Word: pianos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Arnault is usually depicted as a remote, chilly businessman, and in appearance he has a slightly academic rumple. But people in the design community tell another story, of dinners for 15 or so at the Arnaults' home in the elegant 16th arrondissement. There he relaxes and heads for the piano (favorite composer: Chopin). He calls himself an amateur pianist; he practices twice a week, still learning new pieces. His wife Helene is a concert pianist who has just finished a Canadian tour. "We once gave a concert together," Bernard recalls. "But once was enough--too much work." Mme. Arnault plays...
...David" was still alive, sputtering his words and playing at the piano. But David had passed on after childhood...
...take it with a grain of salt--I say, 'hmm, good point, thanks,' but I don't really change my writing for anyone," Matthew says. "Writing is a personal thing, like music. You can't really critique someone's piano style because that's their expression...
...education, are showing less interest in the classical standards. Meanwhile, younger classical performers, themselves suckled on pop, want to play it, not only to make big bucks but also because they like it. When Jean-Yves Thibaudet, famous for his interpretations of Ravel and Rachmaninoff, records an album of piano solos by jazz great Bill Evans, or the Kronos Quartet programs Jimi Hendrix side by side with Bela Bartok, you know something is happening...
...Fujisaki made a decision on confiscation of investment portfolios. In any case, O.J. probably hasn't seen the last of the sheriff's moving van. Another order signed Monday requires Simpson to turn over 66 items to the estate of his late wife, including a six-foot Yamaha grand piano and letters from former President Richard Nixon congratulating Simpson on his athletic feats. Meanwhile, egged on by fears that Simpson won't be able to pay the entire judgement against him, the Brown and Goldman families are each fighting to make sure they get their share of the loot. Fujisaki...