Interview with Federico Albanese - The Piano Poet
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‘To be contemporary is to rise through the stack of the past, like the fire through the mountain.’ wrote the American poet Mary Oliver.
The music of the Italian pianist Federico Albanese is full of inspirations from the artists of the past; his last album By The Deep Sea was inspired by Lord Byron’s poem, and the latest EP The Moments We Keep is inspired by Virginia Woolf.
In this interview Federico tells us about his inspirations from poets to rock bands; and how he met Norwegian-Irish musician Tara Nome Doyle with whom he created this beautiful collaborative EP.
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Federico’s Inspirations
FILM-MAKERS:
Italian: Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini.
American: Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick (Red Lion film), Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter).
Also: Park Chan-Wook, Yorgos Lantimos.
Authors:
John Ashbery (Collected Poetry), Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf (Lighthouse).
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CREDITS:
This episode was mastered by brilliant Ilia Rogatchevski. You can find his work here.
