Her performance is very dynamic, with many ups and downs, flowing with emotion based on the music story.  Maybe her way of performance matches with our image of this composition's story ? and matches with our taste ?  And when we watched all her other performances, they are all fantastic, ex

What music do you love to listen to in Autumn season ?  It's cloudy and cool here in Tucson today.  Usually I don't feel much Autumn air here because it's a desert place and usually summer continues until November.  But today, I feel like Autumn came up here.  My favorite music for Autumn are Piano music " Energy Flow " by Ryuichi Sakamoto and also " Longing/Love " by George Winston .  I always listen to these music every autumn season.  Very touching.  Ryuichi Sakamoto 's Energy Flow      This is one of my all time favorite music.  Very beautiful and imaginative.  I would love to see a great artistic figure skater skate to this music someday.  Longing / Love by George Winston from the album Autumn   I love all the music which is in the album "Autumn" .   I picture Forrest whenever I listen to this music.  After the boiling hot summer has gone, it turns to cool autumn air .  I really loved t

I guess I'm a romanticist.  I love romantic music, romantic people, romantic places, romantic scenery, romantic fashion and romantic generation.  Here are my top 10 Romantic classical piano music below,  Top 10 Romantic classical piano music  1. Liebestraum ( Dream of Love ) by Franz Liszt  This is heavenly sweet & romantic music. Liszt composed it while in the middle of a burning love, very passionate and sweet. It's a killer music to me, definitely my number one romantic piano music.  When it comes to this piece, I love Hiroko Nakamura 's playing the best.  Very emotional and when I'm closing my eyes while listening to her playing it, it gets even more touching.  Hiroko Nakamura : Liebestraum - Franz Liszt     2. Waltz in A Minor - Frederic Chopin  This is a magnificent piece !  Very very emotionally romantic and it's super touching. This was used in the movie " Desire for Love" , which is a biographic movie o

I realized there are so many great top level pianists all over the world and I still need much more time to see all the greatest pianists. And I found that once the highest levels of piano playing are reached, at that point who you think is the best or is your favorite all depends on one’s taste and how the pianist performance and personality touches you. Personally , I love mixture of a dynamic performer, wild and also with sensitivity plus elegance with masterful technique and emotion and musicality. I’m surprised that it’s so different impression with same music depending on who is playing it , and also depending on the pianist’s mood at the time of the performance. So far, my favorite pianists of the 20th to 21st century are below, ( no particular order ) Here is the list : * Agustin Anievas (USA) * Yuki o Yokoyama ( Japan ) * Samson Francois (France)  * Vladimir Horowitz (Russia) * Yundi Li ( China ) * John Browning ( USA)  * Sandor Falvay ( Hungary )  * Tom

My passion and interest went to pianists world now, especially Franz Liszt ! He is magic, the more I know about him the more I’m deep into him. It’s never happened such a thing in my life almost like crush on someone who is not even a contemporary person and in fact, I'm losing all the other interests. I’ve seen many legendary people's photos and have read about them but I was always seeing them as the historical people, never thought about it. Besides his genius talent, a part of it may also be that no one looked like Liszt . . Actually for music, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Saint Seans are all tie breakers for me. If we consider for the greatest pianists who were also great composers, Liszt and Chopin are tie breaker for me. and it seems so d ifficult to have both fantastic talent as a pianist and performer and also as a composer. That's what makes Liszt and Chopin so special to me. However, Saint Saens and Tchaikovsky were both fantast