Qi Zhang's Organ Performance

After listening to her performance, there are a lot of things that makes me feel so excited. First thing is that she has amazed technique and eye-catching gesture. She has ability to totally control the complicated organ not only with her fingers but her foot also. More than that, she is very musical. She tried her best to create the sound of a orchestra on her organ, that's so amazing. But of course, she cannot really make the sound of a real orchestra even though she is the best organ player. The thing I like about this performing is that it is a new experience for an orchestra piece. It is different from the orchestra's and piano's version so it makes me very excited to listen to her performance. For me, Qi Zhang is a really amazed performance in her instrument.
There is few thing I don't like about this performance is that she played too busy and make audiences feel tired when listen for a long time. One of the reason is because of the composer of this piece, Prokofiev is really a virtuoso pianist so he wrote a very hard piece like this one. But a good performer is the person who can handle the hard piece become easy one. For this reason, I really believe that she can be a better player with more control in breath and take it easier. she need to create more space and listen like an audience. I feel like she plays for only her self, not for the listener.
But anyway, I really enjoy her performance. I bet she spent almost of her time to practice on her organ to make a perfect concert like this.

Music is my life

For me, using word to describe how music make me feel is so difficult because music become a part of my life such like breathing, eating, drinking...I cannot imagine what my life will be without music.

Music makes me happy. For a very long time, I've been listening to music to encourage myself, I feel more confident with music and believe what I do will be successful. Music helps me recover when I get stress and feel lonely. For instance, I find peace in Tchaikovsky's music. Beauty in melody and effective instrumentation are what I love in Tchai's music. His music makes me feel satisfy and happy with all I have.

More than that, music inspires me and helps me study more effectively. I can listen to classical music all day long with enthusiastic feeling. To illustrate, Jacqueline Du Pre is one of the greatest cellist to me. She was one of the reason why I chose cello to study. For me, Du Pre is always the best because I can feel not only her vehement passion to make music, but also her formidable technique in controlling the cello. The first time I've heard her playing on TV when I was small, I was very sure that I want to be like her, a legendary cellist.

To conclude, music is consolation and inspiration of my life.

Welcome to my new life!

Hello Singapore and everyone in my new school, YST! This is my first blog I've written since I came to Singapore for studying.

My name is Trinh Ha Linh and I prefer to be called Lynn, my English name. I've played the cello for about 11 years. I love playing in orchestra and chamber music, especially in Piano trio group. I make quite many friends here and I think they are so nice and all good musicians.

I've been here for a month but I have so many opportunities to play in orchestra. Before coming here, I've never imagine that I will play the Hindemith and Shostakovich Symphonies at this age because they are so famous and extremely hard. But I did it with my new friends, my new orchestra members in YST and it was awesome, the best orchestra I've played with.

I've started school one week ago, this is the second week of semester 1. I feel so much pressure, so many assignments need to be complete, so many studies and orchestra pieces need to be practiced. I've slept less and less and still do not have enough time to practice. I need more than 3 hours a day for practice and more than 2 hours to do my all assignments. But any way, everybody get pressure, but I will find the way to get over soon.

That's it, my new life in Singapore, busy and tired all the time but I know that I'm improving my self to be the best. I'm so happy with that!

PS: I miss my mom the best, miss Vietnamese food and my friends in VN.

Friday, 14 November

There was a performance at the Opera House for independence of Poland, all excellence students were playing Chopin's works. I got a ticket from By, Bob's younger brother. I thought that I could see Bob but he missed the plane and could not come back in time to play for this recital. It's frustrated a littile bit. But it's alright he's still coming back and I'll get chance to meet him again. Oa! that's too much things I want to tell him. During the performance I sat with some new friends whom are very interesting and nice. 

I'm tired a little bit and get to sleep righ now. 

Tomorrow will be mid-November as I said to you, it really scared me! I've been waiting for so long. God! some times I do not believe in you. I'm really sorry but this time honestly I pray:"God bless me!"

Saturday, 25 October

Everything is gonna cursed. I hate everything include myself. Bloody hell!

I know I was wrong 'bout something at school but that's not all my fault. But it seems to be that no one is truly trust me. Why no one ask me cause of everything. What the hell is going on?

I was so stupid that got and stuck into a goddamned situation and now it's impossible to escape. I hate myself. I hate some people always make judge from what I've said, what I've done and my mistakes. Am I impossible to fail? I'm not a generous person, not a genius or sacrosant or god. Just a normal person. so please stop judging me. It's really awful and exhauted.

I realize that I do not need persons understanding me because sometime you cannot understand yourself! ...please...just stay away from me and let me alone. That's all I beg.

Monday 13 October

I was terrible exhauted and sad some days. My computer was in trouble and it's impossible to fix out immediately. But anyway, thanks to bro Tung for helping me a lot. 

Yesterday was my teacher's birthday. I played the cello in order to celebrate his new age, 75 years old. The party was so crowded and so much meaning. But I got an traffic accident in the morning when I went to bought something for his birthday. Today, it still hurts me alot. I was so unlucky. :(

Afternoon, I felt once more time on road because of a car. What the hell was yesterday! So unluck! Today, I cannot walk normally on foot. It's not blooding but something wrong with my hoof tendon. :(( So terrible! 

Pictures pictures :))