{"id":169,"date":"2020-09-09T15:02:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2023-05-09T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:19:46","slug":"mar-03-christofer-bjurstrom-solo-piano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/index.php\/en\/mar-03-christofer-bjurstrom-solo-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"MAR 03 &#8211; Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m Solo Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1-1024x927.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1-1536x1391.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mzrecords.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cd_solo-couverture-ext-1.jpg 1622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Christofer Bjurstrom: piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded in 2005 at Studio La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines, by Sylvain Th\u00e9venard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesallumesdujazz.com\/e-boutique\/piano\/NjFrUDROTm1TQWFpODZNNmloNThzZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order on \u00ab\u00a0Allum\u00e9s du Jazz\u00a0\u00bb Website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mzrecords.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order and\/or download on Bandcamp<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish pianist and prolific composer Christofer Bjurstrom lays bare his musical universe in a solo piano repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backdrop of this music is silence. On this silence, Christofer Bjurstrom suspends the colors of his piano like touches of paint&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A landscape is then born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We feel the relief, the planes, the edges, the chasms, the distances; this musical geography is that of an artist who remade the world in a physical way, using sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each note slams, bounces, and caresses our eardrums&#8230;. or sometimes pushes them around. Like a breath, sometimes a wind or a storm, that invades us and descends towards our soul&#8230; to grant us or to \u00ab\u00a0unwind.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An upsetting contemplation, at the crossroads of contemporary, improvisation and jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to some tunes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/454664055&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\" title=\"Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\/aube-immobile-1\" title=\"Aube Immobile\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aube Immobile<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/454665228&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\" title=\"Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\/quelques-pas-vers-loubli\" title=\"Quelques Pas Vers L'oubli\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quelques Pas Vers L&rsquo;oubli<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/454665375&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\" title=\"Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christofer Bjurstr\u00f6m<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-323714484\/la-clarte-de-ton-regard\" title=\"La Clart\u00e9 De Ton Regard\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Clart\u00e9 De Ton Regard<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the press said<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Each note seems carefully thought out and carefully placed, giving this record a very special atmosphere&#8230; it is a question of loneliness&#8230;., impressionism&#8230;., introspection&#8230;.. Emotion disc? No, but an emotional record.\u00a0\u00bb (<\/em>Patrick Pommier, Jazz Magazine, February 2007)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0&#8230; musical accounts of journeys exhumed from the white of memory, love stories, unfathomable children&rsquo;s eyes, strands of hope for a better world&#8230; so many small translucent and haunting refrains, learned or sensual, of a man who has always rubbed his soul on the piano.\u00a0\u00bb (J<\/em>ean-Luc Germain, Le Telegram, January 11, 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0With this new solo album, Christofer Bjurstrom discreetly establishes himself as one of the most exciting pianists of the moment&#8230;&#8230; This pianist plays with the heart and this sensitivity is slowly revealed as you listen\u00a0\u00bb (<\/em>Chronicle of the online solo disc on Culturejazz.net: a<a href=\"http:\/\/culturejazz2.free.fr\/spip.php?article131\">rticle cultureJazz December 2006<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00bb Just as delicate, but more personal and nuanced, Christofer Bjurstrom&rsquo;s solo has seduced by his ability to navigate between classical and jazz, to go from a sonata-shaped piece (magnificent \u00ab\u00a0On a wire\u00a0\u00bb in opening) to a jazz more removed. The most creative note of the evening. \u00ab\u00a0<\/em> (Concert Jazz en Sc\u00e8ne, Piano solo Christofer Bjurstrom Ouest-France Dec<br><br><em> 2003)\u00a0\u00bb The musician makes the most of his taste for classical music through subtle walks played with an economy of notes and a sense of harmony that gives you thrills of pleasure\u00a0\u00bb (Co<\/em>ncert Jazz en Sc\u00e8ne, Piano solo Christofer Bjurstrom, Le T\u00e9l\u00e9gram, December 2003)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish pianist and prolific composer Christofer Bjurstrom lays bare his musical universe in a solo piano repertoire. The backdrop of this music is silence. On this silence, Christofer Bjurstrom suspends the colors of his piano like touches of paint&#8230;. A landscape is then born. 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