Rachmaninoff: Adagio (From Symphony No. 2, Op. 27)

Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff: Romantic Classical Music

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers (Arr. for Piano by Vyacheslav Gryaznov)

Famous Classical Piano Music

2 Transcriptions on Themes from Mozart's Requiem, S. 550: No. 2, Lacrymosa

ambient @1 "Soliloquy"
A spontaneous piano improvisation —
a quiet soliloquy recorded in a single take.

There’s no plan, no structure.
Just sound, memory, and silence breathing together.

A small appendix to the ambient series —
fragments of thought that never made it into words.

ambient @

Soliloquy

ambient @1 "Soliloquy"

When visiting an Oregon forest today I was amazed by the natural beauty of the autumn colors and was inspired to make a piano song and a video. You can see the whole video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6PfeMZCJuk


Autumn (a piano solo inspired by the beauty of the season)

The title of this album my attempt at translating the Farsi phrase قارچ‌های غربت to English. It comes from the poem "The Sound of Water's Footsteps" by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. 

A more literal translation of the phrase would be Mushrooms of "Ghurba", an originally Arabic word that has several meanings, including senses of estrangement, alienation, loneliness, being away for home, and longing.

I composed many of these pieces during and after Israel's 12 day war on Iran in the summer of 2025. Being  an Iranian living abroad for 15 years, I had never felt Ghurba the way I felt it this summer, as I realized more and more that Iranian lives matter to exactly no one.
Ghurba and all its meanings overshadow most of the pieces in this album. 

The music heard on this post is the final track, which is an improv piece with the same title as the album.

In the album art, I tried to depict a mycelial network creeping up the piano and my body, and expanding into the ground, maybe a thread or two reaching the other side of the world where home is.

As Sepehri's poem says "Who cares if sometimes the mushrooms of ghurba start to grow?" 

You are right Sohrab, nobody does...

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Remember to Forget

Clair de Lune: Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff

Nocturne No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27

Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso

Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor

Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 - Lokshin: Prelude and Theme with Variations for Piano

Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento

Remembrance

2 Transcriptions on Themes from Mozart's Requiem, S. 550: No. 2, Lacrymosa

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