Posts Tagged ‘Levente Egry’
Hip Hop to Classical
October 13th, 2009 | Author: admin
Today the supply is poorer and poorer for those who want more than a chat in a cafe or a dance in a discotheq but do not wish to squirm in tie in concert halls. Moreover, these days the compositions of great classics is harder and harder to take in – no wonder why: as the world changes, so does the taste of people. That is why I „smuggle” the elements of pop music into my compositions as well as the heritage of Chopin or Tchaikovsky” – Levente Egry spoke of his new production, „Sentimental Piano Concert” to the magazine” STOP”.
However, to get this far, the young pianist/composer needed a lot of experience and routine – thus as a musician and producer he tested himself outside the borders of Hungary as well. He even worked in the USA with such an internationally acknowledged artists like Anastacia, Tarkan or Celine Dion. Finally, Levy, who has been playing the piano since the age of 7 and graduated from the conservatoire and High School of Music, summed up the experience of all those years in order to start his new production. „ My goal is to evoke the European heritage of Classical Music as well as the reinterpretation of musical Romanticism” – he says.
„I have a lot to work on the music but soon we can start the recordings” – Levente says who in the last couple of months has been doing nothing but composing. „Generally I wake up around 11 AM and go to bed around 5-6 in the morning. I can gain the most from composing at night – maybe because of the silence. Although if it were conscious that would be a subject of teaching.” He also added that the negotiations concerning the album proceed very well.
„Demos sent to any part of the world receive delighted feedback. Furthermore not only from the nearby German, Southern – European and English territories but from Near East and Asia as well. Some of them wanted to release even the demo recordings! I also realized that the Italians, the Spanish and even the Japans and the Chinese feel like being relatives with Hungarians – they can be so much identified with our music. For instance , In Peking I was over-admired when it turned out that I was Hungarian” – told the musician
More info about the artist: www.leventeegry.com