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Milana Zilnik"Memories Of Paris" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrOSb8mlpk
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In this turbulent time I didn't even know whether to post this song or not. It was supposed to be a present for my husband's birthday back in January. The world was different back then. We couldn't finish recording it on time, though, so we postponed it to Valentine's day first and to my own birthday next. It happened a month ago but I wasn't much online to upload it to SoundCloud. So here it comes.. And I will "hold on to memories of us", memories of the happier times...
2022-05-1904 min
Milana Zilnik"Christmas Time Is Here". Performed by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0z19i93eC4
I love it when my teaching process is fully mixed with my own studying of music. I often expand my own repertoire, while searching for singing student’s new challenges. And so it happens that this fun tune was a good challenge for all pianists and singers in my studio and, eventually, I liked it so much that I decided to do my own cover of it. It was truly delightful to hear many young students play and sing this beautiful melody 🙂
I hope you all will have a wonde...
2021-12-1702 min
Milana Zilnik"Distant Memories" (Orchestral)by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxpKNJFDUm4
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Someone once said that symphonic orchestra is the most sophisticated musical instrument humanity ever invented. And I always felt like this is an ultimate challenge for a composer to write music for such a giant. I started my first shy attempts to compose orchestral music a few years ago. Of course, at that time it was all done using digital libraries. I did dream that one day I may experience the thrill of hearing a live orchestra performing my compositions but that was truly an ephemeral dream, no actual plans to...
2021-09-2402 min
Milana Zilnik"Abracadabra" (from "Abracadabra!") by Milana ZilnikVideo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wCqGkalz4
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It's been almost three months since "Abracadabra!" was released. I've been busy with some other projects since then, mainly recording and composing for clients. However, given how well "Abracadabra!" was received... we started working on the "sequel" :)
Meanwhile, here is the title track that gave the name to the album.
I want to thank again everyone who was a part of this project:
- Phil DiMercurio (aka PdubJamz) for his drums and percussion truly transformed the album.
- Yamaha Artist Yoed Nir for the wondrous cello.
- Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Alexa Ray...
2020-10-3104 min
Milana Zilnik"Time" (from "Abracadabra") and music video by Milana Zilnik and Arty SandlerVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wCqGkalz4
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Abracadabra!
It is time to begin the journey!
Abracadabra!
It is time to face the new challenge behind the mirror...
Abracadabra!
It is time for new encounters, for things that are lost and things that are found...
Abracadabra!
It is time for enchantment, witchcraft and alchemy!
Abracadabra!
It is time to find Spirito Incantato!
Abracadabra!
With great pleasure and excitement I want to invite you to this magical journey into the world of "Abracadabra!". This album took us a whole year to compose and record - from August 2019 to August 2020. When...
2020-10-2903 min
Milana Zilnik"Journey" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/3TtIgdcgtHE
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I like to see every musical project of ours as a journey - a journey from the idea to the final result, where the result itself is not that important. What is important is the journey itself. This piece is one of my favorite on this album, and to name it "Journey" was quite natural as it sounded like a caravan walking across a vast desert. The inspiration for this piece came from Cirque du Soleil - we attended their show a year ago, it was the third time seeing them and that time...
2020-10-1503 min
Milana Zilnik"Encounters" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-eEcY0Q4I
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What encounters you're going to have when you pronounce "Abracadabra!" and find yourself in the magical land "behind the mirror"? This must be the most jazzy track of the upcoming album - Hang-driven, arranged with piano, cello and vocal. This is also one of three tracks where the vocals are mine (on all other tracks the vocals are by the award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Alexa Ray).
I hope you will enjoy the music along with this timelapse of the artwork being drawn by the talented Anastasia Frenkel. She drew artworks...
2020-10-0203 min
Milana Zilnik"Behind The Mirror" (From "Abracadabra!") by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKkIvRtxPFY
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We've been so busy this year working on our upcoming album. It was the most challenging musical project we've ever attempted before - first composing it, then working with all the session musicians and audio engineers. The album will be released on October 30th along with the music video. Today we release one of the tracks as the first single - "Behind the Mirror", this is where our journey begins! I hope you will enjoy the music along with this timelapse of the artwork being drawn by the talented Anastasia Frenkel...
2020-09-1903 min
Milana Zilnik"Creep" (Radiohead). Performed by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTK758pFG4
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To tell the truth, I didn't feel much of a change with all the quarantine and stuff. I was living mostly in my musical cave before and just kept doing the same. Maybe not exactly a "creep" but I'm such a weirdo. A couple years back, when my husband showed me the version of this song covered by Post Modern Jukebox, I fell in love with it. So, here it is - a cover on a cover. I hope you will enjoy it! Oh, and, btw, in real life I...
2020-07-0904 min
Milana Zilnik"Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller). Improvised by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffqbo8UYtg
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This tune is my deepest connection to my dad , who recently celebrated his 70th birthday... Whenever my dad, the maestro of jazz, would start playing this, I would melt and give up anything just to be able to play like him one day... one day when I grow up...
I practiced this only for one month, I admit. Because ever since he stopped playing "Moonlight Serenade", I had almost forgotten it... And a month ago, while doing my daily reading of music, I bumped into this piece again. All the...
2020-02-1407 min
Milana Zilnik"Never Enough" ("The Greatest Showman") performed by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRfsD0XnzM
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This musical became one of my favorites and many of my students took vocal lessons from me to sing this song and then performed it at our semi-annual recitals (and quite nailed it!). So, I thought, it's time to actually record my own version of it. Though, I am never satisfied neither with my singing nor with my playing, "Never enough" - it's like my mantra, to keep going and keep doing what I love with the person I love. Who (the person) decided that one "copy" of me is...
2020-01-1603 min
Milana Zilnik"Verde" from "Spettro" by Milana ZilnikDo colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for GREEN!
Artwork by Anastasia Frenkel
2019-12-1305 min
Milana Zilnik"Giallo" from "Spettro" by Milana ZilnikDo colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for YELLOW!
Artwork by Anastasia Frenkel
2019-12-1304 min
Milana Zilnik"Arancione" from "Spettro" by Milana ZilnikDo colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for ORANGE!
