Maria BaptistSolo piano album release: Hopes & Fears
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“Maria Baptist’s rhapsodic, free-flowing piano style evokes Bill Evans & Keith Jarrett”, writes Downbeat magazine, naming the pianist and composer in the same breath as the great jazz pianists of our time. A wanderer between musical worlds, Maria Baptist fuses jazz and classical music to create a wholly new sound experience.
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“Maria Baptist’s rhapsodic, free-flowing piano style evokes Bill Evans & Keith Jarrett”, writes Downbeat magazine, naming the pianist and composer in the same breath as the great jazz pianists of our time. A wanderer between musical worlds, Maria Baptist fuses jazz and classical music to create a wholly new sound experience.
The recordings for her new album were made during her debut at the Elbphilharmonie. “The audience celebrates the virtuoso pianist”, enthused the Hamburger Abendblatt after the premiere of Hopes & Fears. Maria Baptist’s solo piano cycle interweaves the grand dramaturgy of symphonic works with her own profound improvisations to create a wholly new sound experience. Between her mighty virtuosity, her subtle, Bach-like polyphony and her boundless lyricism, Maria Baptist’s music reveals a spirit of freedom and fortitude – a message to let ourselves be guided by hope not fear.
“Maria Baptist proves how permeable the boundary between jazz and classical music can be.”
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