Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago
Could I ever have imagined that one day I am going to play on this unique piano? I don't think so... It was something unimaginable... yet it happened...I just returned from one week vacation - it was like a dream... To come to Germany and Austria and visit musical places, which are so important to me - Beethoven's and Mozart's places... to meet many great musicians, whom I've got to know through SoundCloud... to meet David Klavins and touch the unique pianos he makes: Una Corda - a unique piano, sounding like a harp to my ears, enchantingly bright and ambient the same time. And, of course, The Giant - the largest piano in the world! What a sound, what a power, what a sea of harmonies! No camcorder recording can make it justice, alas.. I can only hope that one day I will get a chance to touch it again and record it properly. Still, I want to share with you the joy I had while meeting The Giant...
I haven't played any particular compositions but mostly improvised on some motifs from famous compositions and from my humble pieces. An approximate list is below:
0:05 - "Milana meets the Giant", a free improvisation to meet this piano.
6:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Close to you"
10:45 - an improvisation on motifs from my piano composition "Waltz of a dying candle"
16:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Desperately lonely"
21:00 - a free jazzy improvisation
25:40 - an improvisation inspired by Chick Corea and my own jazzy pieces from the album "Frozen Dream"
31:30 - an improvisation on "The heart asks pleasure first" by Michael Nyman from "The Piano" movie
37:30 - "Not Fur Elise" - an improvisation on Beethoven's famous piece :)
Could I ever have imagined that one day I am going to play on this unique piano? I don't think so... It was something unimaginable... yet it happened...I just returned from one week vacation - it was like a dream... To come to Germany and Austria and visit musical places, which are so important to me - Beethoven's and Mozart's places... to meet many great musicians, whom I've got to know through SoundCloud... to meet David Klavins and touch the unique pianos he makes: Una Corda - a unique piano, sounding like a harp to my ears, enchantingly bright and ambient the same time. And, of course, The Giant - the largest piano in the world! What a sound, what a power, what a sea of harmonies! No camcorder recording can make it justice, alas.. I can only hope that one day I will get a chance to touch it again and record it properly. Still, I want to share with you the joy I had while meeting The Giant...
I haven't played any particular compositions but mostly improvised on some motifs from famous compositions and from my humble pieces. An approximate list is below:
0:05 - "Milana meets the Giant", a free improvisation to meet this piano.
6:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Close to you"
10:45 - an improvisation on motifs from my piano composition "Waltz of a dying candle"
16:00 - an improvisation on motifs from my song "Desperately lonely"
21:00 - a free jazzy improvisation
25:40 - an improvisation inspired by Chick Corea and my own jazzy pieces from the album "Frozen Dream"
31:30 - an improvisation on "The heart asks pleasure first" by Michael Nyman from "The Piano" movie
37:30 - "Not Fur Elise" - an improvisation on Beethoven's famous piece :)