Artwork by Anastasia Frenkel
2019-12-1304 min
Milana Zilnik"Rosso" from "Spettro" by Milana ZilnikDo colors have their own special sound? What if colors sounded like piano? Red of the warm and cozy fireplace? Yellow - playful and sunny? The relaxing serenity of Green? The deep and moody Indigo... I invite you to the world of colorful piano! Today is the time for RED!
Artwork by Anastasia Frenkel
2019-12-1204 min
Milana Zilnik"4am. Dreams" from "Notte" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/K6I7YMnO9F4
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That time of the night when you are deep into another world, surreal and mysterious. It's 4am on my musical clock, it's time for dreams...
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
"Notte" is released on all major platforms! You can listen to the entire album on Spotify or Apple Music, or get it on Amazon, Google Play or BandCamp. I can also send you an autographed CD!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1XxXuipva4...
2019-07-1903 min
Milana Zilnik"12am. Midnight" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/RgG1CJm2onQ
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...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
It’s Midnight on my musical clock - that special time when Tomorrow turns into Today.
Today! Today "Notte" is released on all major platforms! You can listen to the entire album on Spotify or Apple Music, or get it on Amazon, Google Play or BandCamp (I'll have a short lot of CDs soon!)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1XxXuipva4MjptSkfvgmQD
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
Ap...
2019-07-0104 min
Milana Zilnik"10pm. Twilight" from "NOTTE" by Milana Zilnikhttps://youtu.be/Sjbnl30bbHU
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...Notte... Night.. the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It's 10pm on my musical clock. The time in between shadows of the evening and the darkness of the night. The time of Twilight.
This minimalistic album is set to be released on June 1st!
I will truly appreciate it if you pre-save this album on Spotify: https://show.co/EdhwVZO
You can also pre-order it (digital or an autographed CD!) on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
#piano #minimalistic...
2019-07-0105 min
Milana Zilnik"8pm. Shadows" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJW9QZ5dVs
Pre-save this album on Spotify: https://show.co/EdhwVZO
Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
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This is not my usual style of playing but sometimes "less is more". And it was a wonderful challenge to compose a whole album of minimalistic piano pieces. I called it "Notte", which means "Night" in Italian. I don't speak Italian but many musical terms came from this melodic language, so I feel attracted to it. Besides, "Notte" - it's almost like "Note", which is also very musical.
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2019-07-0104 min
Milana Zilnik"Nature Boy". Performed by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/JjHDdbdR0sg
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It was kind of a personal request coming from my husband: he wanted me to sing this song that always leaves him in tears... Then he asked me to make an arrangement for a choir. The version he loves has strings on it but he thought to make an all acoustic version in our studio... and since we don't have strings.. but have my voice.. so he got this idea - to record a "choir" of me. It was the first time we actually arranged nine voices!! Seven voices singing the harmony and...
2019-06-2802 min
Milana Zilnik"9pm. Sunset" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/gWOime-aCoE
Pre-save this album on Spotify: https://show.co/EdhwVZO
Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
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...Notte... Night.. the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves. It's 9pm on my musical clock. It's Sunset and the Night is falling onto the Earth.
#piano #minimalistic #composer #night #nocturnal #nocturne #noire
2019-06-0103 min
Milana Zilnik"11pm. Calmness" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/81SfBHc4Twk
Pre-save this album on Spotify: http://show.co/EdhwVZO
Pre-order an autographed CD on BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
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...When Shadows cover the Earth and Twilight paints the Skies, this is the time for Calmness and Tranquility... It's 11pm on my musical clock as we are diving deeper into the Night...
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
This minimalistic album is set to be released on June 1st!
I will truly appreciate it if...
2019-06-0104 min
Milana Zilnik"1am. Longing" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/Rh8lNltykFI
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...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
It’s 1am on my musical clock - the time when you may feel especially lonely and longing for someone.
"Notte" is released on all major platforms! You can listen to the entire album on Spotify or Apple Music, or get it on Amazon, Google Play or BandCamp. I can also send you an autographed CD!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1XxXuipva4MjptSkfvgmQD
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/no...
2019-06-0104 min
Milana Zilnik"2am. Echoes" from "NOTTE" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/zzaEIr15gm8
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...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
It’s two hours past midnight... it's calm, dark and quiet.. all you can hear is distant echoes..
"Notte" is released on all major platforms! You can listen to the entire album on Spotify or Apple Music, or get it on Amazon, Google Play or BandCamp. I can also send you an autographed CD!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1XxXuipva4MjptSkfvgmQD
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/notte
Apple Mu...
2019-06-0105 min
Milana Zilnik"3am. Silence" from "Notte" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/G_HefRm5K08
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What is the sound of the silence? What do you hear in the absence of all sounds? It's 3am on my musical clock and the silence is so prominent that it is... ringing!
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
"Notte" is released on all major platforms! You can listen to the entire album on Spotify or Apple Music, or get it on Amazon, Google Play or BandCamp. I can also send you an autographed CD!
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2019-06-0104 min
Milana Zilnik"6am. Reflections" from "Notte" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/pNpDmfVF8W8
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When you are about to wake up but still balancing between the dream and the reality, when your thoughts are full of reflection on what was and what is going to be, when rays of the first light sneak through the curtains to reflect off the walls.. it's 6am on my musical clock... it's the time of Reflection..
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
I am happy to announce the release of the printed sheet music...
2019-05-3105 min
Milana Zilnik"5am. Quietude" from "Notte" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/lud3lhqxC2E
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When everything is still and you lie in your bed without making a single movement... it's 5am on my musical clock... it's time of quietude..
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
I am happy to announce the release of the printed sheet music book! All twelve pieces are carefully transcribed and engraved. It's available in both perfect and spiral binding variants. If you want to play these minimalistic pieces, leave a comment and I'll send...
2019-05-3102 min
Milana Zilnik"7am. Dawn" from "Notte" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/1NVuOQ0Wfr8
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When morning sounds pull you from the dreams...when the dark sky turns into the twilight just before the sunrise.. it's 7am on my musical clock and this is when our nocturnal journey comes to an end..
...Night... Notte... the time of silence, dreams, reflections.. the time when the music happens in between notes more than in the notes themselves.
