NILS FRAHM - MUSIC FOR KATOWICE - NOSPR

When it comes to defining the space between classical and electronic music, hardly any other name is mentioned as often as that of the Berlin-based pianist, composer and producer. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, and his sonic alchemy of ambient textures and atmospheric electronica, has won him many fans around the world. Numerous tours and concerts all over the globe have strengthened his reputation as both an exceptional instrumentalist and a fascinating live musician. His albums have garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike, and his live shows are regularly sold out.
Following on from his first solo piano works and a collaborative record with cellist Anne Müller, Nils Frahm’s breakthrough album Felt was released on Erased Tapes Records in 2011. Two years later and after extensive touring, Frahm returned to critical acclaim with his album Spaces, expressing his love for experimentation and answering his fan’s call for a record that truly reflects what they experience during his live shows. In 2015, Nils Frahm launched Piano Day, an official global body created with his closest friends to celebrate the piano via various innovative, piano-related projects and concerts around the world. That same year, Nils Frahm’s first film score release, Music for the Motion Picture Victoria written for the one-take feature film by Sebastian Schipper, won the esteemed German Film Prize for Best Soundtrack. Other film work includes a collaborative score with Woodkid for Ellis, a short film by French artist JR featuring Robert De Niro, as well as contributions to James Gray’s Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt and Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto with Cate Blanchett.
Following the release of his album All Melody in 2018, Nils Frahm took his live show around the world on a two-year-long tour, with over 180 sold out performances including New York’s Brooklyn Steel, Le Trianon in Paris, L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the prestigious Saal 1 at Funkhaus Berlin. In December 2020, he released the concert film Tripping with Nils Frahm, trying to freeze a moment of this journey and capture his concerts in picture and sound. The film is produced by the label and production company LEITER, in association with Plan B Entertainment.
In celebration of Piano Day, Nils Frahm shared Graz in March 2021, while his seven-track album 2X1=4 with F.S. Blumm, out on LEITER in September 2021, finds him unexpectedly exploring a dub-influenced universe. Nils Frahm’s latest release Old Friends New Friends is a collection of 23 solo piano tracks, almost all hitherto unreleased and, for one reason or another, omitted from previous albums and projects.
For 2022, Nils Frahm has some more ambitious projects in the making. Returning to the live stage for the first time since 2019, he will appear at the Sydney Opera House in June for the world premiere performance of his forthcoming global tour named Music For. From September, he will be back touring all over Europe, presenting brand-new music moving between the worlds of experimental, ambient and electronica.

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