Perspectives: Nils Frahm

The National Concert Hall is pleased to announce that Nils Frahm, the world-renowned German musician, composer, curator and producer will perform at the NCH, Monday 26 February at 8pm as part of his All Melody World Tour 2018. The tour marks his first live performances since 2015 and is one of the highlights of the NCH Perspectives series.

Described as being part of a wave of artists remodelling classical music for the 21st century. The Guardian described his approach as ‘virtuoso musicianship with a pop hit-maker’s ear for melody, jazz’s freeform patterns and a DJ’s gift for euphoric builds’.

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Nils Frahm had an early introduction to music, learning the piano throughout his childhood. It was through his playing that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of classical pianists from previous generations as well as the music of contemporary composers, before forging his own musical path through composition.

Today Nils Frahm continues to work as an accomplished composer, producer and celebrated performer from his Berlin-based studio at the renowned Funkhaus. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument played contemplatively and intimately, and on a mesmerising scale through his vast stage shows, has won him many fans around the world. Nils has gained global notoriety for his highly developed sense of control and restraint in his work, as well as a breath-taking level of emotion and personality.

Following on from his first solo piano works Wintermusik and The Bells in 2009, and 2010’s 7fingers in collaboration with cellist Anne Müller, 2011 saw his break-through album Felt released on Erased Tapes. Created by placing felt on the hammers of the piano, the record defined Nils’ signature sound which was a further development of the two-track experiment Unter/Über. Felt was followed by his solo synthesiser EP Juno and Wonders, by Oliveray, a duo with long-time musical companion Peter Broderick. Nils then recorded the 2012 work Screws whilst recovering from a thumb injury, which he gifted to fans on his birthday. The following year, Erased Tapes also released Juno Reworked featuring remixes by Luke Abbott and Clark.

2013 saw Nils return with his new album Spaces to critical acclaim, expressing his love for experimentation and answering the call from his fans for a record that truly reflects his live shows. Recorded over a period of two years the album captured live performances from a number of concerts worldwide. Nils also released his first music book in the same year, Sheets Eins, publishing the sheet music for tracks such as Ambre and Said and Done for the very first time.

In 2015 Nils launched Piano Day, an official global body created by Nils and his closest friends to celebrate the piano via various innovative, piano-related projects around the world. The first project revealed by the Piano Day team was the building of the world’s tallest piano: the Klavins 450. It was on the slightly smaller version built by piano inventor David Klavins that Nils recorded eight improvised piano motifs in one sitting, which formed his Solo album – gifted to the world on the first ever celebration of Piano Day. During the same year Nils’ first film score 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; the soundtrack opens with an edit of Burn With Me by German producer DJ Koze. And in the Summer, the BBC Proms presented a memorable performance at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall curated by BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Mary Anne Hobbs.

Nils celebrated his continued musical partnership with fellow artist Ólafur Arnalds with the release of their Collaborative Works that October and included their three previous EP releases Stare, Loon and Life Story Love and Glory, plus Trance Frendz — the audio recording of their intimate 45-minute studio film. Following a Nils Frahm-curated Weekend Festival at London’s Barbican Centre and the release of his second published music book Sheets Zwei, 2016 also saw a collaborative film score with Woodkid for Ellis, a short film by French artist JR, starring Robert De Niro.

After spending much of 2017 in hibernation in preparation for a busy period ahead, Nils will commence 2018 with his first live performances since 2015, and will embark on the beginning of a long worldwide tour entitled All Melody.

Venue and address

National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, Earlsfort Terrace, D02 N527 Dublin, Ireland

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Perspectives: Nils Frahm

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