You can watch ‘Nationalstrasse’ on ARTE - Sept.8 (11:05 p.m.)
(Music by Reentko Dirks & Clemens Christian Poetzsch)
I´m glad to be a feature guest on ‘Pato’ by Sojus1.
What Sojus1 says:
For the single release of PATO, we recorded a kind of maxi version with Clemens Christian Poetzsch. The muted piano played by Clemens forms a taming antipole to the pulsating, sometimes screaming synthesizer.
I wrote a piano version of Felix Räuber's wonderful composition 'Colors'.
Felix Räuber and me have been friends for a very long time and during the years we both contributed to each others music a lot.
It feels so good to be reunited for this special project and I hope you like the different shades of my interpretation of Felix' ‘Colors’.
*Clemens
Stream here: https://orcd.co/colors_rework
"The Soul of Things" is now 3 month old...
It feels unreal to see nearly 4 million streams on Apple Music and Deezer since the release of the album. Thank you so much! 🖤
*Clemens
> Listen to the album on your preferred streaming platform <
Das Konzert in Dresden am 2.7. ist ausverkauft, für die Konzerte in Reinstorf (9.7) und Lauenau (10.10) gibt es noch Tickets.
09.07 Reinstorf (One World) -> Tickets: https://bit.ly/3qENyri
10.07 Lauenau (Kesselhaus) -> Tickets: https://bit.ly/3xiYnCc
Now available: ‘The Soul of Things’ - T-shirts with an adaption of the beautiful cover art by Jolita Vaitkute.
Get yours here or at the concerts.
*Clemens
Cover art: Jolita Vaitkute // Adaption: Felix Pauls
My album 'The Soul of Things' has been selected for Apple Music ´s '10 Classical Albums You Must Hear This Month' playlist! Thank you Apple Music.
You can listen to it here: https://apple.co/3eFGuq1
*Clemens
It feels unreal to find so many tracks of my new album in the Apple Music Classic Charts worldwide!! A huge thanks to all of you for listening and thanks to Apple for the big support! 🖤 🍏
Meet Jolita Vaitkute, who created the cover installation for my album 'The Soul of Things'.
Jolita who uses food and everyday objects to embody her ideas in installations, performances and illustrations, reinterpreted my music in a series of art works and arranged replicas of my chosen objects into a mesmerizing mix-media installation.
It felt great to talk about the story behind this objects, creation and creativity with her.
She plays with colors and shapes and it's surprising. Fascinating.
Simple, normal objects that together make a picture in which you can discover so much, in which you can lose yourself.
Here are some of her own words: “It's a pleasure to work with music because it's all about listening and feeling. Clemens' compositions stimulate vision, and it was a great session when I laid on my sofa and imagined colors.
I suppose that all the creativity comes from the same spot, but we use individual tools to express this even if we feel typical. It was a magical experience to perceive another artist-world from that close."
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Check out her amazing art at @jolitavaitkute
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'The Soul of Things' out on LP, CD and digital.
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Watch the full video for 'Seiden' now.
A stunning dance performance by @hrista.panay & @zgn.tz , directed by @nikolaimeierjohann.
My new album 'The Soul of Things' is out now and I'm excited to share it with you.
The idea of this album was not just to write music about ordinary things, but rather to reflect on my relation to these objects.
The things that surround us, the things that belong to us.
Objects that you use regularly and that are part of everyday life.
Items that you wouldn't give away. That you like to have around you, that you like to touch.
Why do we keep certain things with us, and why do they have a special charisma for us?
There are so many inexplicable things in relation to these objects and their meaning for you.
And there is a certain magic about it...
Listen to the full album or order it here.
I recorded a piece for piano specially for Radio Eins Show "Schöne Töne", which will be on air tonight 11 pm. In this episode, show host Sven Helbig will celebrate 'Piano Day' with some exclusive recordings.
Update (2.4.2021)
I recorded a variation on 'Peace Piece' by Bill Evans for radioeins show 'Schöne Töne'. I love this piece and what it´s about.
Listen here: https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/schoene_toene/
('Peace Piece' starts at 22.50 min)
Wishing you a peaceful Easter weekend.
*C
I´m happy to share my new single 'Apparat' with you.
It's a piece for piano, harp, cello and electronics and the 3rd single from my upcoming album 'The Soul of Things'.
"Two incredible artists adding their light to one of my favorite compositions."
Thank you for these words, Kristjan Järvi.
Once again I had the chance to collaborate with my friend and big inspiration, composer Sven Helbig. We did a remake of Kristjan´s wonderful composition 'Frozen Tears' (out now on Modern Recordings / BMG).
The Blog #MusicDancesWhenYouSleep found some wonderful words about the recent single ‘Kleines Silber’.
“While the piece remains dynamically consistent as a whole, the pianist beautifies the bars and phrases with elegant crescendos and diminuendos, all the while maintaining the steady flowing-water feel throughout the entirety of this wonderous musical endeavor.”
The new single ‘Kleines Silber’ is out now.
My upcoming album is an ode to objects that somehow, in their sheer familiarity, become extraordinary and indispensable to us.
'Kleines Silber' is the smallest object in this collection from 'The Soul of Things' I hope you like it.
*Clemens
‘Indigo Feder’ is the first single from the upcoming album ‘The Soul of Things’ (09.04.2021 Neue Meister/EDEL)
Whenever I listen to the music of Joseph Haydn, I love the playful attitude - his music is always flooded with light.
I had the chance to write some variations over his music and to perform it with award winning Dogma Chamber Orchestra and Stephen Waarts on solo violin.
Here you can watch some concert & 'behind the scenes' impressions of 'Haydn´s Echo'.
Vielen Dank an Leipzig.Travel und Irena Dudova für das Gespräch über meine Wahlheimat Leipzig und meine Lieblingsorte in der Stadt.
I´m happy to have contributed some music for the new Amnesty International social spot - directed by Nikolai Meierjohann.
Watch the full clip tonight on WDR as part of the "Kurzfilmnacht 2020". (11.30 p.m.)
*Clemens