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Ludovico Einaudi’s Endless Summer

Ludovico Einaudi

The Italian composer announced the release of his 17th solo album “The Summer Portraits” in January 2025. Reminiscing on his childhood summers, he speaks on the inspirations behind his newest work

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Roger Eno, The De-Composer

Roger Eno

On his last solo album “the skies, they shift like chords”, the English pianist and ambient musician explored the landscape of his home in Eastern England. Now Roger Eno releases the bonus mini-album “the skies: rarities” with eight unreleased outtakes from the same sessions

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The Tape That Erland Cooper Buried In The Earth

Erland Cooper

In 2020, Scottish ambient composer Erland Cooper had a wild idea. He wrote a classical violin concerto and buried the single recording of it in his Orkney home. After being discovered and dug up after 18 months, Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence is celebrating an official release in 2024

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7 Albums That Defined Neoclassical

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Easy listening for the TikTok age or sophisticated post-classical contemporary music? Regardless of where you stand on the matter of "neoclassical" music, there’s no doubt that these 7 albums by composers such as Einaudi, Richter, Jóhannsson and others have already stood the test of time

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Meredi: An Alien On a Mission

Meredi

“Gravity is my enemy”, the German-Armenian composer Meredi says. Her stellar EP Flourish was written on a personal journey – a search for a home between her current places of residence in Germany and the United States, Armenia and a music festival in Mexico

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Artist Feature

Max Richter: Soundscapes & Landscapes

Max Richter

As Max Richter releases his ninth album, we look back at his career and explore how he merged the personal, the poetic and the political to become a neoclassical Renaissance Man

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8 Neo-Classical Piano Masterworks

Although today’s neo-classical music is often created with an array of different instruments—as well as electronics, samples, even vocals—the piano often plays a central role. Below are some of our favourite albums created either solely on piano (or pianos) or are based primarily on this versatile and expressive instrument…

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Artist Feature

Ludovico Einaudi’s Endless Summer

The Italian composer announced the release of his 17th solo album “The Summer Portraits” in January 2025. Reminiscing on his childhood summers, he speaks on the inspirations behind his newest work.

Ludovico Einaudi
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Artist Feature

Roger Eno, The De-Composer

On his last solo album “the skies, they shift like chords”, the English pianist and ambient musician explored the landscape of his home in Eastern England. Now Roger Eno releases the bonus mini-album “the skies: rarities” with eight unreleased outtakes from the same sessions.

Roger Eno
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Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi

"I don’t consider the piano as a job. It’s very connected to my inner feelings.”

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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

“I try to make music that doesn’t need layers of complexity or obfuscation to speak to people.”

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Balmorhea

Balmorhea

“Oftentimes we find ourselves bridging different worlds, which is something I love
about our music”

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Balmorhea

Max Richter

Max Richter

"I like the idea of a piece of music as a place to think, and it is clear we all have some thinking to do at the moment."

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