Hello World. I’m here now. :-) Here’s Ziggy:

Lovely meditation on a snowy sunny afternoon with a wind ornament and it long shadow in the snow. I could sit snd watch this all day… #snow #windornament #shadows #sunnyday #winter #newengland

Post-Benjamin-storm snowy landscapes/sculptures in the back yard. #snow #shadow #landscape #winter #newengland

I just love this.

Glorious Ethiopian lunch at Habesha in New Haven, CT, after a wonderful Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class with Bill Braun. Had some Chopin Etudes, Chopin Maurka in c#, Kurtág/Bach piano four-hands, and Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue. A boatload of wonderful music this morning.

THIS album SHAPED me from my late teens...and still does #severedheads #influences #avantgarde #minimalist #tapeloops #australia #mycoreinfluences

Testing the Mic setup and the sound of the instrument briefly with some Glass #piano #glass #etude #soundcheck

My Evil-Twin absolutely DRENCHES the piano in reverb and delay in this vid…

This simple almond-flour orange zest cake with pear on top was amazing, and not TOO sweet like most American desserts that use insane amounts of white sugar. Oh, and gluten free! #cake #almondflour #glutenfree #orangezest

I’ve never had jalapeño-spam. It’s super salty, but I was surprised at how good it was pan-fried in these tortillas, actually. And they’re gluten free! #glutenfree #tortillas #spam #jalapenospam #surprised

This gluten free home-made pizza was all YESSSS. #glutenfree #pizza #yes

[Correction] – Radio Nothing 3434 The Mix And Mismatch Edition #ontheair @wpkn.bsky.social 89.5 FM wpkn.org now until 5h55 EST. It's an encore presentation from Sunday/Monday, July 23/24, 2023 from 22h00 to 1h55 EDT. Hosted by Rod Richardson with guest co-host @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social Enjoy!

Radio Nothing 3612 The Ugly New Chapter Of American Imperialism Edition #ontheair @wpkn.bsky.social 89.5 FM wpkn.org now until 22h55 EST. The horrifying embrace of thuggery in place of morality.

Radio Nothing 3461 The Escape From The Holidays Edition #ontheair @wpkn.bsky.social 89.5 FM wpkn.org now until 5h55 EST. It's an encore presentation from December 24/25, 2023. Hosted by Rod Richardson with guest co-host @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social Enjoy!

Happy New Year to all who celebrate this. My best wishes to you for good health, good fortune, and lots of good music, art, food, friends, luck, and especially love. ❤️

E.P.I.C. Pianist

Tonight I will be co-hosting on Rod Richardson’s very fine show “Radio Nothing” on www.WPKN.org 11PM-2AM EST USA Come hang with us, and listen to us trade tracks on LIVE FM radio! (My Evil-Twin effin_izzy will be updating things on Bsky) #radio #fmradio #liveradio #eclecticmusic #wpkn #radionothing

The Advanced Adult Piano Performance Class 3:30 recital at NMS in New Haven has been postponed due to icy conditions. Stay safe out there, folks.

Now that the heat is on, steadily, the humidity in the studio is dropping like a lead weight- so I have a pair of steamer/vaporizers on 12-hour timers hocketing duty. The piano needs around 40-50% to be happy, and that’s what it is! #piano #humidity #steamer #climatecontrol #winter #musicstudio

Its here if anyone is interested: #book #project #musician #notebook #recording #studio #recordingstudio #audioengineer #takes #track #client www.lulu.com/shop/istvan-...

New “Recording Projects Notes” paperback notebooks! They’re here! Looks beautiful. Lulu.com did such a great job at printing these.

Last day of teaching piano at UNH for the semester. Now what will I do with all that free time? 🤷🏼‍♂️🤔🥂 Why: compose, practice, stream, and record, of course! All while Salvatore stares at me. #unh #universityofnewhaven #teaching #endofsemester #music #piano

First client recording session in the DUNGEON in a while, it was refreshing to do this again. Back in the saddle... #recording #music #studio #client

Excited as I just uploaded my Studio RECORDING NOTEBOOK, a generic version for folks to use. I have one specific to my studio, but I thought others could use it too. It will be available via the www.lulu.com bookstore in the near future. Here's the cover. I use it all the time, keeps track of stuff.

