Good vibrations from the piano

The noon concert series continued with pianist Kanae Matsumoto’s passionate playing.

Kanae who started playing music very young and holds a Doctoral degree from the University of California at Los Angeles played the piano for a crowd of 150 students this afternoon.

Next Thursday’s concert will feature guitarist Duo Amantis and Michael Kudirka with Tara Schwab on the flute. There will be free admittance to Music room 3400 sponsored by the Associated Students Organization.

Doctor Matsumoto opened her performance with Chopin’s Nocturne in ‘C’ minor. The loud clear notes came through with unrelenting expressiveness, surging with life.

Kanae said, after  she was finished,  that Chopin at the time was struggling with something emotional inside.

Kanae played Shuman’s second Sonata with everything she had. She would lean back during the soft melodic stansas and move her body into the piano during the Scherzo.

The last composer featured was Sergey Prokofiev. Kanae, who visited St. Petersburg, said the creative musician had to struggle with the establishment.

 

 

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