News

"Tides"
has entered the Semifinals of the International Songwriting Competition.

Quite a new song of mine, with lyrics by Ana Pilat has made it into the Semifinals of the International Songwriting Competition.
Thousands of entries from all over the world raise the bar to enter this pre-selection.
What a nice piece of news… click on the link in the picture below, to see the comprehensive list of semifinalists. - 
Cheers!

"Tides" has arrived at the ISC Semifinals

My uptempo, odd-metre composition "Tides", with a floating melody and beautiful lyrics by Ana Pilat, has arrived at the Semi-Finals of the International Songwriting competition. That's a very nice piece of news. Let's keep fingers crossed for the next round....

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ISC - International Songwriting Competition


Klaus Gesing’s Heartluggage re-released

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Heartluggage 

has been re-released on Bandcamp! 
It is truly a fantastic band of musicians that brought my compositions to life on this recording.
Gwilym Simcock - piano
Yuri Gloubev - double bass
Asaf Sirkis - drums

Garden of Silence
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It is with great sadness that we had to learn about the unexpected passing of Bruno Amstad, former singer of Garden of Silence, a project initiated by Swedish bass player and composer Björn Meyer. 
The musicians of Garden of Silence have released this declaration: 
"Despite our deep sadness, we have decided to continue Garden of Silence out of gratitude for the time we spent together and as a tribute. We want to bring music into the world as a source of hope right now. Bruno is irreplaceable. So it was immediately clear to us that we had to find new sonic facets in order to be able to implement the music. We are pleased that Karin Streule and Klaus Gesing will now be taking these new paths with us! Both are outstanding artists who, in their own way, have a long-standing connection to Garden of Silence." 
I feel honoured by the invitation, and will play in memory of all the dear souls we have to learn to live without. 

Featuring
Emilia Amper (S) - Nyckelharpa
Veronika Stalder (CH) – Voc.
Mohamed Sami (EGY) - Violin
Reza Asgarzadeh (IRN) - Duduk 
Karin Streule (CH) – Voc.
Klaus Gesing (DE) - Bass Clarinet/Soprano Saxophone
Kaspar Rast (CH) – Dr. Perc.
Carlo Niederhauser (CH) - Cello
Björn Meyer (S,CH) - Bass, Bassmandola

Concerts with Garden of Silence in Switzerland

Sat. 24/2 20:30 Kunsthaus - Glarus

Mon. 26/2 20:30 MOODS - Zurich

Thu. 29/2 20:00 AULA im PROGR - Bern

Songs and Sounds

This one is dedicated to Bruno Amstad -  and all the loved souls that we dearly miss...

To the Missing can be found on my recording
Heartlugge
featuring Gwylim Simcock - piano, Yuri Goloubev - bass, Asaf Sirkis - drums. 

Upcoming concerts...