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With breathing room denied before the piano’s first flaring note, Trifonov instantaneously enveloped the theater in liquid vigor.

The first thing to out me as a pianist is my posture.

Teaching yourself to play a musical instrument might just be the bit of fun you need this summer! Take this quiz to find out which instrument to learn!

Throughout my life, I have learned multiple instruments ranging from string and wind instruments such as violin and flute to percussion instruments such as piano and drums. Even though the mechanisms of each specific instrument are extremely different, the learning process was more or less the same.

Our culture’s synonymous usage of the ‘Asian American’ and ‘model minority’ labels does not just pose a problem for Asian Americans, but for all Americans. It’s become a natural reflex in America to assign people to stereotypes — a habit that seems to be as old as time itself.

I don’t know the exact moment I fell out of love with playing music. Somewhere amid angry spit and demoralizing comments, I grew to fear the piano.

The leaves are turning, the temperature is getting cooler and the UC Jazz Ensembles is back for its annual fall concert.

Far from lulling his audience to slumber, Max Richter and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble’s Friday night performance at Zellerbach Hall, courtesy of Cal Performances, allowed for a visceral experience of Richter’s music.

When Dulari Devi says, “Painting is my everything,” she means it — the practice of art changed her life in a very real and tangible way.