Chopin - Nocturne Number 1 Opus 9

The national numismatic greek museum, commissioned me for the original music for an exhibition dedicated to Antinous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous).
The opening day is May 18, the International Day of Museums, so the event will have international coverage.
Numbered albums will be printed and presented to special guests (ministers, intellectuals, journalists, TV etc.) and there after the album will be distributed.
The tracks are 3.
On the opening day the music will be presented in a live piano concert.
What am I looking for? Different arrangements for these tracks.
The arrangements chosen, will be included in the album (maximum 3 for every track), obviously with the credentials of the musician and the participation of 30% of the sales of each track.
If you want to get on this train, send me an email at soundcloud@valachis.com
I will provide the link to the score and the piano track.
It is not mandatory to use my piano track but it is absolutely imperative, to maintain harmony and melody while the music style remains your choice.
The other two pieces will be shared next week.

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Triptych of Love - Momentum (Piano Solo)

The Expansion of Infinity

In 2019, after releasing my single Distant Visions, a fan reached out and said:
“Almost sounds like something from a second interstellar suite.”

That one sentence stirred something in me. It took me back to The Maestoso Interstellar Suite—a work I originally released in 2006 and expanded into a double-disc experience for its 10-year anniversary in 2016. I began to ask myself: Is there more to explore in that soundscape? Could there be a continuation—not a sequel, but a new frontier?

At the time, I had also released a companion version of the suite: a more accessible, “radio edit” style reimagining called Singularities. It wasn’t just a shortened take—it was a different perspective. Like looking at a galaxy from another angle.

And now, Singularities has found its true home—as the next entry in a new, ever-evolving musical journey.

Welcome to Infinity

Infinity is more than a project. It’s a living archive. A space where reinterpretations and original compositions coexist. Ambient. Orchestral. Space-driven. Timeless. It has no definitive ending—only a series of unfolding volumes, each offering a glimpse into the same emotional cosmos from a different light.

Infinity Volume II – Singularities

This volume reintroduces the material from The Maestoso Interstellar Suite through a reframed lens: shortened, accessible, and arranged to stand on its own as individual pieces. If the Suite was a continuous voyage, Singularities is the constellation map—each track a star with its own identity, orbiting the same emotional core.

Originally created as an alternate listening experience, this version of Singularities now shines as a fully realized volume within Infinity. It respects its source material while offering something more focused—more immediate—without losing depth.

Where It’s Going

The Infinity series continues to grow. Each volume refines, reimagines, or reaches beyond what came before. And there’s more to come:

Infinity Volume I – The Maestoso Interstellar Suite

Infinity Volume II – Singularities

With each step, I revisit and reshape ideas I once thought complete. And with every new piece, I get closer to the sound I’ve always heard in my head—now finally possible with the tools I have today.

Maybe it’s unconventional. Maybe it’s a little obsessive.
But that’s Infinity—and it’s not supposed to end.

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Movement XIV (Blue Shift)

Another piece from my upcoming album "Nocturnal Whispers"

Insomnia

1-02. Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson - Moonlight

067 John Williams - Forrest Gump The

Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber Classical Original Track

Still practicing this one, but not too shabby! Finally got a line-in from the digital piano to my computer, so this is my first recording with the new setup.

9/12/15 edit: ok, wow. Every day for three years now, at least one person finds, likes, and/or shares this piece. I'm taken aback. Over 4K listens? How are you people finding this track? Is it really good enough, or are you all, like, classical music bots or something? To all you humans, thank you, and I'm so glad you seem to enjoy my [extremely] rough interpretation :)

1-02. Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson - Moonlight

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