Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXEU2XH_sjs
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Could I ever have imagined that one day I am going to play on this unique piano? I don't think so... It was something unimaginable... yet it happened...I just returned from one week vacation - it was like a dream... To come to Germany and Austria and visit musical places, which are so important to me - Beethoven's and Mozart's places... to meet many great musicians, whom I've got to know through SoundCloud... to meet David Klavins (https://soundcloud.com/thepianoguy) and touch the unique pianos he makes: Una Corda - a unique piano, sounding like a harp to my ears, enchantingly bright and ambient the same time. And, of course, The Giant - the largest piano in the world with bass strings stretching over 3 meters from the floor to the top! What a sound, what a power, what a sea of harmonies! No camcorder recording can make it justice, alas.. I can only hope that one day I will get a chance to touch it again and record it properly. Still, I want to share with you the joy I had while meeting The Giant...
I haven't played any particular compositions but mostly improvised on some motifs from famous compositions and from my humble pieces. This track is my very first improvisation on The Giant, kind of saying "I hear you" like in Avatar movie :-) If you want to hear more, you can follow to the video on YouTube that contains 40 minutes of improvisations on The Giant. An approximate list is below:
0:05 - "Milana meets the Giant", a free improvisation to meet this piano.
6:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Close to you"
10:45 - an improvisation on motifs from my piano composition "Waltz of a dying candle"
16:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Desperately lonely"
21:00 - a free jazzy improvisation
25:40 - an improvisation inspired by Chick Corea and my own jazzy pieces from the album "Frozen Dream"
31:30 - an improvisation on "The heart asks pleasure first" by Michael Nyman from "The Piano" movie
37:30 - "Not Fur Elise" - an improvisation on Beethoven's famous piece :)
