Category: Modern Classical
Shida Shahabi: Living Circle
The release of her début LP Homes in 2018 established Stockholm-based Swedish Iranian musician Shida Shahabi as a modern classical pianist. Recorded with an “old school craftsmanship” approach in mind, the stripped-down opus was an exercise in acoustic experimentation and microphone placement around the warm…
Dom la Nena: Leon
A classically-trained pianist, cellist and singer-songwriter, Dominique Pinto aka Dom la Nena was born in Porto Alegre in Brazil. Relocating to Paris at the age of eight, the young musician was gifted a cello to ease the traumatic move. Falling instantly in love with the…
Snowdrops: Volutes
Formed in 2015 and based in Strasbourg, Snowdrops is a French chamber duo comprised of Christine Ott on piano and Ondes Martenot and Mathieu Gabry on piano and keyboards. Originally established to support various film and theatre soundtrack projects such as Thai filmmaker Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s…
Christine Ott: Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot)
Christine Ott is a classically trained pianist, teacher and composer based in Strasbourg. Since the beginning of her career, she has also been instrumental in preserving and promoting the sound of the Ondes Martenot, the early electronic instrument introduced in 1928 by Maurice Martenot. A…
Erik Hall: Canto Ostinato
Based in Michigan, Erik Hall is a musician, composer and producer who has already recorded with bands like NOMO and Wild Belle or as a solo artist under the In Tall Buildings moniker. As a multi-instrumentalist fascinated by minimalism, Erik Hall recently devoted himself to…
Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan
Relatively unknown in the West hitherto, Ichiko Aoba is a folk singer-songwriter from Japan who has been active on the music scene for the last ten years. Blending a personal dreamscape with minimalist classical guitar accompaniment, the singer has released six solo albums to date.…
Dustin O’Halloran: Silfur
Born in Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, American pianist and composer Dustin O’Halloran moved to Northern Italy in the late 1990s when still a member of indie rock band Devics. Settling in Europe coincided with the launch of his solo career with two solo…
Vanessa Wagner: Study of the Invisible
Searching for one’s inner self: that is what I like more and more in music. After having played Scriabin, Rachmaninov or Ravel, I’m fascinated by exploring intensity without a deluge of notes, by simplicity as a means of expression. For the performer, it is a…