Silvan Rupp’s piano meditations seem to hint at an otherworldly calm. Spider-like phantasias possessed with a zen aura, his fingers move from key to key with rare assurance, allowing silence to amplify his astute melodic observations. It’s music that seems wholly transcendent, compositions that seem to reach out and relax the very essence of your soul.
Initially drawn towards percussion as a child in Switzerland, it was only later that he became entranced by the piano, by the possibilities afforded by those black and white keys. Travelling first to Liverpool, studying at the prestigious LIPA institute, he was later drawn into London’s orbit where he now lives and composes.
His debut release ‘Silence’ is extraordinarily beautiful. A tender repose from the unerring trauma of the pandemic, it seems to reach towards the human, inviting us all to experience something new, together. “I want to make it as accessible to everyone as possible,” he says. “The intention was to keep it quite simple; instead of over-complicating things, instead of trying to show off, I’d rather touch people.”
“I think that kind of piano music is very intimate and emotional,” he offers. “The language of music is so international. I find it very interesting how many emotions you can express without using a single word.”
Hewing away the excess of the everyday, Silvan Rupp’s piano incisions cut down to the vitality of our lockdown lives. Heady and intimate, this is a singular path you can’t help but follow.