I am happy to announce the release of the printed sheet music book! All twelve pieces are carefully transcribed and engraved. It's available in both perfect and spiral binding variants. If you want...
2019-05-3004 min
Milana Zilnik"Shallow" ("A Star Is Born") performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9QWWsyU6o
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This year has started quite busy not leaving much time for new recordings. Here is another popular song that some of my students asked me to teach them how to play and sing it.
On another note :) Last year thanks to your votes I got the chance to play on the stage of Berlin Philharmonie! This year you can help me perform in Place des Arts in Montreal! All I ask you to do is to nominate my album! For that all you need to do is just to...
2019-03-0903 min
Milana Zilnik"City of Stars" ("La la land") performed by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/qSCmRq85lPU
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Happy Valentine's Day to you and your beloved ones! I haven't really planned to record this cover but one of my students practiced this song with me for a couple months and it got stuck in my head :) So, to "unstuck" it, here is my rendition of the song. Be sure to check our recording of my student's performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nbhAO1lIh0 !!
2019-02-1402 min
Milana Zilnik"Caravan" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjHeSEp9k6w
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So, I got a new instrument to explore :) My husband made me this present and it turned to be a present for the entire family because we all are obsessed with it now.
2019-01-2001 min
Milana ZilnikNot "Carol Of The Bells". Improvised by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7FKPfaKDc
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This is NOT "Carol of the Bells" but I hope my improvisational version will put you in the Christmas mood nevertheless :)
2018-12-1303 min
Milana Zilnik"Frozen Song" from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film by Liss Ross, music by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/HM3Y8PuoaIo
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Yay, today the soundtrack album for the first documentary that I scored is released on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp and can be streamed on Spotify as well!
Enjoy the main theme song from the film and the album! "Frozen Song" for Arctic and Antarctica - the film directed and produced by our friend, Liss Ross, who visited both frozen lands.
https://arcticantarcticafilm.com/
Nature themes can be heard in my music quite often, yet it was intriguing and challenging to write music about the Arctic and Antarctica – places I’ve never been to myse...
2018-11-2902 min
Milana Zilnik"Sailing Tango" from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film by Liss Ross, music by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/DGgIUQzKtMs
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This snippet from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film is all about the journey to the frozen lands. I tried to put different feelings into this this soundtrack. Of course, the obvious one is the anticipation of seeing the snowy world but I also added the melancholy of leaving your home. It turned to be a fusion of Latin jazz and some French vibes with a bit odd mixture of instruments. Cajon drives the adventurous rhythm, occasional sci-fi synths underscore the dangerous waters on the way to the alien lands, a bass guitar and an accordion...
2018-11-2902 min
Milana Zilnik"Birds Blues" from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film by Liss Ross, music by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/c4x5Rpmdf-4
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This soundtrack from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film is one of the most humorous one! What can be funnier than clumsy penguins? When composing music for the penguins scenes I tried to find the rhythms that reflect the way penguins are walking. I looked for ethnic instruments and when I heard African Bolon it "clicked". I added some more ethnic percussion like Calabash and claves to simulate birds sounds. Then came wooden mallets for the melody that was a bit on the edge between being funny and being bluesy. You know, those birds...
2018-11-2900 min
Milana Zilnik"Wind Elegy" from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film by Liss Ross, music by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/VwpjNTegGvE
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Coming soon! The soundtrack album for the first documentary that I scored. The film was directed and produced by our friend, Liss Ross, who visited both frozen lands: Arctic and Antarctica.
https://arcticantarcticafilm.com/
Nature themes can be heard in my music quite often, yet it was intriguing and challenging to write music about the Arctic and Antarctica – places I’ve never been to myself. What music could suit those frozen deserts? Ambient, haunting and cold are the first epithets coming to one’s mind, yet this relatively short film was packed with different, often...
2018-11-2702 min
Milana Zilnik"The Piano As Big As A Tree" - Music Video by Milana Zilnik and Arty SandlerMusic Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8lqjh8Hvw
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Where Giants roam the Earth there is a Giant piano - The Piano As Big As a Tree.
In the summer of 2015 I had the amazing chance to play the biggest upright piano in the world - "The Giant", made by David Klavins (@thepianoguy), the renowned pianomaker.
When I touched "The Giant" for the first time, this very piece was born under my fingers. We called it "The Piano As Big As a Tree".
I knew right away that one day I would compose a whole album for...
2018-09-2605 min
Milana Zilnik"Autumn Tale" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/5ffk_-7VzYY
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Enjoy this moody autumnal track from the newly released album "Where Giants Roam The Earth"!
The last couple of weeks have been quite intense. We had an amazing trip to Berlin where I got the chance to perform on the stage of Berlin Philharmonie and meet with many extraordinary pianists from Enlightened Piano Radio. It was a wonderful surprise and a honor to receive "Best Solo Piano" Award for my previous album "Yet Another Love Story". And then, the next morning right after coming back from the trip, Arty and I had...
2018-09-2604 min
Milana Zilnik"Summer Tale" by Milana Zilnik. New album is available for pre-order!Video: https://youtu.be/euRvpQigjUA
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The summer has been so busy for me that it flew by and I barely noticed it actually happened. So many things were going on, all at the same time: going to IMEA Awards, working days and nights on the upcoming album and the sheet music book, preparing for filming the upcoming music video, spending some quality time with my parents who visited us here in Canada...
To celebrate the end of summer, here is one of the tracks from the upcoming album for you: a "Summer Tale", as bright and joyful as a...
2018-09-2503 min
Milana Zilnik"Spring Tale" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/O7SxwkV9mFM
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It feels like Spring is finally here! At least we are getting sunny days and all the snow and ice start to recede. I hope you will enjoy this Spring soundtrack from the album "Where Giants Roam The Earth" that was released last year!
Thanks to your votes this album was nominated for Enlightened Piano Radio Awards, yay! I got the chance to perform on the stage of Place des Arts in Montreal in September!
Also, it's 88th day of the year, a special day to celebrate 88 keys of piano - it's...
2018-09-2404 min
Milana Zilnik"Coming Home" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/GxrGQVF54RE
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Journeys can be amazing, exciting and adventurous but at the end there is nothing like coming back home. Enjoy "Coming Home" - this cinematic piano track from the album "Where Giants Roam The Earth" is one of my personal favorites.
