The Rainbow-like Impression (Mavrična impresija) for piano solo

Very cool composition. It made me think that, if Debussy had been born a century later, he could have come out with something similar.

This kind of scores are particularly interesting in terms of study. They show what you can really do in a piano, provided that you're daring and ingenuous enough. There are a lot of tempo and time signature changes, along with fleeting chords which create a kind of ethereal athmosphere.

On a side note, you have an astonishing amount of live recordings of your pieces. It shows you are already making your path into recognition as a respected composer, at least in your country (which is a big success in itself).

Very cool composition. It made me think that, if Debussy had been born a century later, he could have come out with something similar.This kind of scores are particularly interesting in terms of study. They show what you can really do in a piano, provided that you're daring and ingenuous enough. There are a lot of tempo and time signature changes, along with fleeting chords which create a kind of ethereal athmosphere.On a side note, you have an astonishing amount of live recordings of your pieces. It shows you are already making your path into recognition as a respected composer, at least in your country (which is a big success in itself).

I am really trying to find some rarely used combinations of chords. I like diatonic clusters, major and minor sevenths and ninths most but also any combinations that sound relatively soft. I hate aggressive dissonances.
You will probably find this strange but I am feel confortable writing for piano solo. I have only a scarce number of compositions despite my solid knowledge of piano playing and large number of chamber music with piano. That's probably because of too large literature for piano already written and at least in Slovenia pianists don't give a damn about contemporary piano music. It seems that for our pianists (and most of famous as well!) the piano music no longer exists after Prokofiev. No curiosity, no adventure. Pianist is a walking relic.

As you have mentioned my reputation, I am indeed among the better known composers of my generation in Slovenia. But I am not an agressive "merchant" and promoter, I just love to share with everybody what I am doing. I just can't imagine doing anything else but composing, although I am making money from teaching more than composing.

This is indeed a very impressive work, thank you for sharing this gem with us! Nice to listen to while reading the interesting score!

Regarding the large piano literature you are absolutely right - there is so much - even good pieces - that it is difficult to get any attention; however, if I were a pianist (I am just a hobby player), I would rather play unknown pieces than to record Chopin the 150th time... :-)

Stephan

The chords at the start sound awesome - I would have liked to hear more of those before the frightening ones came in - You mention in your comment that you dislike aggressive dissonances and yet I'm hearing quite a number in your piece - perhaps our 'tolerance' for dissonance is different. In summary I think this a great mature piece by a seasoned composer ...

Technically speaking, fantastic! It seems you are pursuing your own style and adding your own personal touch to your music, and that's what I appreciate in any musician.

First I thank everybody for reviews and I present you now a youtube video of this composition.

Wonderful work. Loved the atmosphere, the ideas, the color. I haven't heard all of your music you've posted but I believe this is the best piece I've heard by you, but perhaps I have a bias for piano music because I'm a pianist It is impressionistic but it also reminds me somewhat of Scriabin's 5th piano sonata and later works. It works all beautifully, the ideas are fully developed and the length is perfect. My only criticism is of the picture of the rainbow on your youtube video, I'm willing to forgive that though for composing such a wonderful piece. Thanks for sharing, I'll have another!