Melnyk's recorded music has been frustratingly hard to get hold of in recent years. Whether any logistical or economical issues have played a part in this I don't know, but he doesn't seem all that bothered. A factor may be that he is a man who regards the live setting as being the only satisfactory way to experience his music. The precise characteristics of the piano, the acoustic properties of the room, even the atmospheric sounds of the venue, are all musical variables to Melnyk as much as the notes themselves. Given this, it a shame we don't get to [...]
More from the extraordinary Lubomyr Melnyk, minimalist composer and inventor of "continuous music". Here's the ending of his 1978 debut album, KMH . It seems to be a rule of thumb that minimalists start their careers with more austere works, and only start producing the more emotionally involving stuff as they age, but Melnyk is one to buck that trend. He dives straight in at the deep end, putting his impossibly dexterous piano technique to use to surprisingly romantic ends. Lubomyr Melnyk - Five KHM [...]
Lubomyr Melnyk - The Lund-St. Petri Symphony For Double Piano Part I It's a rare occasion when a single person comes along and does something so completely original and amazing that it changes the way you view things forever. If you haven't heard of Lubomyr Melnyk before, prepare to be be brain fuckled. Melnyk created an entirely new way of playing piano which he calls Continuous Music. It's appropriately titled because he plays (in the [...]
Yesterday I wrote about Conlon Nancarrow, and how he wrote music that was too fast for a human being to play. That was a deliberate setup. Today, I'm here to tell you about the world's fastest pianist, Lubomyr Melnyk. Melnyk is Ukrainian, and composes what he describes as 'continuous music'. It has something of the Charlemagne Palestine about it, with perhaps a little Steve Reich. He sits at the piano, holds down the sustain pedal, and lets the streams of notes fly. It's like a minimalist explosion of icicle notes dancing all around [...]
Image credit: unknown This is the third and final part of a series that pays tribute to the supernatural ambience of the ocean's deep. Not so much the sea itself but the mystery and solitude that lies beneath its seemingly endless surface is what brought inspiration for this series. Whereas the previous part evoked the solitude of a dark endeavour to the depths of the ocean, this list is more hopeful and during the final part even strangely romantic. The central piece here is the overwhelming performance by Lubomyr Melnyk of [...]
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