The fragile balance between darkness and light

After attending a successful concert, I arrived home late. To prolong the positive feeling, I began to procrastinate and reviewed my spam folder. At the very bottom, I found an email from Warner Music that had been sent almost a month before: ‘Brad Mehldau’s new album will be released on 29 August. It is possible […]

Comfort music in anxious times

The Trio in Utrecht

Words fall short these days; you just hit the wrong key in everything you say. Hence my choice for instrumental music. Brad Mehldau often touches me with his own compositions, with his Bach arrangements, but also with his interpretations of meaningful pop songs. Just before the theaters closed, the American pianist and his trio gave […]