The American Dream Is Dead!
Piano Day 2023 – Thilo von Westernhagen
hi piano-lovers! i assume, that very few of you will have ever heard of thilo von westernhagen. he was a german composer and piano player with moderate success in the 80’s.
he was very much influenced by keith jarrett – and i was very much influenced by him. i just loved the way he created moods of all kind with his unique playing, and still do. one day i surfed his website and saw, that he was selling his entire catalogue on CD online. so i bought everything, that was available. i got no response. i tried again 14 days later with no response either. i googled him and found out: he died the day before my first order, on jan 11th, 2014. i sat down at my piano and improvised a piece in the style of TvW – well, not really, but i tried.
for this years piano-day i am posting this “RIP – TvW” piece, that i recorded as a farewell to my personal piano-idol. hope you like it!
Don’t Leave Me – Mixing Competition!
Song from the movie "Walter" by Zejnula Sahiti, performed by Milena. Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Dirk Mallwitz.
Now you can mix this song on your own and win prizes! Go to
the mix-challenge website,
download the project files and start creating your own mix! Good luck to all participants!
“MILESTONES” released.
Proud to announce the release of my solo-project “Milestones”, which is my first online-album ever. Mostly little piano and orchestral pieces reflect this part of my work of the last 35 years. Look at it, as if it is the soundtrack of my life with lots of little scenes. Out on all stores now! Please share if you like and follow me on Spotify! Thank you!