The Secrets of Piano Solo-III Grammy-winning Canadian pianist, entertainer and composer Chilly Gonzales will release the final album of his Solo Piano trilogy, SOLO PIANO-III, on 7th September 2018 The album comes six years after SOLO PIANO-II and, according to Gonzales, at “a more problematic inflection point. Like its predecessors, it’s a mostly happy ending in C major, but there is more dissonance, tension and ambiguity along the way… The musical purity of Solo Piano III is not an antidote for our times, it is a reflection of all the beauty and ugliness around us.” Known as much for the intimate piano touch of best-selling albums Solo Piano-I and Solo Piano-II as for his showmanship and composition for award-winning stars, “Gonzo”, as he is known to close collaborators, aims to be a man of his time, approaching the piano with classical and jazz training but with the attitude of a rapper. He holds the Guinness world record for the longest solo concert at over 27 hours. He performs and writes songs with Jarvis Cocker, Feist and Drake, among others, with recent collaborators including the likes of Ibeyi and Toddla T. With ‘Never Stop’, Chilly Gonzales composed a global hit for the inaugural Apple iPad 2 campaign. In 2014 he won a Grammy for his collaboration on Daft Punk’s ‘Best Album of the Year’ and composed the best-selling book of easy piano pieces Re- Introduction Etudes. Most recently, Chilly Gonzales ventured into a new form of entrepreneurship. A culmination of recent years’ explorations in teaching, Gonzo inaugurated his very own music school: The Gonzervatory. 2018-2019 Tour Mon, SEP 24 Salle Gaveau Paris 8, France https://www.chillygonzales.com/ RNCM Live Show 11 September 2018: http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/gallery/?album=3491&gallery=2020 Page: 1 2 |
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