On March 5 at the Zwolse Theaters was the world premiere of my solo piano piece, Haze. Ralph also played the piece again a week later, on March 12, during the Slow Music Festival at der Aa-Kerk in Groningen.
A little about the piece:
The title of this piece, Haze, is a nod to the work which was its source of inspiration: Leoš Janáček’s In the Mists. While searching for an opening for a piano piece, I came across a particularly striking broken chord in the first movement of In the Mists. The chord was beautiful yet haunting, and established a contemplative atmosphere which I hoped to be able to recreate in my own way. Thus, this chord became the beginning and end point in Haze, making an anchor of inevitable solemnity as an overall arch in the piece.