I would like to think of the piano as a vault where a large body of acoustic sounds is kept

securely. Different cultures, races, individuals, genders, ethnicities… and the list is endless…

manifest themselves through this large body, melding into each other, and co-exist in harmony

and peace. In the light of current political realities, I find my artistic escape from the day-to-day

pressures of life primarily next to the instrument constructed of black and white keys, which in

fact, represents the exact opposite to the disturbingly artificial and simplistic binary that recent

circumstances keep imposing on us. Music is and always will be building bridges instead of

walls.

As a pianist, I take sides with my contemporaries of tremendously diverse backgrounds: I am

interested in performing and promoting piano music most recently composed especially by people of color and underrepresented groups. I keep developing keen eyesight and

taste for pieces involving electronics, which don’t include this element as merely a

complementary to the acoustic sound, but rather are capable of treating it as an organic extension to the instrument.