Name: Love Story by Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei
Duration: 6 min 5 s
Description: 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!

Gorgeous performance and great arrangement!

bravo⭐👏🏽⭐good cover job✌🏻💥🥂

Very nice track! Piano sounds are awesome! ☮️

A beautiful rendition of "Love Story" to dedicate to your wife. Wonderful performance!

beautiful piano play: a nice interpretation od a clasic

Such a heartfelt piece, and you played it perfectly with such a dramatic elegance

Black posies
round the fringes
of a memory untapped.

The same piano
that shadow now
a vampire bat.

A phantom dance
through cemetery smoke
in boots of kerosene
and glass.

Stop-sign under idle moon.
Riding to survive
beneath the dome light.
One to scar and it stayed
while the rest left.

Tar traces.
The pavement fissures.
Thin coat rise to neons.
The afterglow a mystery.

A round, a stage
an empty rink.
A drama of the ashes.
Air embedded with sweat
and leaking sinks
and snakes.

Underground unbound.
Unbolting each lock to soul.
Silent and slow 
but wrong it goes
until the fractured
break to fall

to the cellar
where all the lost ones let
the poets of the moon
ink the wall tattoos
for which to paint
their future
or their doom.

Words by Riley Robinson

Extinct Ignition

An epilogue to the human race. Why do we so firmly believe that our species will survive? Over 99% of species that roamed the earth in the course of the past 4 billion years have vanished again. We only know of them, when we examine the fossile record. So, chances are (unfortunately) very high, that also we will become extinct some time and our memories are only preserved in the depths of the earth. 
Also, the Fermi Paradox (see, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc) leaves us puzzled why we see no other forms of life in the universe. 
Let us not get extinct! (and, on a personal note, I think, the  travelling to Mars is not exactly the solution to ensure the survival of our species. Rather, it is, not ruining our wonderful home planet)
A lyrics version will come out soon.

Compositionwise, the piece is structured in four parts. 
Part 1, introduces the lamenting theme, first in a very basic relaxed fashion with slow accompaniment and then becoming a tad more agitated. The chromatically descending accompaniment underlines the mournful mood. The second half of the part starting @0:24 is a bit more consoling but keeps the overall spirit. The other three parts (starting @ 0:48, 1:31, 2:15) are variations of the main theme with the last part leading @2:40 into the end that leaves more questions than answers)

The VST piano used for this recording was the Nils Frahm Noire (not the felt version) which I slightly brightened up to have more of the singing overtones.

Fossiles in the Making (Piano Miniature)

Teamed up again with my amazingly talented friend Mahan💀Mahan who did all the orchestration and engineering on this Song--
Lyric and vocals by Stonerjazz

The captain and his crew
were weeping as they knelt
upon the steps., outside the palace foyer
Righteous warriors every single one

Reflections of the sun
children of the other
the protectors of the mother
humble in their confidence of failure
unaffected by the outcome
broken hearted with the truth
grieving for their youth

And yet their heads held high
fighting tiny battles
in anticipation of something Better

its the inner not the outer
its the quiet not the shouter
its the powder not the pistol
its the battle not the score
its the boatman on the water
and the sparkle on the river
and the distant glimmer from the shore...

Captain And His Crew With Mahan💀Mahan

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

un steinway warm et un mk1 gritty ont associé leurs chants pour y inviter quelques voix, pour cette ballade qui célèbre la manière serpentine qu'ont nos vies antérieures de se mêler à la présente

mémoire serpentine

Un immense merci au talentueux Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/audio-colors pour cette magnifique composition qu'il m'a si gentiment proposée, j'ai écrit ce texte sur l'esprit libre qui était le titre de sa composition, sans attache ni contrainte, détaché des lois à l'infini car chaque jour on établi des nouvelles lois qui rendent tout compliqué, 
c'est aussi un petit clin d'œil au chanteur "Renaud" dans sa chanson le déserteur qui m'a toujours touché et nous rappelle ce qu'il y a de plus important dans la vie. quelques autres chanson toujours d'actualités :
Répondez moi de Francis Cabrel / plus de sentiments de Michel berger / Vivre ou survivre de Balavoine/ ma liberté de pensées de Florent Pagny/ La montagne de Jean Ferrat etc..,  

Musique, arrangement et mastering :Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/audio-colors
cœurs et image : Lena https://soundcloud.com/user-262019520
chant et paroles :Steph Ouna

paroles

Ne rend pas la vie trop compliquée
A la fin rien ne sera emporté
Il est temps de se laisser porter
Mettre de côté certaines de nos idées

J’ai beau fermer les yeux
Je ne comprends pas
Ce sont les mêmes questions, qui
Reviennent à chaque pas
Alors j’ai composé
Ça me délivrera
Car c’est une illusion
Où, comment, quand et pourquoi ?

