Big Shadows written for Piano Day 2023
inspired by "Go to the Limits of Your Longing" by Rainier Maria Rilke
read the poem here:  https://www.jeffchipman.com/allposts/2023/3/29/big-shadows 
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Big Shadows

Mare Nostrum

mare nostrum

New wars are raging, now in Gaza, I wish I could hug all the people who suffer them in first person, for all the hugs not given. Hold me close.


SI DEBO MORIR

Si debo morir, tú debes vivir para contar mi historia,  para vender mis cosas, comprar un trozo de tela y algunas cuerdas, (hazlo blanco con una cola larga) para que un niño, en algún lugar de Gaza…

mientras mira el cielo a los ojos esperando a su padre que se fue en llamas —y no te despidas de nadie, ni siquiera a su carne, ni siquiera a si mismo— Ve la cometa, mi cometa que tú hiciste, volando arriba  y piensa por un momento que un ángel está ahí, trae de vuelta el amor.

1979-2023 Refaat Alareer

Si debo morir  deja que traiga esperanza… deja que sea un cuento.

Artwork cover by aura.songs

Hold Me Close

hold me close

.22.
It Goes On...
Happy Birthday To Me.
composer & piano & violin: kianoush koureshi

It Goes On

Piano track from "Nightsongs" new album released on January 2025

Music, piano, mix: Vicente Bueso

Falling stars

My soul is greater than the world

Video (Live Recording): https://youtu.be/ZBdZoVp5ES0

Hey, it’s me again

This is Memory Loop — a live recording from my ongoing Studio Diaries series, and the very first release from my new upcoming project Cycles I.

At the heart of this project is a dialogue between my acoustic piano — Mme Bechstein — and a digital environment I’ve been quietly building over the past months.
With a custom TouchOSC controller on the iPad, the whole setup has become an instrument of its own. It lets me improvise freely, shape sounds in real time, experiment with live-looping — and stay focused, fully in the flow, without distraction.

This is just the beginning.
I’ll keep refining and expanding this setup in the coming weeks, and Cycles I will grow from here — one piece at a time.

Thanks for listening.
Let me know what you think — I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Yours truly,
Sebastian

Video

Memory Loop (Live Looping Session)

Streams is a gentle piano composition inspired by the movement of water. Smooth melodies and flowing harmonies create an atmosphere of calm reflection and quiet focus. Perfect for moments of relaxation, study, or sleep.

Streams

Unsettled Minds is a sweeping collection of orchestral adaptations that transform Beethoven’s Appassionata themes and beyond into symphonic meditations for restless souls. Each movement embraces turbulence and tenderness: brooding strings hover on the edge of silence, woodwinds whisper with searching fragility, and brass resound with fateful grandeur. Expanding Beethoven’s architecture into Rachmaninoff-like romantic musings of lush textures and cinematic dramas that capture the beauty and unease of an unsettled mind — where moments of stillness are broken by storms of emotion, and melodies carry both torment and transcendence. 

Performed in the imagined voice of Europe’s greatest orchestras, this album is an invitation into a dream state where longing, unrest, and fragile nobility collide.

4. Beethoven Beginnings

original: https://soundcloud.com/lloc-belgium/drops

LLOC - Drops (pIAno Remix)

Etudes

Etude No. 32 in G minor

Instant composer of whispered melodies - Authentic. Every song is written in a single breath — a musical memory, inspired by people and moments that crossed my path. Piano stories to breathe, heal, love, and reflect. Music is most beautiful when it’s shared. 🎹✨
Thank you for listening   - No AI --

Streams

Whispering Keys 🎹🤍🖤