Back in the days me and my buddies would travel France each summer with an old car carrying our instruments, one duffel of clothes, lots of cigarettes and cheap cans of beer. For some reason, the first time we hit the road we got a gig in Cabourg, Normandy. By the time we got there our breaks failed bad time and we were stuck in this little Parisian getaway on the shores of Normandy.

We filled our days with playing jazz in the Grand Hotel Cabourg, playing cards, drinking and smoking like their would be no other day. One week after the incident we got back on the road again and drove all the way down to southern France to play some gigs on surf camps, with a hippie band somewhere in a forest (a sitar and hallucinating items were involved at that moment). Furthermore, we almost got robbed and stayed on a surf camp for a while living the lives like gods.

Eventually we got older, more mature, we got more responsibilities and we got all the things adults have to do to make a decent living. Standing on a dune in Normandy we said to each other ''If you ever feel bad, think of this moment''. Our lives got different, but the memories will never vain.

This track reminds of those days back in Normandy. It is played as a solo piano piece. Tranquil but heavy, neo-classical maybe but also perfectly adaptable for trio playing. It carries both elements of nostalgy, melancholy and sheer happiness.

I hope that when you listen to this song, you will find yourself in the rear seat of our old car and drive down with us on a adventure.

Normandy

There are always those nights when our thoughts or experiences don't let us sleep. This composition was created from an improvisation of a sleepless night and reflects the peace, the magic but also the loneliness of the night and its influence on humans.
Link to Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCvRPLVuf5w

Sleepless

Adagio In G Minor - Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Arr. Louis Rugg)

drive

Variations On A Theme Of Cafiso

Riccardo Cataldi: Variations On A Theme Of Cafiso

Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor (Posthumous), an AMEB grade 8 piece, is featured in "The Pianist", a 2002 biographical war film. 

This was recorded as a video using my Samsung Note 5. The unlisted video can be found on Youtube here - https://youtu.be/CpWVsGDIyck

Pamela Chng - Nocturne in C Sharp Minor by Chopin

Voici ma composition pour Piano écrite en décembre 2022.
J’interprète au piano « Légende ».
Enregistré le 12 janvier 2021.

https://youtu.be/tM--Qt10dM8


Here is one of my piano compositions written on December, 2022.
I play "Légende" on the piano.
Recorded December, 2022.

Légende – Original emotional Piano

Made with the Hyundai U852 by Samual P Davies available for free at Pianobook

https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/hyundai-u852/

Photo by Natalya Letunova on Unsplash

Tolstoy's Waltz

My name is Sacha Hoedemaker, and I am a Dutch composer. I have played the piano since I was eight years old; honing my craft bit by bit. I got picked up quite early in my career by successful directors and producers. They offered me to work behind the scenes, which was a tremendous opportunity for me to work on my songwriting-skills. 



I started working on numerous projects; I wrote compositions for commercials, shows, and indie-movies. It dawned on me that my work mainly helped other people excel in their career — which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But whenever I wrote a great composition, the producer got the credits. Over time, my job left me unfulfilled; it felt like I was not living up to my true potential — in other words, things had to change. 

And luckily for me, change came earlier than I expected. I always say, “You never know how things will turn out. Whatever happens, happens. The important thing is that you followed your gut.” And I did. It still feels a bit unreal to me, but I am so proud to announce my music to you.

Sacha Hoedemaker - Desolate

Neuanfang

Samuel Andreyev
Piano Piece n° VIII (2020)
Recorded by Jana Luksts in February 2021

Score published by Edition Impronta
http://edition-impronta.com/katalog/piano-pieces-v-viii-samuel-andreyev/

Piano Piece n° VIII, performed by Jana Luksts

Photos © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss.

Samuel Andreyev is a composer, poet, teacher and performer. His music is performed, broadcast, recorded and written about worldwide, and is known for its expressive intensity, adventurousness and enormous range of timbres. Resolutely independent, his compositional process is marked by a rigourous perfectionism, with many projects taking years to reach completion.

Samuel Andreyev studied composition with Allain Gaussin in Paris, then at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he obtained a masters degree in composition under Frédéric Durieux, and a prix d’analyse under Claude Ledoux. He also studied electroacoustics at IRCAM from 2011-12. His composition Night Division was awarded the grand prix of the Concours Henri Dutilleux in 2012. In the same year, he was awarded a one-year residency at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. Frequently sought after as a guest lecturer, Samuel Andreyev teaches privately and in many conservatories and universities across Europe and North America.

Samuel Andreyev’s music is performed throughout the world by ensembles such as Esprit Orchestra, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, les Percussions de Strasbourg, HANATSU miroir and many others. His scores are published by Alphonse Leduc (France), Impronta (Germany), and Resolute (USA). His most recent book, The Relativistic Empire, was released in October 2015 from Bookthug. His most recent portrait album, 'Music with no Edges', performed by Hanatsu Miroir, was released in November 2018 by Kairos Records. He lives in Strasbourg.

Piano Piece n° VIII, performed by Jana Luksts

Samuel Andreyev

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