A Paris Salon in Bangkok.

Masterful Japanese pianist, Jun Komatsu, who now lives and teaches in Bangkok, beautifully performed a recital of both classical Western composers and contemporary Japanese compositions. 

Bangkok, Thailand.  August 15, 2014.  19th Century Paris was famous for its salons, and one’s place in society was judged, in part, on which salons you were invited to attend.  Well, Bangkok now has a musical salon, and I was invited to its forth event, a delightful afternoon of good conversation, food,

and a beautiful recital by the most excellent and charming Japanese pianist, Jun Komatsu, who played a full program of Bach (Italian Concerto), Beethoven (Pathetique) and Schuman-Liszt (Widmung), followed by three compositions of contemporary Japanese composers, which, in the masterful hands of Komatsu, were easy to listen to, in what otherwise could have been strange sounds to my untutored ears.  Komatsu will repeat this program in Japan in a week or two, and her audiences are in for a real treat.