Very nice piece! I really enjoyed listening to it.

listening to your new masterpiece on the way to work. very impressive

beautifully and well chosen pic for the autumn time...by the way.it is very golden outside .

A truly gorgeous work! What a wonderful one- take recording and great pianistic mastery! Simply beautiful…

Romance in a piano bar

Happy new year 2025 !

Not many recording since September.
But I found this one recorded during the night of the 7th of October 2024.
Name when I saved it was "Lady Cocktail".
Kind of romance in a piano bar ?

Again, improvisation played on a Yamaha PSR-E373,
recorded with a smartphone "voice recorder" on the fly.

Romance in a piano bar

Here’s my heartfelt take on “Love Story” by Andy Williams—a classic reimagined with love and soul. This rendition is dedicated to my wifey, Meem, for Valentine’s Day, celebrating the timeless magic of love. I poured all my passion into this version, and I truly hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it. Happy listening and Happy Valentine’s Day!

Love Story

Follow Elara's Story on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKoHWS-umG-/

Music Produced in the
ARAPA Music Studio
Sydney - Australia

8.6.2025

Elara - "The Reality"

This little piece is about change. Starting with a minor chord turning to major. Making it some sort of a reverse listening. It makes sense after a few bars. Then a nice refrain. It's short but like this well rounded up, I think. Hope you like it... Now on all streaming platforms!

Change

This piece is dedicated to all the people and organizations that are working to make the world a better place.

Cover by @perevilardebo.estudio perevilardebo.com/
Label: Florecilla Records

humans being humans

Aus Lieder ohne Worte van Mendelssohn.
I recommend listening with headphones.

Menselssohn Op.102.No4 (performer Ad van Nederpelt)

This instrumental track builds on a collaboration with my brother https://soundcloud.com/skai-eriksson/desert-odyssey-acoustic-guitar-and-piano 
The original song just had acoustic guitar and piano.  Torben Fugger heard the song on SC and took it to a new level of orchestration adding tasty slide+electric guitar work.  At that point it sounded like it needed some low end, and Wayne Cribbs stepped in to add a tasteful bass guitar track.

You can listen to Torben's other elegant orchestral music on SC: @torben-fugger

Here is the credit in the order the instruments were added.

Acoustic guitar: Timothy Lundberg
Piano: Skai Eriksson
Electric guitars: Torben Fugger
Bass guitar: Wayne Cribbs
Mixing/Mastering: Erik Lundberg (Skai Eriksson) with lots of help/feedback from the rest of the group.

Desert Odyssey (w/ additions by Torben Fugger and Wayne Cribbs)

Space themed music inspired by travel through the cosmos

Through the Cosmos

hello friends, since I'm taking a break from german lyrics, I'd like to try something I know nothing about that will probably backfire: english lyrics (I wish I were just a fraction as talented as my fabulous friend terry reeves). 

I've chosen an instrumental piece I wrote 13 years ago as my very first upload to soundcloud under the name roth whyler. at the time, I had in mind the story of a woman who remembers the love of her life to whom she never confessed her feelings: her boyfriend's girlfriend. I had the machine create a playback based on my original piece as a test. after heaps of attempts, the result expressed such weird chaos of emotions that I left everything as it was. 

why bluegrass? because I just massively love the longing way of its dealing with 3/4 time.

©music & lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers. Backing tracks and vocals by suno.4.5+

hopefully reasonably correct english:

Did you know that I loved you?

I am walking down Shepherd’s Alley
Yet I know that dreams never last
Every step will tell me a story 
After millions of stories have passed

Since those days when life felt like dancing
To the sultans of Friday night’s swing
As we raced through times full of madness
In the loop of an endless spring

You and Davie, me and Sebastian
Two and two, an immortal four
Til there was a growing sensation
Ever harder to ignore 
Such an overwhelming emotion
Never felt such before
While it got evermore

Did you know?

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

Did you know that I loved you?
Much too late now to tell you
Was so crazy about you
A quiet truth and it’s still true

Things went on and we finally broke up
All our dreams sank into the past
Only one remained, never gave in
Still too strong to ignore 
Still an overwhelming emotion
Never felt such before
Will remain evermore

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

Did you know that I loved you?
Much too late now to tell you
Was so crazy about you
A quiet truth and it’s still true

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

I will always, always do.

Did you know that I loved you?

Set Free  by Glenny G ( August 14th 2025 )
A reflective journey exploring a vast length of time that has passed. I thought I would release this one today as food for thought and comments. Cheers from Glenny G

Set Free (Original)

I dare you to listen to my recording, a One-take recording( from tonight, 29th September 2025), which I believe and hope you feel something, through mistakes which are as important as perfection, cause they give you the means and the guts to evolve. 
 Like my Soundcloud story started, I've been meaning to take you on a journey. You and I, You all.  

Enjoy!

Alexandru Sorin CIobanu Al Rufei


Comments are welcome!

Currently preparing this etude for a series ofconcerts I will organise. Take care you all.

A Chopin Rematch?

Welcome to My SoundCloud!

My name is Alexandru Ciobanu Al Rufei, and I am a Concert Pianist, Composer, Songwriter, and Ballet Piano Accompanist. As a classically trained pianist with a Bachelor in Arts/Piano Performance and over 15+ years of teaching experience, I am thrilled to share my musical journey with you.

Here’s a glimpse into my musical achievements:

	•	2002 – Concert with the George Enescu Highschool Orchestra, Auditorium Hall, Bucharest. Conductor: Bogdan Voda
	•	2001 – Third Place, International Piano Competition “PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA”
	•	1999 – First and Special Place, PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA
	•	1998 – First Place, National Music Olympiad
	•	1997 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Brasov, Romania; Recital, Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain
	•	1996 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Agropoli, Italy; Awarded the Eugen Barbu Prize
	•	…and many more!

Since 2002, I have performed at 4 and 5-star venues such as the J.W. Marriott, Grand Hotel Continental, Casino Palace, and many others, playing a range of genres including jazz, classical, and cafe-concerto music.

Feel free to connect with me on my Facebook Page!

Thank you for visiting, and enjoy my music, our music!

A Chopin Rematch?

Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

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