Carlos Cipa (piano)

Carlos Cipa: Promenade I (on Blüthner Grand, 1935)
Carlos Cipa: Dreamlessly (on Blüthner Grand, 1935)
Carlos Cipa: Sable sonatina I (on Bechstein Grand, 1898)
Carlos Cipa: Fantasia on Bach (on Steinway Grand, 1975)
Carlos Cipa: Promenade II (on Collard and Collard Square, 1840)
Carlos Cipa: Sitting at a dead piano, trying to find some notes that work
Carlos Cipa: I wanted you to know (on Yamaha Upright, 1981)
Carlos Cipa: We tell ourselves stories in order to listen (on Yamaha Upright, 1981)
Carlos Cipa: Promenade III (on Yamaha Upright, 1981)
Carlos Cipa: Untitled (on Fender Rhodes, 1976)
Carlos Cipa: Surges (on Broadwood Grand, 1875)
Carlos Cipa: Playful (on Pleyel Grand, 1834)
Carlos Cipa: Sable sonatina II (on Bechstein Grand, 1898)
Carlos Cipa: Stairwell, 1130 p.m. (on Zierold Grand, 1900)
Carlos Cipa: Promenade IV (on Pleyel Grand, 1834)
Carlos Cipa: Forgotten in the attic (on Ritter Upright, 1920)

“I find it fascinating how each piano is different from the next,” says the 30-year-old Munich-based composer. “Some instruments really open up your creativity. To play on a lot of different ones is the best way to come up with new ideas.[…] It’s this fascination which drives CORRELATIONS. Having begun playing at an early age [...] CIPA launched his recording career in 2012 [...]. Since then he has expanded his artistic range, collecting instruments and building his own studio, culminating in 2019’s Retronyms, an album he describes as “dedicated to the idea of creating my own sound world”. With this new release, however, he has decided to return, in a sense, to his roots. “I wanted to simplify the process,” he says, “by focusing again on the piano, but spreading the concep