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Sharon Ruchman has been writing for piano and strings for years, but From the Heart marks the first time she’s narrowed the frame to just violin and piano for a full release. It’s a focused setup that suits her writing. She comes from a classical background: New England Conservatory, Yale – and her work often…
Toronto pianist Eddy Ruyter has spent most of his career supporting other artists, but his solo work shows he doesn’t need a band to tell a story. Waves (Deluxe) is him on piano first, everything else second. It’s a set of pieces written to hold attention, and it works because he treats the instrument like…
Gianfranco Malorgio has spent decades moving between jazz, film, and classical guitar. Based in Rome, he’s played with figures from the Gypsy Jazz world like Dorado Schmitt and Angelo Debarre, and his background shows in the precision of his writing. Lately, Malorgio has turned toward composition for film, creating pieces meant to live between sound…
Christchurch-based composer and pianist Mark Sutton builds his music around tone, balance, and atmosphere. Odyssey opens with a soft piano figure that sets the scene in a quiet, open space. As strings rise around it, the sound widens and deepens. A low choir moves in slowly, adding weight and dimension without overpowering the piano. Sutton…
Karen Salicath Jamali didn’t set out to become a composer. The piano entered her life after a head injury in 2012, when she started hearing music in dreams and decided to follow it. She had never played before. By 2015, she was recording what she heard. Now there are eight albums and thousands of pieces….
Richard Green has a habit of making classical compositions feel immediate. Based between Milan and London, he’s spent the last few years building a neoclassical trilogy – composed at home, recorded in Italy, and performed by some of the country’s best players. “A Story,” featuring Irene Veneziano on piano and Archimia on strings, is the…
Katy Jarzebowski has spent the last decade scoring everything from documentaries to ballets, and her debut album FEATHERS pulls directly from that experience. Originally written for a pandemic-era ballet, the six tracks now stand alone as a kind of experimental suite—one that blends orchestral tools with sound design tricks and a willingness to let weird…
Karen Salicath Jamali didn’t set out to become a composer. Her music arrived unannounced – after a near-death experience in 2012 left her changed, she began to play piano despite having no formal training. Since then, she’s recorded thousands of pieces, performed at Carnegie Hall, and built a unique body of work that sits somewhere…
The Kiss is the fourth album by Izabela Kałduńska, known as The New Solarism. Written during the first lockdown of 2020 and recorded later in Leipzig, the music was originally composed for a remote theatre piece by Berlin author Tomas Blum. Although the production was never finished, the music survived as a standalone work –…
Globally celebrated violinist Bernadett Nyari introduces a new chapter in her career with Heart of Diamonds, a project that draws deeply from her own life while opening up new creative territory. Known for her classical mastery and international performances, Bernadett shifts her focus here to original compositions, expanding beyond tradition without letting go of it….