Uijin Oh, piano & realization
Han Lee & Sangbin Rhie, sound director

Asian Première, 22 August 2024, IPAC Art Hall, Seoul
Recording & Mixing/Mastering support by Han Lee

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Tenebrae II – Luigi Nono in memoriam / Uijin Oh, piano

absolute snow (2021)
for clarinet, frenchhorn and violoncello

absolute Snow

Kommas Ensemble; Lautaro Mura Fuentealba, Leitung

a sun of ones own

Ensemble Reflexion K, Leitung: Gerald Eckert

Questo che a notte balugina

Notebook for Piano Vol. 1 (2024)
Composed by Liam Ross Gibson

Performed by Gabriel Stossel
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Gabriel Stossel and Liam Ross Gibson

0:00 I - Reverie: Sunlight on Waves
1:43 II - Basalt 
3:33 III - Alluvial
5:32 IV - Monotropeae
7:20 V - Říjnový les

This set of miniatures draws inspiration from the natural world, as well as music and musicians which have had an impact on me. There is no overarching scheme uniting them, and though they are numbered below, they can be played in any order and independently from one another.

I - Reverie: Sunlight on Waves 
Summer afternoons by the Salish Sea can take on a dreamlike atmosphere, with the heat and ever-shifting webs of reflected sunlight on the waves inducing a trance in which time seems to stand still.

II - Basalt 
Much of Vancouver Island is formed of volcanic basalt that erupted under the ocean during the late Triassic some 200 million years ago. Subsequent forces of glaciation, wind, rain, and waves have carved this igneous rock into a dizzying variety of forms.

III - Alluvial
I am fascinated by hydrology, and the water cycle is a recurring theme in my work. This piece is in part an hommage to the Armenian pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan.

IV - Monotropeae 
Monotropeae is a tribe of flowering plants which are distinguished by a reliance on parasitism of mycorrhizal networks rather than photosynthesis. This lack of chlorophyll means that, instead of green, Monotropes are often a ghostly white, or varying shades of yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. Musically, this piece is an hommage to the great jazz pianist Brad Mehldau.

V - Říjnový les
Czech for October forest, Říjnový les is dedicated to my former piano teacher, Eva Solar-Kinderman. Her teaching had a profound impact on me not just as a pianist, but on my overall thinking about music. Musically, the piece is an hommage to Czech composer Leoš Janáček.

Notebook for Piano Vol. 1

"Gefängnis" is a composition that seeks to explore the concept of human freedom. It examines the paradox of feeling both free and imprisoned simultaneously. Repetition is a central element of the piece, serves to evoke the sense of entrapment that someone may experience in his/her life and reality. Additionally, the perception of imprisonment is further explored, culminating in an attempt to attain freedom.
The question still remains: How can one be imprisoned and still feel free?

Gefängnis (2023)

Woonseok Lee - conductor || Sanya König - soprano
Student Choir of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

Recording: Chiara Bon / ICM Productions

Markuskirche, Hannover, July 15, 2023

Abschied (2023)

First Performance, 8. February 2025, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart

Fabrik Quartet:
Federico Ceppetelli, violin
Michi Stern, violin
Jacobo Díaz Robledillo, viola
Elena Cappelletti, cello

tremblement

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Pete’s Boogie (Previously Unreleased)

Chanson Ruée

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Chanson Ruée

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