The work is a close-to-silent homage to the piano concert genre. A work based on clichés in a silencing universe. The piano functions both as a percussion instrument (the prepared piano) and as a narrative monster from the past, with its big chords in A minor and G Major (the pre-taped piano). Based on a technique used in some of my previous works, the instrument is already pre-recorded, and the sound of it only comes out by touching the piano keys without pressing them down. It works with a lot of contact microphones that respond to the sound of the pianist’s nails touching the keys. 

The Piano Concerto is in four movements and was composed for Rei Nakamura, SWR Symphony Orchestra, and the Éclat Festival. 

Christian Winther Christensen