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‘A light of hope in the gloom’, an improvisation on Pianoteq’s Grotrian Intimate 🎹

Mar 16, 2021 | Own compositions, Pianos, Video

Improvisation on Pianoteq’s beautiful Grotrian Intimate preset (mics moved to audience position). This improv is exploring feelings of melancholy arise from living in this slightly troubling world of ours but it also tunes into the light of hope that is clearly...

‘Prelude in C minor’ improvisation on Pianoteq’s Bluethner 🎹

Mar 13, 2021 | Own compositions, Pianos, Solo Piano, Video

‘Prelude in C minor’, an improvisation with a reflective, melancholy mood on Pianoteq’s Bluethner.

The courage to transform 🎹

Feb 25, 2021 | Own compositions, Video

Music can give us strength as we dig deep in order to find the courage to transform. Metamorphosis might be painful but ultimately it is beautiful.

Grieg’s ‘Butterfly’ + ‘First Butterfly of Spring’ piano improvisation on Pianoteq’s Bechstein 🎹🦋

Feb 16, 2021 | Own compositions, Solo Piano, Video

The joy we feel at the sighting of a butterfly when the warm weather arrives after the long, dark cold of winter is a very special feeling. Music can bring us this joy whenever we need it!

‘Untouchable beauty’ piano improvisation on Pianoteq’s Steingraeber Intimate

Feb 4, 2021 | Own compositions, Pianos, Video

My ‘Untouchable Beauty’ piano improvisation on Pianoteq’s Steingraeber Intimate. Nature is bigger than human beings. We arrogantly try to capture and control everything. Like trying to catch a butterfly, our exploits can easily cause harm or...

‘Beautiful symmetry’ piano improvisation on Pianoteq’s Bechstein Cinematic

Jan 31, 2021 | Own compositions, Pianos, Video

Musical tonality has a beautiful symmetry to its structure, especially when we see it within the piano keyboard. The shimmering patterns that this creates are like some of the most spectacular patterns in nature, such as we see when watching a butterfly slowly opening...
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