Hiromi »The Piano Quintet«
Jazz at the Phil
Strength and hope in dark times
On her latest album, the Japanese piano star Hiromi looks for silver linings on a dark horizon. The »Silver Lining Suite« is her personal journey through the coronavirus pandemic, in which she once again virtuosically blends classical music and jazz. Like musicians all over the world, Hiromi was caught off guard by the lockdown in spring 2020 that resulted in closed concert halls and cancelled tours. But her response after the initial shock was just as vibrant, intuitive and joyful as her music.
Hiromi became friends with Tatsuo Nishie, the concert master of the New Japan Philharmonic, and formed a piano quintet with four string players. In the »Silver Lining Suite«, song titles such as »Isolation« and »Uncertainty« suggest a sombreness, but these compositions seek, with passion and elegance, to convey strength and hope. »Music is food for the soul«, says Hiromi, for whom there are only two genres of music: music that moves her heart and music that doesn’t.
Performers
Hiromi piano
Thomas Gould violin
Shlomy Dobrinsky violin
Meghan Cassidy viola
Hamilton Berry violoncello
Programme
»The Piano Quintet«
Series
Jazz at the Elbphilharmonie