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Michael Wollny | Essential albums and listening guide
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Michael Wollny
Meet the artist
A German pianist whose repertoire draws on classical, contemporary and popular music. Delicate timbres and adventurous structures reveal unexpected improvisational possibilities in both familiar and unfamiliar material. His range extends from listening closely to a single note to dense, intense ensemble passages.
Material from different periods and fields acquires new landscapes through changes in timing and harmony. Bass and drums help reshape the structure, making improvisation a compositional force. Beauty, unease and playfulness can sit close together, inviting fresh attention to familiar music.
Where to start listening
On Weltentraum, follow moments when quiet textures suddenly grow denser and hear how the trio's sound connects contrasting material.
2014Weltentraum
Michael Wollny
Michael Wollny's trio with Tim Lefebvre and Eric Schaefer draws on a wide range of material. Unexpected developments and closely detailed improvisation form a connected, dreamlike sound world.
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