Peu à peu tout s’est inversé
On m’avait covidifié
J’avais perdu le goût 
Tout le monde le sait 
Le système rend fou, une partie du monde s’en fou

L’effet de l’esprit libre ouvre les chakras

Besoin de prendre le large
Mon cœur s’est mis à hurler
Même si on me traite de barge
Je vais quand même essayer
J’ai envie d’y croire
Ce n’est peut-être pas facile
Sur cette autoroute, partir
L’esprit libre et tranquille

Refrain :
Hé sur les dunes j’ai crié
Je voulais encore te voir danser
Et chanter nos rêves oubliés
Ici j’en ai plus qu’assez

Bienvenue au royaume de l’absurde
Triangle des Bermudes
Paradoxe d’incertitude
Pleine lune, nouvelle attitude, je reprends de l’altitude

Sans répit, mes doigts grattent l’asphalte
Suspendu à un fil
Comme un funambule en équilibre
Et sans filet
C’est le temps des rois
Entre le cerf et le comte
J’ai bien pesé le pour et le contre
Ça ne fait pas le poids
Si maladroit
Ne sais pas quoi faire de mes dix doigts

Rien ne va vraiment changer
Si certain traînent encore les pieds
Nous ne sommes pas des automates programmées
Loin d’êtres éveillés
Je ne suivrais plus le destructeur
Avec ses machines infernales
Son coté séducteur et ses adorateurs
Qui le mettent sur un piédestal 

J’aime pas les dictatures conformistes
Ecrasent les pauvres pour faire des riches
J’préfère les antivax, les complotistes
Peut-être sont-ils avant gardistes ?

Je n’aime pas non plus les militaires
Car ce sont ceux qui font des guerres
Font taire les poètes, les missionnaires
Transforment les pays en misère, depuis des millénaires

Alors suffirait-il de rallumer son cœur ?
Redécouvrir son intérieur
L'ile aux trésor aux multiples couleurs
Pas besoin de chercher ailleurs

Je méditerai sur les collines 
J’irai trouver cette lumière
Celle que la joie illumine
L’immortel contre l’éphémère

La musique est universelle
Rassemble ses enfants auprès d’elle
Elle ne divise pas, elle est fidèle 
Une vibration éternelle

Alors maintenant pour redonner force et courage 
Devrons écrire les plus belles chansons 
Réparer le monde, cet héritage
Ecouter les enfants et leurs supplications
Solidaire , car la terre promise, le paradis, c’est « ici »

Esprit libre - Steph Ouna _ Léna _ Audio Colors

at the disco
goin’ all the way
with a speedball
on an empty day

i wonder if i stopped my cryin’
i wonder if i stopped now

crooked halo
all you’ve got today
your dependents
better back away

i wonder if i stopped my cryin’
i wonder who i’d be now

in the moonlight
goin’ all the way
to the river
gonna watch for day

i wonder if i stop my crying’
i wonder what i’d see now

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Thanks to Cheesemont Paisely-Paisely, Jacques DiCroce, Janine Levinson, David Weiss, and Wheelwright for encouragement and the fine tooth comb.

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Theme from Schindler’s List (One Take Reflection)

Music is memory, and memory is life.
In this one-take reflection on the Theme from Schindler’s List, I allowed the music to unfold like a fragile thread between worlds — echoing with oriental whispers and Eastern European roots.
It is a conversation between sorrow and hope, a reminder that even in the quietest moments, the soul still speaks.
No retakes. Just feeling, breath, and the timeless language of the heart.

Thank you for listening and traveling through it with me.

Schindler's List Remake

ARCADIA 2 (2016) for piano

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Effervescence sensorielle

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!

Love Story

Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

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