The album is getting its first awards already: Silver Medal for “Contemporary Classical Album” from Global Music Awards and the title track earned “Best Instrumental Song” Radio Music Award (from Indie Music Channel). Yay, this has been quite a generous year!
* iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/where-giants-roam-the-earth/1431530487
* Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Gi...
2018-09-2405 min
Milana Zilnik"Solitude" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFYQLU1OBuA
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So many things are going on, all the same time and yet again I feel like a squirrel in a wheel. Among all this I periodically need an escape, to meditate and relax. Enjoy the "Solitude"! What's keeping me busy these days? I've got several remote sessions for recording piano and vocals and a couple of composing/arrangement requests. I am also working on arranging my new song. Arty loved it as much as he loved "The Snow Queen Waltz" and jumped on planning the next "Big Music Video" for...
2018-06-0103 min
Milana Zilnik"Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons). Performed by Milana Zilnik and Sheana Tch (Video!)Video: https://youtu.be/_DiqH38NGjc
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When a teenage daughter joins her mom, the girls power can be... Radioactive!
I hope you will enjoy our rendition of "Radioactive" by "Imagine Dragons" (one of my daughter's favorites). Sheana is on drums and.. I miss her! She is currently away on her first tour across Ontario with her school jazz band where she is a drummer and one of the percussionists.
Oh, and this was the very first time my husband tried to record drums, so... well, he apologizes for the quality of the recording :)
2018-05-2504 min
Milana Zilnik"Dream Of A Child" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://youtu.be/g8EZno9jxqY
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I hope you will enjoy this orchestral soundtrack that was originally commissioned for a game under CC license (so, I can also post it over here). The author of the game asked to aim for something hopeful, meditative, optimistic and encouraging, he said "try thinking of it as the music for a ritual, a sort of initiation" and didn't put any limitation on what the genre or instrumentation should be. So, we went for this short orchestral cue. The original name was "New Hopes" but when my husband compiled the visuals from...
2018-05-1802 min
Milana Zilnik"Invitation To The Dream" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://youtu.be/5_fCbYh7TwM
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This year is so generous to musical surprises, when finally after many years of improving my piano and singing skills, composing, songwriting - they all blend into the wonderful reality. I am happy to share it with you. I invite you to my musical dream...
2018-05-1102 min
Milana Zilnik"Walking Away" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFTRFa1UHI
Here is something contemplative and moody.. and a bit melancholic and nostalgic... like walking away..
2018-05-0403 min
Milana Zilnik"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana) Performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://youtu.be/R59pREGwSuY
Dedicated to my teenage girl who loves this song as much as I do and who immediately stole this jeans jacket that took us whole two days to find across the multiple shops in the city (specifically for this recording). And I felt like rocking on the piano. Video is on YouTube as usual these days :)
2018-04-2703 min
Milana Zilnik"Catching up" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://youtu.be/4fcV41sdwJc
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Lately I feel like a squirrel running in a wheel, trying to catch up with everything, while everything is slipping through fingers.
Thank you for everyone who has voted for our song, "The Snow Queen Waltz" (http://youtu.be/8f1VlFgPJX8)!! If you haven't voted yet, it's not too late ;-) Your votes decide 20% of the final score, you can help the Snow Queen to get the award ;-)
It's simple: follow the link: http://www.imeaawards.com/vote/. Click the blue "Music", enter your email address, select "Music", hit "Next", scroll down...
2018-04-2003 min
Milana Zilnik"Boy from Ipanema" Performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://youtu.be/oOVLc-u8mPE
To brighten up the weather out there and make my birthday more colorful, here is a bit of flowery summer. Enjoy :)
... and as a birthday present can you please cast a vote for my song? :) As you may have heard, our song "The Snow Queen Waltz" (http://youtu.be/8f1VlFgPJX8) was nominated in two categories for 5th Annual IMEA Awards! Now it's time to vote!
40% of the vote is decided by the music industry executives, another 40% is decided by IMEA members. The remaining 20% is decided by *you*!! You can help the Snow Queen...
2018-04-1405 min
Milana Zilnik"Dark Affairs" by Milana Zilnik (Video) - Open CollaborationVideo: youtu.be/g2eY5E0ZvZc
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Taking a break from covers for a short piano solo. Enjoy this mischievous improvisation. I always have trouble naming my tracks but this one sounded like some Dark Affairs.
I decided to make this track an open collaboration. Download it, remix it, send me the result and I will repost it :) Please, link this track back in the description of your version, so others can find it too. The track is 90bpm, let me know if you need MIDI!
On another news... As you may have heard, our song "The Snow Queen...
2018-04-0602 min
Milana Zilnik"Winter" (Tori Amos) Performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)https://youtu.be/SF8w5a7EYJY
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Winter came back with snow and cold weather... so... I found it quite fitting to cover one of my favorite songs - Tori Amos’s “Winter”.. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoy singing it!
I also got some super-exciting news to share!! My song "The Snow Queen Waltz" is nominated in two categories ("Classical Song of the Year" and "Classical Artist of the Year") at International Music and Entertainment Association’s IMEA Awards!!!
http://www.imeaawards.com/nominees/2018-nominees/
To say that I am excited is quite an under...
2018-03-1605 min
Milana Zilnik"Feeling Good" performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrIFg_FBjOs
Birds flying high, sun in the sky... and I am feeling good :) Enjoy!
Music and Lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
You shares, subscriptions, comments and likes are highly appreciated!
Coming up next there will be some covers of one of my favorite singer-songwriters, also a woman who is rocking on a piano. My style is periodically compared to her (hint-hint :) ). Any guesses?
2018-03-1004 min
Milana Zilnik"New beginnings" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNucCPey9M
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Adventure, Momentum, Challenge, Flight, Life - all that is in the "New Beginnings". You may never know where the path is going to lead you, you just need to take the challenge, make the first step, gain momentum, take flight and enjoy the adventurous journey. This is Life. These are New Beginnings.
I would like to thank everyone who has voted for my album "Yet Another Love Story"!! It got into the TOP3 albums in the "Best Solo Piano" category, which means... this October... I am going to perform in...