Had the most wonderful Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class today. The players were so invested, and the group had wonderful comments and questions. I love my job. #piano #pianoclass #masterclass #brahms #chopin #bolling #scriabin

Slowly getting these fingers and hands back in working order. It’s been a large mountain to climb. I can improvise just fine, but replaying others’ works requires a different level of focus and physicality that had been somewhat jeopardized by psoriatic arthritis. I will beat this. I must. I am.

I am so proud of my students who did so well in a recital today, they played so musically. It was refreshing and inspiring. Bravissimo!

Adding a drum track to Schönberg works, makes the music more accessible. This is true, I did an experiment with a class where I played a track of rather avant-garde electronic sounds, they hated it. Few weeks later, same track with a drum track: they loved it. rcarl.substack.com/p/the-postmo...

Remembering my sweet darling Mother who passed as I held her hand 21 years ago. So far away now…it feels like a different galaxy…

At age 60, I decided to finally take the summers off as a teacher. We know teacher pay sucks. Several large expenses (Hamden property tax ripoff I’m looking at you) zeroed out my bank account! And, of course, September paychecks don’t come in till later. So learning how to navigate this, still. 🤦‍♂️⛈️😬

Just finished teaching the first “Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class” of the fall semester, and it had a rousing start with Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, Bach D Major Partita, and Franck’s giant “Prélude, Chorale, and Fugue”. The performer was so into it, they were overwhelmed with emotion after! ❤️🥂

At age 60, I decided to finally take the summers off as a teacher. We know teacher pay sucks. Several large expenses (Hamden property tax ripoff I’m looking at you) zeroed out my bank account! And, of course, September paychecks don’t come in till later. So learning how to navigate this, still. 🤦‍♂️⛈️😬

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3589: effin_izzy | Feral Passacaglia | DOOM'd szomorú boldogság @effinizzy.bsky.social @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social

Ok…it’s back to school/teaching. My summer is officially overrrr…

Gah, I get these annoying dreams right before each academic year starts (not nightmares, just stupid annoying dreams I awake from, saying “well THAT was stupid”). Obviously my brain is done with teaching, does not want to go back after summer. But, have to pay the bills till I’m dead. What a country

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3585: Istvan Peter B'Racz | FERAL SAVIOR | FERAL SAVIOR @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social

A former student of mine in a special high school for the performing arts, Zwe, is playing bass in this tiny desk concert. So proud to see him doing his thing: www.npr.org/2025/08/18/g...

850 miles later: home! ❤️

Getting ready for another nice long road trip! I love driving and listening to music all day long!!

❤️🙏❤️

Our little deck garden is shaping up and producing food for us daily (my Much Better Half is doing it, not me).

I have to keep reminding myself that I like to sing, and should keep doing that…while I still can! Thank you to @lysguillorn.bsky.social for this truly special creation that only a true lovely being would create for another. ❤️ it is guarded by powerful forces. #thankyou #kindness #goodegg #goodhuman

Besides being hand-fed his breakfast, lunch, and dinner, sitting next to us at the table, he often gets a special catnip treat fresh from the garden after breakfast. He deserves it. Sweet Ziggy ❤️ #cat #catnip

Planning to do the solo performance of “in C” tonight in honor of Terry Riley’s birthday recently. It won’t be a short version. I’ll post when I’m starting soon. #twitch #livemusic #abletonlive #terryriley #minimalism #musicsky #modernmusic #concert #stream #streamer

I've also been told by a little e-mail-birdy that a piece of mine will be on tonight's WPKN show "Leaving the 20th Century with No Regrets" hosted by Scott Shapleigh. 8:30-10:30PM EDT OSA www.wpkn.org

Amazing New Music streaming LIVE for FREE from Yale's School of Music Norfolks Chamber Music Festival. SUPER hot players. All world premieres, Lisa Moore is Conducting: music.yale.edu/livestream-n...

10PM-2AM EDT OSA: I will be co-hosting Rod Richardson’s wonderful “Radio Nothing” show at 89.5FM Bridgeport, CT WPKN. Listen via the app, or at www.wpkn.org

Last night I had my dear friend @shiveman.bsky.social over teaching me piano tuning. It will take some time before I feel more confident about tuning the center octave temperament, but the rest is cake. Give someone a fish, they eat for a day, give someone a pole, and they look at you strangely.

@wpkn.bsky.social is having a fundraiser celebrating CT local concert venues. You can get face-value tickets, WPKN gets a donation of the entire ticket price. Win-win! 2 pairs of tickets are available for our show at Best Video on 6/28 and all of the $ goes to WPKN! givebutter.com/c/WPKNWAVE/a...

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