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VÖ: 24.04.2020
Genre: Beliebte Alben, Piano Jazz
Johanna Summer / piano
Variations on Robert Schumann by Johanna Summer
Recorded by Stefan Deistler at LOFT Cologne, October 21 & 22, 2019. Recording supervisor, mixed and mastered by Emanuel Uch
Produced by the artist
Variations on Robert Schumann by Johanna Summer
Recorded by Stefan Deistler at LOFT Cologne, October 21 & 22, 2019. Recording supervisor, mixed and mastered by Emanuel Uch
Produced by the artist
Pianist Johanna Summer casts a wide arc across seven pieces from Robert Schumann's "Album für die Jugend" and "Kinderszenen." She combines classical playing style with the freedom of jazz.
Johanna Summer
Joachim Kühn, the renowned German jazz pianist, describes
Johanna Summer's music as "full of imagination and without category."
He praises her classical European background, her wonderful touch, and her
unique ability to create beautiful music from A to Z. He considers her a new
star in the world of piano.Malakoff Kowalski, a piano poet, is equally enthusiastic
about Johanna Summer. He describes her as "scandalously good" and
expresses his amazement at her fearless approach to music.
Johanna Summer's debut album, "Schumann
Kaleidoskop," received rapid and enthusiastic acclaim. The Berlin-based
artist, who has already received multiple awards, takes pieces from Robert
Schumann's "Kinderszenen" and "Album für die Jugend" and
uses them as a starting point for completely free improvisations, resulting in
entirely new music with each performance.
Choosing to tackle solo piano, often considered the ultimate
challenge, for her debut album demonstrates Johanna Summer's willingness to
take the road less traveled. Whether interpreting classical pieces, performing
original compositions, or playing jazz standards, she consistently creates
wide-ranging, improvisational narratives. Her music can be delicate and
fragile, rich with tension, rhythmically dynamic, or irresistibly melodic. What
sets her apart is her ability to engage in musical storytelling, with a mature,
far-reaching sense of drama, dynamics, tension, and atmosphere.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung considers her work "a small
sensation," the classical music magazine Fono Forum finds it
"fascinatingly refined," and Jazz thing describes her as "a
pianist with a unique character, virtuosic, subtle, and delicate."
Johanna Summer effortlessly combines jazz, classical, and
free improvisation, creating her distinctive music in the moment. Listening to
her is truly an experience worth savoring.
Johanna Summer
Tip
CD
€18.00*
€12.90*