2018-03-0302 min
Milana Zilnik"My Funny Valentine" Performed by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C87uvuDEnzg
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Happy Valentine's Day to you and your loved ones! I hope you will enjoy my rendition of this standard (composed by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart).
I'd like to thank you everyone who voted for my album in Enlightened Piano Radio Awards! The deadline is approaching, it's just two weeks away! If you haven't voted for me yet, you can still do it and help me to get the opportunity to perform in... Philharmonic Hall in Berlin!! Yes, that's right, your votes can give me the chance to perform...
2018-02-1306 min
Milana Zilnik"Hidden Inside" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://youtu.be/cJErCDE5s_g
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For each musical piece there is a story hidden inside. Enjoy this "Hidden Inside", played on the virtual version of The Giant. Until recently it was the biggest piano in the world but now it's creator, David Klavins, made even bigger Regina. I got the chance to play The Giant in real life and I hope to get a chance to play Regina this year!
The video story is edited by my husband, compiled using clips from VideoBlocks.
I appreciate your subscriptions to my YouTube channel!
2018-02-0306 min
Milana Zilnik"Burning" by Milana Zilnik (Video on YouTube)Video: https://youtu.be/aLHRBIWa8m8
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Enjoy this rocking piano recorded on the virtual The Giant (previously the biggest piano in the world created by David Klavins who now created even bigger one!)! I appreciate your comments, shares and subscriptions to my YouTube channel.
On another note, Enlightened Piano Radio is going to organize their annual Awards event in Berlin Philharmonic Hall!! And I have the chance to perform there with your help :) All I ask you to do is to send a short email to admin@enlightenedpiano.com (you can bcc to info@milanazilnik.com ;-) ) with "EPR...
2018-01-2004 min
Milana Zilnik"A Winter Tale" by Milana Zilnik (Video on YouTube)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyC-Y9B1WoY
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Enjoy this wintry tale recorded on the virtual The Giant (the biggest piano in the world created by David Klavins)! On another note, Enlightened Piano Radio is going to organize their annual Awards event in Berlin Philharmonic Hall!! And I have the chance to perform there with your help :) All I ask you to do is to send a short email to admin@enlightenedpiano.com (you can bcc to info@milanazilnik.com ;-) ) with "EPR NOMINATIONS" in the subject and the following in the body:
Milana Zilnik. "Yet Another...
2018-01-1304 min
Milana Zilnik"The Snow Queen Waltz" - THEATRICAL musical VIDEO by Milana Zilnik and Arty SandlerTheatrical Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f1VlFgPJX8
Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDS-Q5cIGuA
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WOW!! This song of mine was nominated in two categories ("Classical Song of the Year" and "Classical Artist of the Year"!!) at International Music and Entertainment Association’s IMEA Awards and actually won the "Classical Song of the Year" Award!!!
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We'd like to tell you a story! A story about the Snow Queen. Not the one you all know about! Not cold, not evil! This is a story about a woman, a woman who had a dream. A romantic on...
2017-12-1004 min
Milana Zilnik"Where Giants Roam the Earth" by Milana Zilnik (Video)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIjwCgjJU0w
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Two years ago I had the chance to play the biggest upright piano in the world in real life. It is called The Giant for a reason - the sheer power of the two-story piano makes you resonate with it, as if you are sitting inside the ocean of sound. Yet, I found that the power of it is... gentle! Of course, no digital version of it can compare to the real piano, yet it's always a wonderful experience to close my eyes and imagine myself sitting again on the...
2017-11-3004 min
Milana ZilnikHanging Tree (James Newton Howard) - performed by Milana ZilnikPlease, SUPPORT our theatrical music video! igg.me/at/TheSnowQueenWaltz
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOaIz1YksU
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I heard about James Newton Howard's tour and his contest for finding European singers to accompany him. Well, I *was* European :) but long time ago. So, this is not my audition video, just had fun singing it in my jazzy way. Hope you will enjoy my take on it :)
On another note, if you are on Facebook, please join my "Snow Queen Waltz" group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SnowQueenWaltz/
There you will get all the news, some behind-the-scenes...
2017-09-1702 min
Milana Zilnik"A Beautiful Storm" (Video on YouTube) by Jennifer Thomas, performed by Milana ZilnikPlease, SUPPORT our theatrical music video! igg.me/at/TheSnowQueenWaltz
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiwV8y_XsX0
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This was yet another challenging piece for me to play, composed by Jennifer Thomas. In fact, I started practicing it some months ago and then got busy with something else :) So, I am quite happy that I finally got around recording it.
If you want to play it yourself, you can get the sheet music on Jennifer's official site: http://jenniferthomasmusic.com/product/a-beautiful-storm-sheet-music/
Btw, Jennifer is currently recording a music video for this piece of hers, to be...
2017-09-0103 min
Milana Zilnik"Night Train", performed by Milana Zilnik and Roger ChandlerYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cqlczSX2LU
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I hope you will enjoy this blues standard performed by truly yours in collaboration with Roger Chandler (@roger-b-train)
Appreciate your shares and subscription to my YouTube channel :)
2017-07-0804 min
Milana Zilnik"Bird Blues" by Milana Zilnik and Roger Chandler. Live video from the studioVideo: https://youtu.be/qIyNJMBJHrM
It was a fun day yesterday, Roger Chandler (@roger-b-train) visited our studio and we made several live recordings. Enjoy "Bird blues" :)
More recordings to be uploaded in the upcoming weeks!
2017-07-0304 min
Milana Zilnik"Trust" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDql6PSmrmI
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Summer nights were hot, long and fruitful. She couldn't get enough of her piano, playing old songs, composing new ones. He was busy learning how to record what she was playing for him and with him.
Her first song was born one of those nights... "It's about time" was its name and it was about time for them to finally share something together.... One journey, one life, one love.... It was wonderful to regain back what was lost before - the feel of...
TRUST... The eleventh track from my new...
2017-05-1904 min
Milana Zilnik"Guilt" - from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI6K9DqncZQ
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He did too much, though, not what she wanted. She did not do enough, though, she could not see it. Disgust and anger left nothing but devastation behind. For what they've done, the only feeling they could share now was...
GUILT... The eighth track from my new album "Yet Another Love Story", telling the story of my love and music: from the anticipation of the first date, from the surprise and joy of new relations to the moments of doubt and fear, disgust and anger, followed by guilt, sadness...
