Uncertainty was yesterday, today is chaos”. This was the title of an article that I read last week in the Harvard Business Review. Does the increasing complexity in life have an influence on the way the composers of today write music?

„Satie Obsessions“  is a piano collaborative project featuring the variations on the theme from Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 2. The idea came from Kris Lennox in March. His suggestion was to create a modern Hexameron i.e many composers collaborating, and

I have known Piotr Lachert  for 3 years, and he was one of the biggest influences on my understanding of music and piano playing. In fact, he was the first to introduce me into the world of new music. I met him in Facebook, I think he commented on my „C

Essay about musicians and emotions, the role of music in increasing empathy, the reputation of musicians being highly sensitive, thoughts on creative mind, chills, empathy exercises

“Zeitgeisty Music Volume 2” is an album of 14 modern romantic piano pieces by the composers of today  with dreamy mood and beautiful melodies. They invite to close our eyes, lean back, relax and gain strength. The composers are Karen Tanaka, Peter Max

In many areas today the trend is that everything is getting bigger, faster, more colorful, louder and often just a little bit crazier. Futurologist Matthias Horx claims that every trend has a counter-trend that will eventually prevail. In the future, instead o

Thoughts about the dilemma of all musicians - to play or not to play...

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Who is your favorite contemporary composer? I bet you would find an answer difficult. „Favourite“ music seems to be the domain of grand masters of the past like Bach and Beethoven, with some 20st century exceptions like Shostakovich.