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Yesterday, George Crumb passed away at 92 at his house in Pennsylvania. . I only have words of thanks for him. Putting aside his music, his humanity was above this world. A very few times in my life I met someone so generous, kind and humble. A true Maestro. . From the moment we met, he supported me no matter what. I remember my first trip to Pennsylvania, on a snowy day, waiting at the train station where George himself came driving with his car to pick me up (he was 88!). I remember being on the passenger's seat thinking: I am seated with George Crumb in his car! I remember sharing a glass of "Chopin Vodka" while he told me amazing stories while I was literally in shock because I was able to meet him. . Some more meetings came after that one, and he always had kind words and time for me asking nothing in return. . His music opened my mind, my ears and my heart. It showed me universes and sensations above this world. To perform his music became something almost sacred, almost like a ritual where I felt connected to something bigger. . Crumb as a musician and as a person became a role model to me, and as a friend once told me: "All what your elders give to you, is a debt to pay with the next generation" and I will make sure to pay my debt. . Thank you maestro for making the world a more magical place with your music. . Thank you for inviting me to your house, for listening to me, for the amazing stories you told me and for your unconditional support. . The world is a better place because of your music, which is inmortal. . . . . #crumb #georgecrumb #piano #fabioalvarezpiano #pianist #musician #music #musica #contemporary #website #picture #picoftheday #goal #motivation #musiclife #follow #followforfollow #follow4follow #work #workhard #makrokosmos #travel #traveltheworld #klavier #likesforlike #nyc #love #video

When I was working on this pieces, I realized that there was not many videos of this music with the score. . So I decided to create this videos and share with you this amazing music that it is included on my CD Musical Zodiac. Here you can listen and follow the score. . Probably the most beautiful music sketches are included this two volumes of Makrokosmos with the hand written scores and symbol/scores. . Let´s start from the beginning! . Makrokosmos I, 1. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) Cancer [Darkly mysterious] (Fabio Alvarez, piano) . A light metal chain has to be dropped onto the bass strings inside the piano to to create a mysterious mood during the entire piece. . "At the opening of I/1 (“Primeval Sounds”; I/1 is the abbreviation for Volume I, piece 1), the “darkly mysterious” low chords — which emerge as a kind of indistinct rumbling — are played with the damper pedal down and “sempre pppp,” a dynamic marking on the threshold of audibility. Crumb seems to be depicting a world “without form, and void,” out of which his musical macrocosm will emerge (the opening piece is aptly subtitled “Genesis I”)" Steven Bruns . . . #piano #pianist #makrokosmos #music #georgecrumb #crumb #musica #pianista #fabioalvarezpiano #follow #followforfollow #follow4follow #pictureofday #video #proyect #work #stayhome #workfromhome #nyc #ny #orpheusclassical #motivation #goals #goal #musica #traveltheworld