Some Thoughts on Playing the Organ by Willem Tanke: Hommage to Cecil Taylor: spontaneous improvisation on the piano using a relatively exuberant body language

12/04/2017

Hommage to Cecil Taylor: spontaneous improvisation on the piano using a relatively exuberant body language

I often refer to my way of playing the organ as "the art of playing with relaxed precision", as I am generally very calm and economical. In August 2016, however, it happened to me to improvise on the piano and spontaneously use a by my standards rather exuberant body language. I felt inspired by Cecil Taylor and accordingly gave the improvisation a title.

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As a classical organist I have been a prominent Messiaen and Reger interpreter since the '90s. Nowadays Bach interpretation is my main classical project. This is represented by my research "Dancing Bach on the organ". At the same time, as an improviser and a performing composer, I have been creating a new musical language which brings together musicians with avant-jazz, avant-pop, Western classical and traditional African and Asian backgrounds. I now relate this to my Bach interpretation.