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Elijah Ho

@elijahho

Classical music contributor | Bay Area News Group (The Mercury News), KQED, S.F. Examiner, S.F. Chronicle | All views my own

 S.F. Bay Area | Montréal
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Joined May 2010
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My latest @sfchronicle w/@SeongJinCho and his teacher, Shin Soojung: on Handel, South Korea's musical ascent, and... thoughts on #Yunchan Lim. datebook.sfchronicle.com/mus… @calperformances Many TYs @JoshuaKosman @SFMarMendoza @GrayMikeG
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho, a musical force around the globe, to make Berkeley debut

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho, a musical force around the globe, to make Berkeley debut

More than a decade ago, renowned pianists passing through South Korea found themselves in disbelief upon hearing Seong-Jin Cho play. Now he's a national hero.

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You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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If she had won… The portrait below, “Kamala,” painted by @KadirNelson, would have been the cover of the November 18, 2024, issue of @NewYorker. newyorker.com/culture/cover-…

Madame President: The Cover That Never Was

If Kamala Harris had won.

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Replying to @adamgopnik
@adamgopnik A wise letter from my wisest predecessor, E.B. White:
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STEPH CURRY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? 🤯 #Paris2024 x #Basketball
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This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen recently. Released 4-year-old hostage Avigail Idan dancing with her uncle Zuli, who adopted her after her parents were murdered on October 7, with the New York skyline in the background.
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The unforgettable @kathystott played her final San Francisco recital with @YoYo_Ma last week @SFSymphony. My review @sfcv: sfcv.org/articles/review/yo-…
Yo-Yo Ma Offers Transcendence Once Again

Yo-Yo Ma Offers Transcendence Once Again

In likely his last program with longtime recital partner Kathryn Stott, Ma’s ravishing sound reminds us why we go to live concerts.

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There are perhaps five people on Earth who are delighted to find this reference in the latest @NewYorker and I am one of them. Thank you @adamgopnik 😊 #GoHabsGo
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#OTD 30 years ago... The last time an entire country experienced true joy 🥲 🇨🇦 Let's not wait another 30, eh @CanadiensMTL ? 🙏 @adamgopnik @HunterZThompson
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March 20: birthday of Sviatoslav Richter, Sergei Rachmaninoff (O.S) and one #Yunchan Lim - who's all of 19 today 🎉
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Dreamed that Horowitz was making his return to stage in SF. Ran home, typed the most beautifully worded thing ever @SFMarMendoza @JoshuaKosman, begging them to let me cover it 🙏 "Not possible. Dead," replies JK. "... but Rubinstein's playing at Davies next month." 🤯🤯🤯🥰
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Bay Area folks... A familiar name in the pages of the @nytimes today. 👏🏻 👏🏻 Congratulations @RichardScheinin, and a very happy 80th birthday to Billy Harper! 🎊 🎶
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Highlight of 2022: hearing #Yunchan Lim at his California debut. Full transcript of our interview with Yunchan: thecounterpoints.com/intervi… Our review of Yunchan's recital: sfcv.org/articles/review/des… Happy New Year to All! 🙏 🎊
Yun-chan Lim — The Counterpoints

Yun-chan Lim — The Counterpoints

In the coming months, we will be featuring interviews with musicians of various backgrounds. If you are a musician and would like to be featured in our series, please contact us at thecounterpoints...

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With #Yunchan Lim, after the 09/18/22 concert.
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ICYMI: our @sfchronicle interview with Seong-Jin Cho and his teacher, Shin Soojung, ahead of his @calperformances debut tonight: on S. Korea's musical ascent, #Yunchan Lim, and more. So cool to see it in-print - thank you @JoshuaKosman @SFMarMendoza @GrayMikeG 🙂🙏
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More than a decade ago, renowned pianists passing through South Korea found themselves in disbelief upon hearing Seong-Jin Cho play. Now he's a national hero. Read more here: via @elijahho trib.al/mYtJwKY
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My first piece @SFCV: a review of #Yunchan Lim's West coast debut. sfcv.org/articles/review/des…

The Desire for Risk: Yunchan Lim at Steinway Society

The 2022 Cliburn winner throws caution to the wind in a generous and exhilarating recital.

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A day later, having stayed up thinking about it, I'm still in disbelief over what I heard from #Yunchan Lim yesterday. While he sounds nothing like Horowitz, there's a violent quality to his Liszt - and ample technical means - that's absolutely irresistible 🙌🏻
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But there was a rare moment in Légendes No. 2 when it no longer seemed as though we were listening to piano music - our minds could see and smell the sand, the small, curling ocean waves by one's feet... it was staggeringly gorgeous ❤️
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In case there was any doubt, #Yunchan Lim is the real deal 🙌🏻 A beautiful harmony of virtuosity, freedom of imagination, and a demonic-something in his Liszt. 👏🏻 👏🏻
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Awaiting Yunchan Lim for his West coast debut 😊
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