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  • Hanna Kekäläinen Releases New Piece “Tower Moment”

    Hanna Kekäläinen Releases New Piece “Tower Moment”

    Finnish pianist and composer Hanna Kekäläinen has released a new single “Tower Moment”, recorded on a Yamaha grand piano at the Finnvox Studios in Finland.

    Genre is mix of classical, neo-classical, contemporary and cinematic.

    Speaking on the piece, Hanna said, “A moment in time when everything burns and crumbles. Continental plates move apart. Worlds separate. Suddenly the old reality feels like a dream you woke up from and the new reality in front of you is still covered in heavy smoke. Under the thousand layers of overwhelm and sorrow you still feel the gentle calling of a brighter timeline. So you take a deep breath. And another. And another. Since there’s really nothing else to do just yet. “

    She  has been playing the piano since she was four years old and her musical influences are Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Yann Tiersen, Bach.

    As a teenager she graduated from the Vantaan Musiikkiopisto with a major in classical piano and minor in classical singing. 

    Her first piano book, Tree Of Life Piano Roots for Beginners was published in 2022 and “Joulun Taikaa – Piano for Beginners, a Christmas Song Book came out in 2023.
    The third, titled Contemporary & Neoclassical Piano for Beginners will be published in early 2026.

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  • OHNomad Collaborates with Pianist Chi-Jo Lee on  ‘The Awakening’

    OHNomad Collaborates with Pianist Chi-Jo Lee on  ‘The Awakening’

    The Awakening is a solo piano piece by Taiwanese classical musician OHNomad.

    It’s the first movement of a forthcoming, eight-movement suite, loosely modeled after the structure of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, which OHNomad lists among his most influential works. 

    The Awakening is performed by pianist Chi-Jo Lee, with whom he’s has collaborated on many of his other pieces including Places of Origin, Danielle, Rosenwald, and others. 

    It was recorded November 8, 2025 at Allegro Recordings by Grammy Award-winning engineer, Matthew Snyder and  cover art was co-designed by the composer and French illustrator Aude. 

    The female figure in the artwork represents a blend of both the composer and pianist; and, an expression of the fluidity of emotion, sensuality, and creativity.

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  • Mark J Soler Draws Inspiration from Paris for New Single “Walking in the City”

    Mark J Soler Draws Inspiration from Paris for New Single “Walking in the City”

    French composer and pianist Mark J Soler turned to Paris for inspiration for his new single “Walking in the City”

    The track is inspired by the daily walks and runs he takes in the French capital. But he’s quick to admit that unlike its reputation as a romantic city, the traffic jams in Paris can be make it difficult to get around. 

    It’s busy city whose reality is far from its ‘romantic’ city reputation,” Mark explains.

    “Traffic and busy people all over the places, but still a beautiful place charged with history. 

    I like to walk and run through the streets or along the river Seine to breathe and capture its energy.”

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  • Danish Artist Gabriel Dyngvold Marcher Releases Classical Music Single “Lift Me Up”

    Danish Artist Gabriel Dyngvold Marcher Releases Classical Music Single “Lift Me Up”

    Danish classical music artist Gabriel Dyngvold Marcher has released a new single “Lift Me Up”

    The song is a spiritual classical music track with electronic music influences.

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  • Mark J SOLER Shares New Instrumental “Lazy song” off New EP ‘Walks’

    Mark J SOLER Shares New Instrumental “Lazy song” off New EP ‘Walks’

    French  Musician and composer Mark J SOLER  has released a new single ‘Lazy Song’, a three-minute instrumental piece inspired by relaxing moments, conducive to inner thoughts, and of course Music as the conductor toward a form of ‘spirituality’.

    “Lazy Song” was composed, played, and produced to sound like a slightly hypnotic jazz groove, deliberately laid back, like time stretching out over a solitary, quiet evening. The piano’s slightly off-sync phrasing aims to give a dreamy, drowsy sway, creating a psychedelic lounge atmosphere that’s both playful and disorienting. 

    “That was the intent in any case,” explains Mark. “With a simple melody to convey the introspective nature of such moment.

    “Lazy Song” is part of a short EP, Walks, gathering three different styles of instrumental songs, all inspired by the ‘inner life’ idea, i.e. reproducing the world in thoughts, through Introspection, Solitude, Meditation… on Desires, Regrets, Acceptance, Nostalgia.. there are many aspects of it, making spirituality, Music being its natural language.

    The second song in the EP is “Walking in the City”. 

    “Walking is known as one of the best remedies to evacuate dark thoughts and get back to a positive inner vision of the external world. I live near Paris. I walk a lot in the city that communicates its energy and beauty.”

    The third title is called “Inner Life”, about prayer.

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