Alessandro Simonetto

A versatile musician and music producer. Alessandro's preference for board instruments was clear when as a child he began to play as a self-taught pianist. He also started composing at a very early age. At 14 y.o. he wrote a cycle of Mazurkas inspired by Chopin. He deepened aspects of jazz composition and silent-film music, and became a close friend with Eric James, the associate composer of Sir Charles Chaplin, until his death. In 2000, a few minutes before his performance, James put a paper on the grand piano, and in front of the audience wrote: nist of immense talent and will surely make his mark on the musical profession.

Handel's Minuets for Keyboard, HWV A15, are elegant pieces crafted for the keyboard. Composed during his years in London, this music reflects the popular dance form of the minuet, characterized by a 3/4 time signature, a structure typical of dance music in the Baroque era.

Handel's Minuets for Keyboard, HWV A15, are elegant pieces crafted for the keyboard. Composed during his years in London, this music reflects the popular dance form of the minuet, characterized by a 3/4 time signature, a structure typical of dance music in the Baroque era.

French composer Yann Tiersen has written music for various instruments, including guitar, piano, synthetizer, violin, accordion, xylophone, and melodica. Some of his compositions have been used in film scoring, such as “Amélie”, whose soundtrack primarily features excerpts from his first three studio albums (“La Valse des monstres”, “Rue des cascades”, and “La Phare”). The present recording features Tiersen’s original solo piano works selected from his very first album, but also from “L’Absente”, “Les Retrouvailles,” and from his last work - “EUSA”. It also includes some piano works found in the soundtracks for “Amélie” and “Goodbye Lenin!”.