Jani/ Kontai Ensemble/ Dandelion Quintett - Music As a MirrorThe music of contemporary composer Sophia Jani is characterized by it's great independence from structures and conventions as well as by it's musical poetry within a minimalist approach. Her debut album "Music as a Mirror" presents works for woodwind quintet, string quartet and piano. In the largely male environment with this album Sophia Jani aims to take a different perspective and position as a unique female voice. Sophia Jani's music lives from

The pianist becomes a knight in the service of music and every piece that is played is a musical journey

and educator Nanette Natal's fifth album for her Benyo Music label

Tim Carman (drums)

But when a beautiful adventurer from his past enters the shop

On his next "classical" album

a record that is so unlike anything she has ever recorded that you would be tempted to think it was her debut album instead of her seventh

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Out Of My Heart was released in 1991

"MusicWeb International: "To my ears the Van Baerle Trio is amongst the top rank in terms of performance and recorded quality

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he navigates the search to find a place and purpose

Each piece addresses this separately from different points of view