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28 May, 2013
Concert pianist Vladimir Horowitz tells about the time he played a dissonant contemporary composition at a private gathering. When he finished, someone asked, "I don't understand what that composition means, Mr Horowitz. Could you please explain it?" Without a word, Horowitz played the composition again. When he finished he turned to his questioner and said, "That's what it means."
Conditioned mind is always arguing for meaning precisely because there is no such thing, and the way to stay busy is to try to find something that doesn't exist.
Assignment: Today, have a meaningless day -- and enjoy every minute of it!
Mời bạn nghe Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade 1 :)
As by Wikipedia: Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovich Gorovitz; Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовiць, Volodymyr Samiylovych Horovitz) (October 1 [O.S. September 18] 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Russian-American classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer. His technique and use of tone color and the excitement of his playing were legendary. He was widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Vladimir Horowitz was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire (now the capital of Ukraine). Some claim that Horowitz was born in Berdychiv, however his birth certificate shows Kiev as his birthplace.
Horowitz was the youngest of four children of Samuil Horowitz and Sophia Bodik, who were assimilated Jews. Samuil Horowitz was a well-to-do electrical engineer and the distributor of electric motors for German manufacturers. Horowitz's grandfather Joachim was a merchant (and an arts-supporter), belonging to the 1st Guild. This status gave exemption from having to reside in the Pale of Settlement. Horowitz was born in 1903, but in order to make him appear too young for military service so as not to risk damaging his hands, his father took a year off his son's age by claiming he was born in 1904. The 1904 date appeared in many reference works during the pianist's lifetime.
Horowitz received piano instruction from an early age, initially from his mother, who was herself a pianist...
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