Falko Steinbach - Figures: 17 Choreographic Etudes for Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Energheia derives from Greek and means Inchtransformation, change in progress.Inch Italian composer and performer Maurizio Carrettin composed and recorded this far-reaching electro-acoustic project. The composer studied flute at the Parma Conservatory and teaches at the Conservatory InchLucio CampianiInch in Mantova, Italy.

This is a first-rate set of modern etudes, beautifully performed by Alexander Schwarzkopf.

Icelandic cellist, singer, and composer Gyða Valtysdóttir, a founder of the band múm and 2019 winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize, releases Epicycle II. Gyða Valtýsdóttir came to prominence with electronic experimentalists múm, the lauded Icelandic group leading the charge in the country's fertile underground scene in the early 00s, rightfully gaining international recognition. She left the band to pursue her studies as a cellist; gaining a twofold Master's degree from Musik Akademie, Basel, both as a classical player and a free-improvisational one. Since then she has journeyed with a colorful palette of collaborators, including The Kronos Quartet, Josephine Foster, Damien Rice, Colin Stetson, Jónsi (of Sigur Ros fame), Skúli Sverrisson, Ólöf Arnalds, Ben Frost, Aaron & Bryce Dessner (from The National) and visual-artist Ragnar Kjartansson. To name but a few.