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Dvořák: Violin Concerto with Chee-Yun

posted 25 Jan 2010

Nisha got tickets to the Oregon Symphonies Dvořák Violin Concerto and the performance was moving. The soloist was Chee-Yun who gave a powerful and flawless performance while maintaining the stage presence of a rock star. It was fun to watch.

Another rockstar was first violin Jun Iwasaki. He was nearly jumping out of his seat while playing through some movements of Thunderbolt P-47 and responses in the Concerto.

The complete lineup of the night: * Martinu: Thunderbolt P-47 * Dvořák: Violin Concerto * Respighi: La boutique fantasque, ballet after Rossini

I realized at the end of the concert how poor my music vocabulary is. I will need to pick up a music theory book and fix that. It is frustrating to experience something and not be able to communicate it beyond cliches or analogies.

I am feeling well inspired to continue pursuing the fiddle at the very least.

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Brandon Philips by Mujtaba Ali

ifup.org is the weblog of Brandon Philips and contains excerpts from my code, work and play.

I write Linux software and work on the systems layer of Linux. In the last two years I have helped to organize Linux Plumbers Conf and Freedom HEC Taipei. It has been rewarding to bring together these communities to discuss current Linux issues.

Robotics is another passion and I had the opportunity to mentor a FIRST Robotics team in Portland recently too. I also continue to work with my friend Ron Jackson to build some neat USB devices for robotics.