A founding member of German rock pioneers Can, keyboardist Irmin Schmidt performs music from his album 5 Klavierstücke, breaking down composition into ambient incident. Within the confines of his old band, Schmidt was responsible for catering to the psychedelic rhythms that have influenced a generation of rock music; as a composer, his music is sparse and spectral, paying credence to space and silence. Drawing on his work as a soundtrack composer, the pieces Schmidt will perform reflect their spontaneous beginnings as stray thoughts, marrying his history of writing music for the piano to his time as a fearless improviser.
Irmin Schmidt (Germany, 1937):
5 Klavierstücke (2018) UK Premiere
Produced by hcmf// and supported by Goethe-Institut London.
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