Nice improv - my favorite way to play.  you never know what is going to come out!

The soft piano notes drift like whispers in the wind, filling the void where no words are left, weaving a melody that speaks to the heart in a language only silence can understand.

I added this track to piano gems playlist selected by Francesco Adornetto

Debussy Inspired Improvisation (with layered synth)

First new track out in a good while!  Lots of fun on this one just experimenting with different modulations and filtering.  Spent much more time trying my best at getting a good end result, I'm not great at mastering but tried to get a clean end sound. All feedback welcome!

Konvarische

Heat

Hello everyone, 
we're staying in 6/8 time. I'm glad to present you a song that was created in collaboration with Mike Fox and Charlie. With Mike I met someone here at Soundcloud who is not only an excellent musician, but also a friendly and humorous person. Our humor is the same. During our collaborations we exchanged emails that regularly had us rolling on the floor laughing. 
Thank you, Mike, you have become a good friend to me.

And now have fun with 
"Together again".


You can listen to Mike Fox's great music here: 
https://on.soundcloud.com/BmPrV

Together again (feat. Charlie & Mike Fox)

Quite an old recording so production a little dodgy.

Still in the Shadow

I Got Your Number

I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "When No Words Left".
Watch the videoversion on my YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/ztcHtA8g7NI
Find all my music here: https://linktr.ee/victorbirkan

When No Words Left - Improvised Piano Piece

This is a stripped down version of a song we at Eclectic Collective made a few months prior. Thank you for listening!
Cast of Characters:

Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – back up vocals, organ, production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitar, production
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Original piano composition, vocals, lyrics, key grip (no, not really LOL)
Original lyrics by JJ Terrell:
That fog around the mountain

is getting set to rise

pulling these wheels on down the road lord

is pulling my heart right out

If you really love someone now

wouldn't you want it to be a hundred to none?

instead of traveling around with a scorecard by your side

ooooh oh yeah

gonna set you free

ooooh, oh yeah

gonna leave you be
that fog around the mountain
it's like a dream
my heart, it has soon forgotten
a rolling stone like me

looking down that dusty road
sun's beatin' down

pulling these wheels on down the road lord
has got me down
until I see you again.

That Dusty Road (unplugged) by The Eclectic Collective

For all those people working as doctors and nurses looking after the world

TickTock

It is not about the famous astronomer, mathematician and philosopher who lived in the ancient city of Alexandria. Ipatia is one of the fictional cities in a work by Italo Calvino (‘The Invisible Cities’) published in 1972 (and translated into English in 1974). 
I composed this song in 1997 and recorded it (with Elisabetta) almost immediately (that's when I bought a Korg D8). Now I have simply remixed it after separating the tracks and improving the volume of the vocals and the equalisation of the classic guitar (it is a Yamaha CG 110CE pre-amplified, and the effects were adjusted then with the Korg). The arrangement is very sparse, the sound quality not optimal.

Lyrics and music by Michele Ansani (1997).
Female voice: Elisabetta Verri.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, October 11.

Lyrics (ENG - ITA)

if
you will explain to me why
you are reticent
only
if we talk about you
if
you will tell me what it is
that torments your life every time
I ask about you

then you will get as a prize
a wooden planisphere
and the encrypted map and the colours
of this secret drawing
and a round-trip ticket
to and from Ipazia
with me...

if
you will explain to me how is
that glimpse
that you delete from your eyes
When I osberve you
if
you will tell me why
your lips taste like ink
only when you kiss me
furtively

then you will have in pledge
this secret drawing
and the encrypted map
of the capital of the kingdom
and a round-trip ticket
to and from Ipazia
with me...

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se
mi spiegherai perché
sei reticente
solamente
se parliamo di te
se
mi dirai cos’è
che ti tormenta la vita ogni volta
che chiedo di te

allora avrai in premio
un planisfero di legno
e la mappa cifrata e i colori
di questo segreto disegno
e un biglietto
di andata e ritorno
da Ipazia
con me…

se
mi spiegherai com’è
quello sguardo
che cancelli dagli occhi
quando ti osservo
se
mi dirai perché
hai le labbra che sanno d’inchiostro
solo quando mi baci
di nascosto

allora avrai in pegno
questo segreto disegno
e la mappa cifrata
della capitale del regno
e un biglietto
di andata e ritorno
da Ipazia
con me ...

Ipazia [with Elisabetta Verri] **

a meandering ukulele, a track of chorus guitar and a track of ring-modulated guitar, and a couple of synths...

Random Leavings (On Dead Shadows)

Reminisce

pianoimprovictor@gmail.com
Victor Birkan resides in Beer Sheva, Israel. In his youth, he obtained a classical musical education in St. Peterburg, Russia. Even then, he showed an interest in piano improvisation, although his teachers did not encourage it too much. Then came a long break… Victor tried different professions – biologist, computer IT. His passion for music did not interrupted, but he only started playing regularly again around 2016, and in 2018 began posting his compositions.
After receiving positive feedbacks on social media, he focused on improvised music. He is deeply convinced that improvisation is not a privilege of jazz, it is the classical piano that finds its way to people's hearts. Victor Birkan never prepares for his recordings. Sitting down at the piano, he has no idea where to start, what will be in the middle and how he will finish. The melody will come from somewhere... He seeks to capture pure emotion and splash it onto the keyboard. Practically does not use computer effects. His listeners often write about the "magic", bewitching influence of his compositions.
Over the past year, Victor’s composition, “Between Night and Day”, has been nominated for Best Solo Piano Single by the ONE WORLD MUSIC RADIO, and some interesting compositions have been created in collaboration with Yellow Roze Records label. Victor is constantly striving to expand his audience.

When No Words Left - Improvised Piano Piece

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