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Congratulations to our own Thracozaag

post #1 of 21
10/27/08 at 8:37pm
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Appearing in this week's Talk of the Town!

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After the toast [by Baryshnikov], the pianist Koji Attwood gave a brief solo concert, ending with his arrangement of "Recuerdos de la Alhambra," written for classical guitar by the Spanish master Francisco Tárrega. This is a beautiful and melancholy piece, and, as Attwood played, New York's western horizon, broadly visible from the windows of the dance studio where the party was being held, seemed to hear it. A great pink sun sank majestically into the river. Recuerdos means "memories," and Ratmansky, staring into his wineglass, may have had memories of his own. The world, however interconnected now, is still a collection of different places, and a man can be in only one of them at a time.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/1..._talk_acocella
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post #2 of 21
10/27/08 at 8:38pm


Great job!
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post #3 of 21
10/27/08 at 8:41pm
Nice - glad to see you're still collaborating with Misha!

What did you wear?
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post #4 of 21
10/27/08 at 8:48pm
I've never heard that piece on piano; always on guitar. I'm sure Koji did a great job.
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post #5 of 21
10/27/08 at 9:20pm
Congrats, Koji! You may soon have to change your signature to say something like, "I'm a concert pianist... which is a fancy way of saying I'm far too famous and busy to speak to you losers!"
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post #6 of 21
10/27/08 at 10:18pm
That is awesome. To be introduced by Baryshnikov...just badass! There are many things I'd give up to be a gifted pianist like Koji. Keep on playing!
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post #7 of 21
10/27/08 at 10:22pm
Yikes--I guess the cat's out of the bag. She painted a rather lovely picture of the event, but I'm afraid the sun had set so low at that point I could barely see a damn thing!

(wore the old trusty Kiton suit, Brad--it's still holding up pretty well, thankfully)
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post #8 of 21
10/27/08 at 10:27pm
Wow! Congratulations --- to be introduced by Baryshnikov no less.

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Originally Posted by bachbeet View Post
I've never heard that piece on piano; always on guitar. I'm sure Koji did a great job.

Koji posted this video a couple of months ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOPtlVYzOu4

We need to get Artisan Fan to NYC so Koji can get better sound.

--Andre
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post #9 of 21
10/27/08 at 10:35pm
I'm working on it--requires a couple more sessions in a studio (recording all my own transcriptions) which is increasingly hard to schedule, unfortunately.
I need to get it done too--owe quite a few people on here and AAAC a cd!
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post #10 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:15am
Great stuff Thracozagg.
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post #11 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:16am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
That is awesome.

+1.
Nicely done.
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post #12 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:34am
So cool.
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post #13 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by Andre Yew View Post

We need to get Artisan Fan to NYC so Koji can get better sound.

--Andre

haha.

Congrats though, Koji. I hope I can get down to NY to see you play sometime.
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post #14 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:44am
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Originally Posted by GQgeek View Post
haha.

Congrats though, Koji. I hope I can get down to NY to see you play sometime.

+1. I would love to hear you play sometime live also.
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post #15 of 21
10/28/08 at 12:45am
Really nice to see a successful performer. I'm learning just how hard it is to make a go of it, you deserve a lot of respect. Congratulations!
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