Wonderful Time

It's that time of the year again.

We wish you a merry Christmas,
And a happy new year...

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
Good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year...

Please watch the beautiful carol played by a beautiful Japanese group, Vanilla Mood:



Also, the beautiful all time charming carol, Jingle Bells:

Christmas in Vienna

Months ago I had a post about a concert by Diana Ross with Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo in Vienna.

This was actually type of a new year concert in 1992 with the legendary Vienna Philharmonic and two of the famous three tenors.

Please watch "Amazing Grace", one of the beautiful pieces performed in that concert which I have recently found on the superb website YouTube.

Sirena

Sirena is a beautiful charming young lady violinist.

Sirena Huang, born in 1995, started violin lessons at 4 and bagan her professional music life at 9 in a concert with Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.

Last year, she performed at TED Conference in Monterey, California when she was only 11 years old and did wonders not only in brilliant performance on the violin but also as a professional lecturer on the design and construction of the instrument.

Watch a short video clip of her performance at TED:

TED Conference 2006
Sirena Huang: Violin
25 minutes