Description
Tania Giannouli and Nik Bartsch have played together as a piano duo since 2023. Whilst they are both open to influences and traditions, their skill and passionarealso nourished by chamber music from theclassicaltradition, by the true spirit of folk music, by a dedication to the ritual structures of sacred music and by the innovative creativity and need for freedom that jazz demands.
Their rhythmic energy is shaped by the legacy of Balkan music and by the rhythmic traditions developed on percussive instruments such as the cimbalom.Theintellectualand musical backgrounds of these two artists have now merged naturally after long individual journeys and have created ashared sonic philosophy rooted in the present. The eight pieces on this album present an organic and effortless distillation of all of these aspects.