\nLast night was the night I went with Nadia and her family (Willy and their mom) to watch the much anticipated Igudesman & Joo concert at Carnegie Hall. The Duo's (from the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School) second perfomance in NYC, first at Carnegie.\n<\/p>\n
\nAnd their surprise guests: world class violinist Joshua Bell (famed for the Washington Street Experiment<\/a>) and Billy Joel, the piano man who could do harmonica simultaneously<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nThere were some repeated sketches that I've seen on youtube, some new ones (ie. Alien violinist, special guests, etc.), no strict asian piano teacher (which was on youtube<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n \nThe crowd were definitely having a great time. Especially the two surprise guests appeared at the end. After all, Joo's zeal for pedagogy in music motivated them to make classical fun, which is their motto\/collective dream: "is to make classical music accessible to a wider and younger audience".\n<\/p>\n \nSeeing much repeated scenes, I thought they were out of idea and the show would last less than 1 and a half hour, but it ended after around 2:30 hours, as the crowd kept cheering for encores.\n<\/p>\n \nThere are some silliness to the whole thing, but I perceive and deeply admire their zeal in musical pedagogy.\n<\/p>\n \n"It (I think this was referring to the $29 per person ticket I bought) was well worth it", Nadia told me after the show, as we marched West a couple blocks for Totto Ramen.\n<\/p>\n \nAnd I just learned from youtube that there is a virtuoso who's mastered both violin and piano in performance, a German, Julia Fischer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night was the night I went with Nadia and her family (Willy and their mom) to watch the much anticipated Igudesman & Joo concert at Carnegie Hall. The Duo's (from the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School) second perfomance in NYC, … Continue reading