About this Event
Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk is the pioneer of Continuous Piano Music. With his extraordinary technique, he paints never-before heard landscapes of sound, with his fingers playing occasionally at super-sonic speeds of over 19.5 notes per second in each hand.
In the mid-70s, he began working on new concepts of piano playing that combined advanced classical piano technique with the transcendent philosophies of the martial arts, Tai Chi and Kung Fu. Over the years, his devotion to perfection has taken the piano into completely new dimensions, with capacities that allow him to create sound effects on the piano that have never been heard before. He is correctly called “The Prophet Of The Piano”! The Ambient character of his Continuous Music has attracted a steadily growing audience, who enthusiastically find this new multi-dimensional sound experience to be a fresh and wonderful face for piano music.
Matthew Thomason is a Cornwall-based composer who has been working with Melnyk for the past 4 years, first as mentee and laterly touring together. He has a singular style and is influenced by the music of early 20th century composers such as Satie and Ravel as well as modern composers such as Glass. Thomason has been performing his most recent suite of piano music, Gwlaskor, inspired by the lives and landscapes of Cornwall to audiences across Europe. He composed the soundtrack for feature film Long Way Back and has more recently been working on his first game soundtrack, Europa.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro, United Kingdom
GBP 18.00
