On 11/12, a little after 10 p.m., I received a post from Murata Natsuho on X. I was astonished. Because Janine Jansen was in Japan and holding a concert on 11/12, and Natsuho had rushed there as part of the audience. I immediately searched, thinking that perhaps she would also perform in Osaka. But there was no Osaka performance. Only one concert on 11/13 at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. I searched the internet just in case, and miraculously, I was able to secure two excellent seats. They were not adjacent—one seat was left between them—but I purchased them immediately. Since the concert began at 7 p.m., returning to Osaka by Shinkansen was impossible. I immediately began searching for a hotel and made a reservation (this took time and delayed my bedtime considerably). On the 13th, I left for Tokyo much earlier than usual. Inside Opera City, I had an early and relaxed dinner, in order to avoid getting sleepy from lack of sleep. Shortly after the concert began, I glanced at my friend, who was sitting one seat away, and thought, “What?” Because the woman sitting to the left of my friend looked exactly like Ayako Uehara, whom I have described as the greatest pianist in the world. I thought, “It can’t be,” and continued listening to the performance, but during the intermission, I looked again and became convinced: “There is no mistake.” So as soon as the break began, I went to my friend’s seat and, making a piano-playing gesture, asked, “You’re Ms. Uehara, aren’t you?” “Yes, I am,” she replied. My friend was amazed and urged me to switch seats with him. But is something like this even possible? A ticket to hear Janine Jansen—one of the greatest in the world—came into my hands like a miracle the night before, and now, next to me, sat Ayako Uehara, whom I have described in this column as “the world’s best”! I felt that there must be some divine intention at work here. I understood then: the time has come, and I must write “Anna Karenina of the 21st Century.” “Establish the framework as soon as possible”—that is the message, I thought. What shocked me even more was that Ms. Uehara said she would be giving a recital at Osaka Symphony Hall at 2 p.m. on 11/15. To be continued. The music is the performance uploaded on YouTube from July 21, 2016, at NHK Hall, conducted by Paavo Järvi, with violinist Janine Jansen: Brahms, Violin Concerto.