Heidelberg Piano

Dear friends of piano music, only a dead composer is a good composer. In any case, you get the impression when you see the programs of the concerts and recordings. Of course, the music of Chopin, Mozart and Bach, Schubert and Schumann is of immortal and timeless beauty and has all right to be omnipresent. The music, which many of us still find difficult to access and "modern", is mostly that of the early 20th century, so it is already around 100 years old. But what about the living composers? I've spotted some lately whose music isn't bulky and atonal, whose music touches the heart instead of tickling the ear and challenging the intellect, and I'm incredibly excited. This is an exhilarating and new experience for me, because until recently I, too, had very, very difficult time with the music of living composers. Two examples: during my studies, a composer friend of mine who was a bit older gave me a piece of his own and asked if I wanted to play it. He gave me 3

Dear friends of piano music, my little daughter is currently doing a lot of work in kindergarten with the mouse Frederick, invented in 1967 by Leo Lionni - you must have met him already. The story is quickly told: it is autumn, all the mice are busy collecting supplies for the winter, they are storing nuts and seeds, Frederick, on the other hand, seems to be sitting idly on a stone - he collects colors, sunbeams and words. Nobody understands this, but when food starts to run out in the spring, Frederick shares his supplies with the others - he tells them stories and poems that warm their hearts, inspire their imaginations and give them courage. I was reminded of this story yesterday when a well-known singer told on the radio that when she said she was a singer, she was asked very often: Interesting - and what do you do full-time? Yes, we musicians are also required to be a "homo oeconomicus" and to collect nuts and seeds instead of colors, sunbeams and words. There are such f