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An Interview with Fabrizio Brugnera: Behind Dystosyum

On 18 Marzo 2025

In Ambient, Contemporary classical music, Interview, Minimalism, New age, Piano

Dystosyum is much more than an other-worldly ambient Album and much more than a metaphorical Novel. From first sight, one can perceive the more significant meanings behind the scenes. Dystosyum is motion towards a meaning: a movement, a unidirectional flow guided by thoughtful decisions and a willingness to share one’s experience. Brugnera voluntarily built Dystosyum as a thoroughly detailed immersion.

After reading the book and listening to the Album, the connection between the two appears evident: each detail is relevant to understanding the connotation and the artist’s vision of the creation, where each feature – may it be a sound or a quote, softly links the afterward with the backward, generating a rather grounded philosophy. Without further introduction, let’s dive into an interview with the artist behind Dystosyum: Fabrizio Brugnera.

Review – Atlantic to Adriatic by Edoardo Gastaldi & Jay Brewer

By Davide Fasiello

On 17 Marzo 2025

In Ambient, Minimalism, Neoclassical, Piano, Review

There is an invisible bridge connecting Venice to Boston, a sonic thread weaving through oceans, time, and emotions. Atlantic to Adriatic is more than just an album—it is an immersive experience, blending ambient, neoclassical, and field recording into a timeless dialogue between space and memory. Edoardo Gastaldi and Jay Brewer craft a sonic world that transports the listener to distant places, evoking fragments of life suspended between nostalgia and discovery.

Michael Wladkowski: A Boundless Journey in Music

By Piano Revenge Team

On 16 Marzo 2025

In Article, Contemporary classical music, Piano, Piano Revenge Festival

Michael Wladkowski’s enthusiasm and artistic curiosity have led him to explore a repertoire spanning the works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy to works by Alkan and Szymanowski and on to works of contemporary composers such as Thon Tat Thiet, Antoine Tisné and Tolia Nikiprowetzky, who have dedicated major works to him. This constantly expanding artistic horizon leads Wladkowski beyond the convention of classical performances to connect with audiences. His performances the world over have been unanimously greeted with enthusiasm. Wladkowski has ignored linguistic and cultural barriers. He studied in the United States, Poland and Austria and speaks fluent English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Hebrew and Italian.

Michael Wladkowski is a remarkable, an authentic musician. Wladkowski’s passion for the younger generation finds an outlet in his piano class at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris where his students include many prize winners of international piano competitions. Among his many recordings for Solstice, REM and Peyrole are the piano works of Karol Szymanowski.

Review of the EP – “Arriveranno i Giorni della Danza” by Martino Vergnaghi

By Davide Fasiello and Edoardo Gastaldi

On 7 Marzo 2025

In Review, Vocals

It’s always exciting to dive into the work of a friend, especially when that work is so full of passion and spirituality. After eight months of intense effort, Martino Vergnaghi gifts three tracks to the world that touch both the heart and the soul. Follow us and delve into Vergaghi’s music, which is definitely worth listening to with a careful ear.

Review of “Impressions, Affections” EP by Stanlee Harris

By Davide Fasiello

On 5 Marzo 2025

In Minimalism, Neoclassical, Piano, Review

The Impressions, Affections EP by Stanlee Harris is a sonic journey that blends innovation and artistic sensitivity. Built around the unique cross-hatching technique, where the hands are always crossed during the performance, Harris’s work evokes the dynamism and fluidity of Monet’s brushstrokes. Each track is a musical painting, where harmony and melody blend seamlessly, creating a continuous flow of emotions and impressions.

Henri de Quengo: Emotion and Timeless Elegance at the Piano Revenge Festival

By Piano Revenge Team

On 20 Febbraio 2025

In Article, Neoclassical, Piano, Piano Revenge Festival

Henri de Quengo is a French pianist and composer, renowned primarily for his classical piano compositions, which have earned over four million streams worldwide. Born in 1991, his musical journey began at the age of 8 when he embarked on formal classical piano education following the French conservatory curriculum. In addition to mastering the piano, Henri got passionate about music theory, studying harmony and counterpoint. His compositional process often emerges from extensive improvisation sessions, drawing inspiration out of multiple composers from diverse periods and styles. Further enriching his musical expertise, Henri pursued advanced studies in musicology at the illustrious “Sorbonne Université” in Paris, France. This comprehensive blend of practical skills and scholarly inquiry imbues Henri’s compositions with depth and resonance, captivating audiences with their emotive power and timeless elegance.

