Lubomyr Melnyk is a composer and pianist of Ukrainian origin. He plays what he calls continuous music, a style whose rigorous technique shares commonality with martial arts. He's regarded as the world’s fastest piano player, capable of playing 19 and a half notes per second. It’s a skill that’s enabled him to create singular musical landscapes, where sound appears to come in swathes rather than individual notes -- a practice he’s been at it for more than sixty years.
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Music Mentions
- Erased Tapes
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- John Cage
- Hector Berlioz
- Olivier Messiaen
- Luciano Berio
- Iannis Xenakis
- Terry Riley
- “In C” album by Terry Riley
- Luciano Pavarotti
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Richard Wagner
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Frédéric Chopin
Q&A
- “Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor” by Beethoven
- Johannes Brahms
- “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals
- Eric Burdon
- “Good Times” by Eric Burdon and The Animals
- Modest Mussorgsky
- “Night on Bald Mountain” by Modest Mussorgsky
- The Beatles
- John McLaughlin
- The Doors
- Claude Debussy
- Richard Stoltzman
First album ever purchased (57:36):
- “Chopin Favorites” by Lilia Wollin
Desert Island Discs (1:24:50):
- “Symphony No. 9” by Beethoven
- “Chopin Favorites” by Lilia Wollin
- “Maid With the Flaxen Hair” by Claude Debussy
