And how about Monday / Sunday Impressions? Tell us about the process of recording and what was the original concept?
4 or 5 years ago, I remember it was winter, an idea occurs to my mind. That idea was composing one short songs a week. I thought that would be like diaries or notes that were written in musical note and it would be good training for me for composition. On every Sunday and Monday, I wrote short piano songs. As a result, I wrote 24 little piano pieces. I might say that these songs were records of 24 melodies that came to my heart around that time. As for "Sunday Impression", I posted these piano songs on my Facebook on every Sunday. I probably wanted to say "hello" modestly to my friends or people I have never met. I changed its key at every songs, moving up a half tone: C → C♯ → D → E♭ → E → F → F♯..... Each songs of "Monday Impression'' were composed by using parallel keys of "Sunday Impression". These suites make a pair. That means the piano suite that used all 24 major and minor keys was completed for 24 weeks. Regarding this process, I have to confess that I was inspired by Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier.
What do you like about being on stage, do you get nervous?
I haven’t done live performance actively until now. My first piano solo concert was at P Festival in Taipei last autumn.That was an international piano live event. Many talented musicians, Peter Broderick, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Lubomyr Melnyk, etc were participated in this show. So I got nervous. But when I saw the crow, the audience from the stage, curiously I felt at ease and relaxed. I remember that I thought then that I have to do my best performance to be able to live up to their expectations.
What was your favorite concert experience/s?
I don’t go to concert much. But these past few years, I like going to concerts of Japanese traditional music, like Shamisen music, Okinawan folk songs, Japanese Buddhist chant, Gagaku that is type of Japanese classical music. I think I'm looking for my musical roots other than into foreign music.
Do you feel like one needs to suffer to create music?
When I’m composing, sitting at the piano for hours, heaving a big sigh. It might look like I’m suffering. No, I’m just absorbed in composing. Absorbing something is fundamentally different from suffering. If you feel suffering, what you are doing might be what you are not good at or what you don’t love.