Pianist Jon Nakamatsu, the last American to win the "piano Olympics," talks about his career, program and practicing before his return to the Lied Center on Sunday.
1997 Van Cliburn gold medalist and Stanford graduate Jon Nakamatsu takes on substitute teaching for Professor Laura Dahl for the 2023 winter quarter at Stanford.
Uploaded: Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 5:33 pm
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Among the many things I miss about my husband Jim, who died in 2014, is his piano playing. It was a constant in our lives, beginning with when we began dating and he stunned me by sitting at our old family piano and belting out a grandiose concerto.
Throughout our 47 years of marriage, I loved hearing him work on his latest piece. He used to say, Doesn t this drive you crazy? as he played a passage over and over again. But it didn t. I always loved it. When our granddaughter Camille was old enough to toddle, he began to perform happy little dance tunes that would set her awhirl.