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Asia, Boston Opera Company, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston University, Japan, Sarah Caldwell, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood
Young maple leaves at Ei-Kando Temple in Kyoto, May 2013.
Here’s a thought experiment. Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten and John Cage are stuck in a Tokyo elevator for over three hours. While waiting for a repairman, what do they talk about to pass the time? Send me your ideas!
As I mentioned in my last post, our first visit to Asia was to Japan in 2002 and started in Kyoto. A celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary, Jan and I decided to visit her college friend and enthusiastic chamber music collaborator from Boston University days, Mitsuyo Matsumoto. We were transformed and overwhelmed with the beauty of cherry blossoms, sakura, as Miko guided us around the temples of Kyoto.
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