2017-04-2804 min
Milana Zilnik"Anger" - from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana Zilnikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTpGmiq0mPc
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She was thinking that breaking habits is a cleansing experience.
He was literally breaking everything that was within the reach of his hands.
/Concerts in Toronto/:
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They both had it all wrong for a while. It was furious and raw, while their love was boiling with...
ANGER... The seventh track from my new album "Yet Another Love Story", telling the story of my love and music: from the anticipation of the first date, from the surprise and joy of new relations...
2017-04-2104 min
Milana Zilnik"Out Of The Dark" by Milana Zilnik feat. Roger Chandler (with live video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxB3T5YS17s
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I received so many birthday wishes, thank you, dear friends :) I feel blessed with music and love!
... And speaking of music, and love, and "Yet another love story"... I know I promised to post one track each week but, by a funny coincidence the next track is... "Disgust". And I feel a bit awkward to post it today :D So.... "Show must go on" ? Or I better post it tomorrow.
Today instead I will post a more positive song that we recorded together with Roger Chandler, who visited our...
2017-04-1404 min
Milana Zilnik"Fear" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKFie3E_tok
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As there is no light without darkness, so, is no love without despair.
He was busy at work and with his own projects. She was exhausted with her own home business.
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https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/yet-another-love-story
What was once connected turned into parallel lives under the same roof.
She was afraid to talk about her real feelings. Everything she said sounded like complains to him.
Anticipation of love turned into the anticipation of loss.
What was joyful before turned into...
FEAR...
2017-04-0703 min
Milana Zilnik"Love" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo and Behind-the-scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5MHfWv3Zk
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There is no love story that is unique, yet no love story is the same. My love happened to be deeply intertwined with music and with my husband. When he asked me to improvise different feelings on my piano, I didn't think it would end up as a story of our life: from the anticipation of the first date, from the surprise and joy of new relations to the moments of doubt and fear, disgust and anger, followed by guilt, sadness and contemplation. But above all it...
2017-03-2904 min
Milana Zilnik"Contemplation" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4HMF3aEoO8
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New Spring brought warmth and colors... Memories of the first years together showed back, gaining strength, overpowering the turmoil.
She was changing her list of Rights and Wrongs, Shoulds and Shouldn'ts. Her abandoned piano got to feel her touch again, shy and timid, raging and hopeful. Through those keys she was discovering back her whole self.
He was building a treehouse on their backyard, on a blue spruce tree... hammering hundreds of nails through its branches, hurting his hands with its needles... but healing through this catharsic zen of...
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2017-03-2903 min
Milana Zilnik"Sadness" - from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana Zilnikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq0HMLOAZUA
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It was the longest winter of their life... That March some years ago
was cold and gray... so were their thoughts and feelings...
Days passed by, leaving no memories, no joy, no happiness... Icicles of hurtful words played the melody of...
SADNESS... The ninth track from my new album "Yet Another Love Story", telling the story of my love and music: from the anticipation of the first date, from the surprise and joy of new relations to the moments of doubt and fear, disgust and anger, followed by guilt, sadness and...
2017-03-2904 min
Milana Zilnik"Joy" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrDzrEqhiU
They moved to live together in a small cozy apartment at the middle of a green park. For both of them it was the first time of living together with someone. With all the joys and...well, compromises one needs to make.
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https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/yet-another-love-story
After a year they decided that they are ready for the next step. So, they had a wonderful wedding in one of the most romantic cities of all times: the beautiful Prague.
Two months later... ...they got...
2017-03-2402 min
Milana Zilnik"Surprise" from the new album "Yet Another Love Story" by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Xu0HLnLYo
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They met a few times before but it wasn't _their_ time just yet. One late evening, back in 2002, they happened to chat online and at some point he asked her "Why are we chatting online if I can drive and be at your place in less than an hour?"
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So he did, and they had a wonderful conversation in a park. The weather was warm and stars were shining above. When he walked her to her house...
2017-03-1704 min
Milana Zilnik"Anticipation" for the Piano Day 2017 by MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJTknlfpIQ4
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I am happy to announce the release of my new album - "Yet Another Love Story"! This is the first album recorded on my acoustic grand piano will be released on 29th of March - The Piano Day, 88th day of the year (http://www.pianoday.org/)! The album is available for pre-order (I have a small lot of CDs to sign):
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/yet-another-love-story
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/yet-another-love-story-live/id1210505002
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Yet-Another-Love-Story-Live/dp/B06XC8NQ26/
There is no love...
2017-03-1002 min
Milana Zilnik"Discovery - India" - Original soundtrack by Milana ZilnikVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZt-JbH_sLg
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It's been a busy start of the year: a concert in Markham (Ontario), a video shoot, students, recording sessions - I didn't have much time to record or compose anything new. Neither I had time to follow your new music - I apologize for that! Hopefully, I will have a bit more time in February :)
Here is a new composition from me, kind of a test-drive of Native Instrument's "Discovery - India". The video is composed from free clips found on pixabay.com. I hope you will enjoy this Indian...
2017-02-0403 min
Milana ZilnikOnce upon a winter (Animation by Sheana Sandler, soundtrack by Milana Zilnik)Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQ4hyjFmJU
My daughter is getting quite good at animation :) Enjoy this Christmas-y animation from her, made entirely on scratch.mit.edu to accompany the soundtrack, composed by truly yours:
Merry Christmas, everyone!
2016-12-1802 min
Milana Zilnik"Carol of the Bells" - Video on YouTube! (arr. by Jennifer Thomas, performed by Milana Zilnik)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru2hhK8G2iI
Winter season is upon us and I invite you to enjoy my performance of Jennifer Thomas's (@jennifer-thomas) version of "Carol of the Bells".
You can enjoy her original performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjc2eIz2efs
And if you feel like you want to play it yourself, you can get the sheet music on her site (as well as her fabulous "Winter Symphony" album): http://jenniferthomasmusic.com/
On another note, if you happen to be in Toronto area on 14th of January, I invite you to...
