Ami

This record is a previously unheard masterpiece of Israeli multimedia artist Ami Shavit. As a professor of both philosophy and art and established kinetic artist in the 1970s Shavit was fascinated with new and interactive technologies. While mostly focusing on visual art and mixed-media installations, a trip to New York in 1972 introduced him to synthesizers and triggered his curiosity to do some explorations into the world of music or "sound" as he preferred to call it. Ami's research was focused on the concept of meditative music that would help people to relax and create a cosy mood associated to the alpha brain waves and biofeedback…

Finaliste du Prix du Livre Inter 2021 / Finaliste du Prix des libraires 2021 / Finaliste du Prix de La Closerie des Lilas 2021 / Finaliste du Prix À lire ou verre (librairies Mémoire 7 à Clamart et Le Point de côté à Suresnes) / Finaliste du Grand prix RTL-LIRE 2021 / Sélection du Grand Prix SGDL de la Fiction 2021 - 1ère liste / Sélection du 34e Prix Jean Freustié - 1ère liste.
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The collection includes piano works composed over the past 30 years from "Piano Media" (1972) to "Piano Poem" (2003), selected by composer Toshi Ichiyanagi himself, a master pianist who has earned the composer's great trust. Ami Fujiwara performs with deep understanding and empathy various types of music, from difficult pieces that push the pianist to his or her technical limits to pieces that focus on issues of expression, such as poetry readings. Please listen to these contemporary masterpieces by a virtuoso pianist who has earned the composer's great trust.