Susie Fong, Harpsichordist | San Francisco Headshots Photographer
Susie peered into the window like a child sneaking a peek at the Christmas presents long before it was time, and she gestured me over to show me. In one room, a harpsicord with light-colored wood ornately painted with floral designs. In another, a stark modernist piece with sleek curving lines and a bold red, black, and white color scheme. These were extraordinary, unique harpischords sitting in ordinary practice rooms, there at the SF Conservatory of Music just for a summer festival.
Susie swiped her card to let us in, and she sat down at the red harpsichord. I just have to try it out. And as she played the beautiful notes from a Bach prelude, her love for the instrument and for early music took the scene, and everything else faded into the background.