2016-12-0304 min
Milana Zilnik"October" (P. Tchaikovsky). Performed by Milana. Video on YouTube!Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGNHSl-Hvo
Belated "October".... still "Autumn Song", though. Hope you enjoy another month from Tchaikovsky's Seasons.
On another note, if you happen to be in Toronto area on 14th of January, I invite you to my first solo concert in that area :)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/milana-zilnik-accidental-etudes-tickets-29347139083
2016-11-1904 min
Milana ZilnikNorthern Lights - Una Corda Fantasia - MilanaThis is 13th track from my recent album "Una Corda Fantasia". I've never seen Northern Lights in my life but I hope to see some in the future. This must be one of the most magnificent experiences to have.
On another note, I am performing a concert tonight and we'll try to stream it live on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ZilnikMilana/
Tune in at 7pm EST :)
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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/una-corda-fantasia/id1083953221
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/una-corda-fantasia
Video Announcement: https://youtu.be/vrAFGT4G7Dk
Spotify: http://sptfy.com/1KDy
Direct donation...
2016-09-2404 min
Milana ZilnikHidden Caves - Una Corda Fantasia - MilanaThis is 11th track from my recent album "Una Corda Fantasia". One of the more ambient and melancholic ones. Which reflects my mood now, when the summer is over and it's cloudy and nearly raining, and it's the last day of my mom's visit before she flies back.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/una-corda-fantasia/id1083953221
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/una-corda-fantasia
Video Announcement: https://youtu.be/vrAFGT4G7Dk
Spotify: http://sptfy.com/1KDy
Direct donation: http://pianoday.org/#projects
2016-09-1004 min
Milana Zilnik"Bahamas song" and videoclip - Milana and KyleVideoclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rdg6OWrfTg
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We spent a wonderful week on Bahamas with Arty's family. I felt so inspired that this song just popped up while cooking with my son, who co-wrote half of the lyrics. We hope you will enjoy this little video of our adventure.
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Lyrics by Milana Zilnik and Kyle Sandler
Music by Milana Zilnik
Audio and Video production by Arty Sandler
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Come to Bahamas with me,
Have very special iced tea!
Say hi to dolphins, sea lions and mermaids,
It's good to be happy, it's free!
On Bahamas iguanas...
2016-08-2002 min
Milana ZilnikSoundtrack for "Diving with sharks at Cocos Island". Composed by Milana Zilnik and Arty SandlerVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Tr3DXTDFM
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Arty and me are continuing to learn how to compose orchestral soundtracks. This video was shot my father-in-law Michael Chebotarev and Mr. Carlos de la Cruz during their diving tour to Cocos Island.
Before starting to compose this soundtrack, we identified five or six distinct parts: the adventurous intro, the spacious transition to the playfully swimming sharks (who knew hammerheads may look playful?), the ominous appearance of the enormous whale shark, the following transition to the epic yet more soothing mood of swimming with the giant, some mysterious moments...
2016-08-0507 min
Milana ZilnikEchoing Rain - Una Corda Fantasia - MilanaThis is 9th track from my recent album "Una Corda Fantasia". Thanks to your support we were able to donate over $400 (CAD) to help David Klavins (@thepianoguy) building his new unique piano - M450, the new Giant.
You still can join by either purchasing "Una Corda Fantasia" album (all proceeds are donated) or donating to David directly:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/una-corda-fantasia/id1083953221
BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/una-corda-fantasia
Video Announcement: https://youtu.be/vrAFGT4G7Dk
Spotify: http://sptfy.com/1KDy
Direct donation: http://pianoday.org/#projects
2016-06-2504 min
Milana Zilnik"March" P. Tchaikovsky (Acoustic+Video) performed by MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoxlDRWBAic
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I have a special love for Tchaikovsky, especially, for his series of seasons. Here is a little bit belated "March". Though, here in Canada we are having a "second winter", so it feels pretty much like March at the middle of April. Hope you'll enjoy my performance.
On another note, I still have several CDs with my recently released album that I can sign for you:
https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/una-corda-fantasia
All the proceeds from the sales are donated to help building the biggest piano in the world!
2016-04-1002 min
Milana ZilnikWhile Summer Is On (Milana and Andrei Dreamspark)This song was born as an experiment - the first attempt in making some kind of a theatrical song, a crossover between different genres, a fusion of Bossa Nova jazz, piano jazz, dramatic orchestral and rock opera. It was also the first attempt to record a duet in our studio - together with a friend who got quite an operatic voice. We started recording it in.... August. Therefore the name and the theme that may sound a little bit off-season :) Enjoy!
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Lyrics by Andrei Dreamspark and Milana
Instrumental composition by Milana
Production by Arty Sandler (@artyom-tchebotaryov)
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While the...
2015-12-2906 min
Milana Zilnik"Una Corda Fantasia 2" by MilanaI hope you'll enjoy this second Fantasia played using Una Corda VST piano (invented and created by David Klavins @thepianoguy), which is available at Native Instruments (http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/una-corda/).
Here is the first Fantasia: https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/una-corda-fantasia-1-by-milana
Here is the first time I "met" Una Corda in real life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86cgWIvv00Q
(alas, just a camcorder recording)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)
If you haven't seen it yet, here is the recent animation family project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD0pWA0zPI
2015-12-2203 min
Milana Zilnik"For Bach" by Milana (Acoustic, Live Video)Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvr7fhTi4Mk
New album: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-journey
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Please enjoy my improvisational tribute for one of the maestros - for Bach. I appreciate subscriptions to my YouTube channel ;-)
I'd also like to announce the upcoming release (18th of December!) of my 4th original piano album "Spirit of Journey". The album will be available as a digital album on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc.
The album is available on BandCamp already, both as a digital album and on CD! I will gladly sign the first ordered copies :) https://milana...
2015-12-0603 minPiano meditations"For Bach" by Milana (Acoustic, Live Video)Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvr7fhTi4Mk
New album: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-journey
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Please enjoy my improvisational tribute for one of the maestros - for Bach. I appreciate subscriptions to my YouTube channel ;-)
I'd also like to announce the upcoming release (18th of December!) of my 4th original piano album "Spirit of Journey". The album will be available as a digital album on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc.
The album is available on BandCamp already, both as a digital album and on CD! I will gladly sign the first ordered copies :) https://milana...
