Preview track for my upcoming album 'Companion' released for PianoDay 2021

Otto A. Totland - Days Before

www.facebook.com/hugarmusic

First single from the debut album of Icelandic band Hugar.

Hugar are Bergur Þórisson & Pétur Jónsson

Other instrumentalists are:
Ólafur Arnalds - Drums
Pétur Björnsson - Violin
Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir - Violin
Guðbjartur Hákonarson - Viola
Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir - Cello

Cover Photography: Anna Iceland
Other Photography: Ólafur Baldvin Jónsson

Horn

Bach: Lute Suite in G Minor. Played on a harpsichord after Philip Denis of 1674 with the buff stop on the front 8'. 

Pitch a'= 415 Hz
Tuning: Bach 1722

Bach Lute Suite G Minor: Prelude: Dominic Eckersley, Harpsichord

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time at St.Wenceslaus Church, St. Louis MO.

Year of Music: August 16, 2025

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8 - Phat Phrog Studio - Cinder Empress - Sulphurous Sea

five billion years

Full concert: https://youtu.be/fglCl7Jn18A

Live Stream / The Sound of Light Tour 2016/17  (Part 1)

With my first concert after many, many years I am starting my tour with this live stream and more intimate and real things to come, we already have the following locations on the list....  if you want me to come to your place and can help with a location I am open to talk :-)

-Ulm
-Aachen
-Cologne
-London
-Rome

Dirk Maassen Live in Concert --- Full Concert on youtube: https://youtu.be/fglCl7Jn18A

Plūsma

A Grain in the Void - Piano day 2018 -Jsolco #pianoday

New York Recital

L. van Beethoven - Sonata Op.110 - Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo

original music: @ascoltadi
piano: Carlos Márquez

image by Luis Argerich
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3100004767/

Reflections

Dirk Maassen: Fragile

Classically trained pianist. I enjoy playing not only the traditional repertoire but also pieces from unusual composers.

Dirk Maassen: Fragile

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