Album Released November 22, 2023
This is my first album, and I have dedicated it to a world in flux. The album was originally to be released mid October, but I witheld it so it can be concurrently released with my Anti-War Song - One Shared Destiny.
The album art features a pianist playing under a dandelion - a plant that symbolizes hope, healing, and resilience. The flying seeds furter places hope in the future, in the next generation, if need be.
Personally, this coming-out album symbolizes a couple of milestones. One, it is about finally sharing my private refuge. Second, it is about overcoming judgement and being comfortable about who I am - to be cognizant of my talent and it's limitations, of my personal hopes and fears.
Each song stands on its own: Victor and I have invested full emotions and expressiveness into each piece. Beautiful, warm melodies and harmonies are the essence of this release. May this music bring you tranquility and peace, and ultimiately, courage and resilience.
This is my first album, and I have dedicated it to a world in flux. The album was originally to be released mid October, but I witheld it so it can be concurrently released with my Anti-War Song - One Shared Destiny.
The album art features a pianist playing under a dandelion - a plant that symbolizes hope, healing, and resilience. The flying seeds furter places hope in the future, in the next generation, if need be.
Personally, this coming-out album symbolizes a couple of milestones. One, it is about finally sharing my private refuge. Second, it is about overcoming judgement and being comfortable about who I am - to be cognizant of my talent and it's limitations, of my personal hopes and fears.
Each song stands on its own: Victor and I have invested full emotions and expressiveness into each piece. Beautiful, warm melodies and harmonies are the essence of this release. May this music bring you tranquility and peace, and ultimiately, courage and resilience.
Whispers of the Wind: this song appropriately kicks off this album's theme regarding time and change. Whispers of Wind is about the changes that constantly take place around us - of the minute signals that add up to inevitable monumental changes. The most magnificent features of the earth - the tallest mountains, the deepest canyons, the towering waterfalls, the humongous ocean waves - are all products of ethereal winds - the Whispers of the Wind.
Peoples and Traditions: this song is about celebrations of human traditions and heritage, of peoples and their environment across history and around the world.
Tango Fantasia: this arrangement and performance features a true burst of a classical Tango with a romantic, inspiring, and uplifting Fantasia.
Cityscapes: this arrangement and performance transformed a sweet, innocent melody into a masterful rendition blending classical, jazz, blues with popular music phrasings.
A Spiritual Walk: a special piece with a deep spiritual component. This piece is arranged from a longer piece meant for multiple instruments. But the shortened and solo rendition captured the spiritual component perfectly and is one of my personal favorites.