2015-12-0603 min
Milana ZilnikNot Fur Elise (Acoustic+Video) MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXm18ruG1xc
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This is not for Elise but for another person... This is not Beethoven, but inspired by him a lot...
... This is not the first time I improvise on "Fur Elise":
https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/not-fur-elise-tribute-milana
... but this is the first time I record it with video on my grand piano :)
If you enjoyed this improvisational take of mine, please subscribe to my YouTube channel :) I very much appreciate it :)
2015-09-1103 minPiano meditationsNot Fur Elise (Acoustic+Video) MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXm18ruG1xc
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This is not for Elise but for another person... This is not Beethoven, but inspired by him a lot...
... This is not the first time I improvise on "Fur Elise":
https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/not-fur-elise-tribute-milana
... but this is the first time I record it with video on my grand piano :)
If you enjoyed this improvisational take of mine, please subscribe to my YouTube channel :) I very much appreciate it :)
2015-09-1103 min
Milana ZilnikMad Hatter's Tea Party (Video!) - Milana and ArtyVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52O0xu60-Hc
Please vote: http://indi.com/t/3C697232 :)
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For a change, Arty and me decided to compose something different. Something as different as it was with "Popcorn Blues" (https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/popcorn-blues-video-milana-and-arty). So... no piano this time :) But lots of brass, strings, woodwinds - a soundtrack to accompany Mad Hatter's Tea Party from "Alice in Wonderland". Hope you will enjoy it :) And hope you will enjoy the film as well - Arty shot it last weekend, starring our kids, himself and our cat. This time it was filmed as...
2015-08-2801 min
Milana ZilnikMilana Meets The Giant (Live + Video!)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...
2015-08-0705 min
Milana ZilnikI Stand By You - Kyle & Cassie Demay feat. MilanaAbout a month ago Kyle DeMay (https://soundcloud.com/kylster3378) messaged me and asked if I can sing this song that was born from Cassie DeMay's (Kyle's daughter) poem that she wrote back in 2003 at the age of 14. I recorded both vocals and back vocals and also played some piano :)
Same track on Kyle's cloud:
https://soundcloud.com/kylster3378/i-stand-by-you-milana-zilnik-vocals-and-keyscassie-demay-lyrics
2015-07-2503 min
Milana ZilnikFeel My Pain (Acoustic, Video, Contest) - MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRYrfPEISc
Contest: http://milana.ws/contest/accidentaletudes
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/438280656330585/
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On this video I am performing my composition "Feel my pain" that is included in my very first musical scores book. Do you want to play it too? :) Join the contest and win some prizes!
The book can be purchased on BandCamp, CreateSpace and Amazon:
• https://milana.bandcamp.com/merch/accidental-etudes-sheet-music
• https://www.createspace.com/4808139
• http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Etudes-Sheet-Milana-Zilnik/dp/1499563493/
I invite you to play my compositions from this book, video record your performance and put it on YouTub...
2015-06-2803 min
Milana Zilnik"Though I Walk" by Land Of Orz (Feat. Milana)It's always a pleasure to work with Michael Orzek (@lando-orz). Funny, how we do it in turns: either Mike adding his guitar magic to my original piano compositions or songs or me adding piano line to Mike's original compositions. This piece is composed and produced by Mike. Here the same track on Mike's cloud:
https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz/though-i-walk-featuring-milana
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Michael Orzek: acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, acoustic drums, drum programming.
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From Mike's cloud:
Music has an amazing ability to attach itself to our memories and emotions. I originally recorded this song in 2010 (less the piano and...
2015-06-2605 min
Piano meditationsJazzy Nocturne - MilanaSpotify: sptfy.​com/93U
Facebook: fb.me/​Zilnik​Milana
YouTube: youtube.com/MilanaZilnik
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Just a little piano improvisation - the way I like to relax :)
If you play piano and know sight-reading, I invite you to take part in my contest: http://milana.ws/contest/accidentaletudes
If you know somebody who might be interested - please let them know, much appreciated! :)
2015-06-1904 minMilana ZilnikJazzy Nocturne - MilanaSpotify: sptfy.​com/93U
Facebook: fb.me/​Zilnik​Milana
YouTube: youtube.com/MilanaZilnik
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Just a little piano improvisation - the way I like to relax :)
If you play piano and know sight-reading, I invite you to take part in my contest: http://milana.ws/contest/accidentaletudes
If you know somebody who might be interested - please let them know, much appreciated! :)
2015-06-1904 min
Milana ZilnikWaltz Of A Dying Candle (Acoustic, Video and Contest!) - MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXEskByrXTg
Contest: http://milana.ws/contest/accidentaletudes
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/438280656330585/
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On this video I am performing my composition "Waltz of a dying candle" that is included in my very first musical scores book. Do you want to play it too? :) Join the contest and win some prizes!
The book can be purchased on BandCamp, CreateSpace and Amazon:
• https://milana.bandcamp.com/merch/accidental-etudes-sheet-music
• https://www.createspace.com/4808139
• http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Etudes-Sheet-Milana-Zilnik/dp/1499563493/
I invite you to play my compositions from this book, video record your performance and put it on...
2015-05-2904 min
Milana ZilnikLike Magic by Matthias Andrä - Improvised by MilanaSame day I recorded this piece by Matthias Andrä (@tunesma)
https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/like-magic-by-matthias-andra-played-by-milana as it is, I also recorded an improvised version where I followed the main themes of the original but played them in a free improvisational form. Hope you like this version as well :)
2015-05-2603 min
Milana ZilnikUneasy Etude (Video, Acoustic and Contest!)- MilanaVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOxgYAYvSD8
Contest: http://milana.ws/contest/accidentaletudes
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/438280656330585/
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I am thrilled to announce the release of the very first book with the musical scores of my piano compositions, included in my piano album “Accidental Etudes”! On this video I am performing my composition "Uneasy Etude" that is included in this book.
The book can be purchased on BandCamp, CreateSpace and Amazon:
• https://milana.bandcamp.com/merch/accidental-etudes-sheet-music
• https://www.createspace.com/4808139
• http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Etudes-Sheet-Milana-Zilnik/dp/1499563493/
I invite you to play my compositions from this book, video reco...
2015-05-1503 min