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Improvisation

for classical musicians

Bruno Mantovani - Musical postcard

Luca Francesconi - Musical postcard

Georges Aperghis - Musical postcard

Pascal Dusapin - Musical postcard

Contemporary piano repertoire

As principal pianist with Remix Ensemble, Casa da Música I've had the opportunity to work closely with many wonderful living composers. Each composer has a unique approach to creating and constructing a musical texture and studying these different elements can provide many sources of inspiration for improvisation.

Musical postcards - 10 original piano pieces, commissioned by Casa da Música (Porto, Portugal) performed by Jonathan Ayerst. Link to the whole series - here

Composers: 

1. Bruno Mantovani, 2. Daniel Moreira, 3. Georges Aperghis, 4. James Dillon, 5. Luca Francesconi, 6. Magnus Lindberg, 7. Pascal Dusapin, 8. Peter Eötvös, 9. Unsuk Chin,

10. Wolfgang Mitterer.


Islands, by Luca Francesconi for piano and ensemble. Performed by Remix Ensemble, Casa da Música, cond. Peter Rundel, solo piano Jonathan Ayerst 


Oiseaux Exotiques, by Olivier Messiaen, for piano and ensemble. Performed by Remix Ensemble, Casa da Música, cond. Stefan Asbury, solo piano Jonathan Ayerst

Part 1. 

Part 2.