Canadian/Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk (b. 1948), composer and father of the “continuous music” technique on the piano, has been recording and performing to a restricted audience since the early 1970s. But the 2007 reissue of his 1978 début album by the Unseen Worlds record label (KMH – Piano Music in the Continuous Mode) as well […]
Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk: The six day moment
Lubomyr Melnyk (b. 1948) is a Ukranian pianist and composer who pioneered the concept of “continuous music” in the 1970s. “Continuous music” can be described as a never-ending and unbroken stream of notes played very quickly with both hands while holding down the sustain pedal. From a technical point of view, these continuous waves of sound […]
