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Blog Posts About Classical Music

A loosely sorted and lightly annotated catalogue of through the music posts on this blog.

February 16, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Surge pricing is broken, but pricing for dynamic two sided market feels impossible anyways, at least theoretically

I come across a new interesting study in the Journal of Operations Management: "There Is More to Crowdshipping Than Money: Understanding How Operational Characteristics Influence Driver Behaviors" > By Nicolò Masorgo, David D. Dobrzykowski, Christopher S. Tang, and Brian S. Fugate. from an article in Ripple: Surge pricing is broken, but there’s a smarter way to match gig workers with consumers By Christopher S. Tang, David Dobrzykowski and Nicolo Masorgo, The Conversation ...

July 10, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Econometrics Core

Today is the department’s phd econometrics core exam. Wish me luck! You can also make your own meme at https://imgflip.com

July 9, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

What is the POA in transaction market?

The market structure is complicated. Incentives are intertwined and I can’t just “feel” the equilibrium out. Nevertheless, maybe it’s fair to ask the question: What is the price of anarchy when transaction fees are nonzero? The following video doesn’t have the direct answer but is a good place to get thinking started

July 8, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Happy 🎂 to Mahler

Born on this day in 1860, Gustav Mahler spent his life searching for the music that could contain everything – joy, grief, nature, eternity. (Berlin Phil)

July 7, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Harlequinade Variation by Crystal Huang portraits a technically perfect and (too) graced Columbine

Harlequinade is a very rare ballet but its variations are frequently seen in ballet competitions. It’s terribly age inappropriate but too often danced by young (and talented) ballerinas. See dancetabs for a very good review “American Ballet Theatre – Harlequinade (premiere) – New York”) Nevertheless, here’s a version by Crystal Huang — her footwork and musicality are impeccable. She portraits a graceful, adorable Columbine. I would generally hope for Columbine to be more flirtful. But Crystal’s version is near perfect: and I think for now the best version on the internet: ...

July 6, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

The Martingale Decomposition Step by Step

Interactive walkthrough of the four-step martingale decomposition of an additive functional, with a CLT check.

July 5, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Likelihood Shrink

This was one of my favourite during Empirical Analysis III course. ...

July 4, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Albéniz's Tango | España, Op. 165 No. 2

The most famous tango in concert music.

July 2, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang

Kapustin's Toccatina | 8 Concert Études, Op. 40 No. 3

Jazz that behaves like Bach.

July 1, 2026 Â· Ariana Tang