Introducing Philippe Papadopoulos: The Piano Revenge Festival Host

By Piano Revenge Team

On 19 Febbraio 2025

In Article, Piano Revenge Festival

Philippe Papapdopoulos, a Parisian by birth from an artistic family, was fascinated by the mysteries of his hometown from a very young age. Walking the dark and narrow streets of central Paris, where his family lived, he discovered the emblematic places associated with illustrious figures in his
neighborhood such as Émile Zola, Mozart, Clemenceau, and Molière. At a very young age, he enchanted his parents with his imagination, especially when they offered him his first small puppet theater. He practiced in various artistic fields, including sculpture, ceramics, and music. Being a guitarist, he
constantly nourishes his passion for music.

After studying cinema at the Sorbonne, he joined the Théâtre Les 50 workshop, “Actor Studio” training, led by Andréas Voutsinas in Paris. It was there that he perfected his art and then joined theater troupes. On stage in a large part of theaters in France, England, Switzerland, the United States and
appearances in cinema. He worked as an assistant director for Éric Rohmer, as well as on music videos and other films. His passion for cinema and theater led him to make short films, reports, video clips.

Along the way, he was asked by the Marilyn fashion agency to handle recruitment, model castings and coaching. This is how he expanded his expertise in this field. This led him to organize fashion shows, haute couture shows for Antonio Ortega, photography and coaching for models and actresses.

From all these enriching experiences, Philippe Papadopoulos has been able to draw a deep understanding of the arts and culture, thus shaping an electric and inspiring career.

Music as a passage towards cultural development. Join Olga Sysoyeva-Schmitt at the Piano Revenge Festival

By Piano Revenge Team

On 16 Febbraio 2025

In Article, Piano, Piano Revenge Festival

Olga Sysoyeva-Schmitt is a concert pianist with classical training. She has already performed in Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, she lives in Chartres, France.

“I began studying piano at the age of 4 with my father Vladimir, himself a pianist. At 14, I joined the Weingarten Chamber Orchestra in Germany. Then, I continued my studies at the Alfred Schnittke Music College in Moscow, for a piano cycle”, confides this concert pianist who has won several competitions. The talented pianist Olga also received a concert advanced diploma from the Serge Rachmaninoff Conservatory in Paris. As part of the Dostoyevsky fortnight, she performed at the cultural festival dedicated to the writer’s art in Chartres, where she performed the entire 12 Seasons by Tchaikovsky with breathtaking finesse and sensitivity.

During Piano Revenge Festival Olga Sysoyeva-Schmitt will play Satie and Debussy, as well as her own improvisations on Satie’s pieces.

Emilija Zukauskaite elevates music for education and guidance. Meet Emilija at the Piano Revenge Festival

By Piano Revenge Team

On 16 Febbraio 2025

In Article, Piano, Piano Revenge Festival

Lithuanian concert pianist Emilija Zukauskaite graduated from the M.K. Čiurlionis National Music High School and the Vilnius Academy of Music and Theatre, she has won many prizes at international competitions and also
performed with famous orchestras in Lithuania. In 2023 she got her diploma in piano solo from the prestigious École Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris in the class of Prof. Michael Wladkovski. Emilija began her training as a pianist at the age of 6. She studied at the M.K. Čiurlionis National Music High School with Prof. Donaldas Račys. Then she continued her studies at the Vilnius Academy of Music and Theatre where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in piano. During this period, she began to immerse herself in various projects in collaboration with writers, philosophers and composers of contemporary music to create educational productions. Emilija Zukauskaite is also one of the project coordinators in the F. Liszt Association “Lisztuania”.

Zukauskaite regularly participates in festivals and master classes in Europe, as a soloist with the chamber orchestra and as a vocal accompanist in several countries (Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Russia). She has worked with
famous pianists such as prof. Mūza Rubackytė, prof. Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling, prof. Avedis Kouyoumdjian and others. She participates in festivals and master classes in Europe as a soloist, with chamber orchestras and as a pianist-accompanist in several countries, such as Germany, France, Lithuania and Russia.

Art as a common shaping experience. Jan de Winter performing at the Piano Revenge Festival

By Piano Revenge Team

On 12 Febbraio 2025

In Article, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical music, Neoclassical, Piano, Piano Revenge Festival

Jan stands with one foot in the business world, with the other in that of romantic, neo-classical music. He was thoroughly educated by Miek Engelenburg, a gifted student of Robert Casadesus. His music is inspired by Eastern music, Chopin and Debussy. He has given concerts in Leipzig, Copenhagen, Paris and several cities in the Netherlands. Often projections of
paintings and his own poems are part of his performance to create a synaesthetic experience.

His CD is called ‘Albedo’, after the second stage in Alchemy. Its idea is the royal art of transformation: of the inner lead, of our grey, heavy states, into the philosophical gold symbolizing a bright, shining soul. Albedo represents the stage in which the soul is being purified and where one feels illumination and artistic inspiration. Who listens to this music is taken away to a dreamy sphere of harmony and unity, and can feel this inspiration in himself.