daimon - out now
It is not only an album. It is the purpose.
It comes from the ancient idea of the daimon,the quiet inner voice that knows.
Not destiny as something rigid or imposed,but as an intimate calling.
A vocation. Something that already belongs to us and waits to be recognized.
This album was born from reconnecting with that inner guide.
Diamon is the thread between who I am and who I am becoming.
It is not a destination. It is a passage.
Not to understand. Not to control.
But to trust. To trust the voice within.
To move toward freedom. Toward love. Toward grace.
This is my Diamon. May you find yours.
LAERTES (FROM ITHACA SUITE)
Feat. Raphaela Gromes
Laertes, Odysseus’s aging father, lives withdrawn in the countryside of Ithaca.
He has abandoned his royal identity, dresses in rags, and exists in neglect, for he has nothing left to hope for.The loss of his son has left him with only the slow wait for death.He tends lovingly to his orchard and plants, the only things he still cares for.
In a powerful recognition scene, he embraces Odysseus and nearly faints from joy.
The piece evokes old age and sudden overwhelming happiness in the style of a Baroque aria, with a dotted rhythm suggesting sobbing. The piano’s heavy tread recalls an old man’s steps. The reunion brings back the opening melody in the relative major: a flowing, Schubertian song.
DAIMON - PIANO CONCERTO
MOV. I THE DEPARTURE
Daimon is the guiding spirit behind my Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra.
The word Daimon means destiny: not as something imposed from outside, but as an inner calling, an original and innate disposition we are born with, asking to be fulfilled day after day. It is the place toward which we are moving, the deep direction of our becoming. For me, Daimon is an inner odyssey, a trial, a journey through the self, unfolding until we finally become who we are meant to be.
The concerto is conceived as a continuous musical narrative in three essential movements: The Departure, The Journey, and The Return. Inspired by Italian Baroque music, the piano and the string orchestra engage in an intimate dialogue, shaping a single, flowing arc of sound.
In The Departure, I contrast two musical ideas: one reflects the ever-changing moods of the sea, the other arises from the emotions awakened by standing before the ocean. In that moment, the mind opens, the soul seems to merge with nature, and a sense of deep inner fulfillment emerges: the first step into the voyage.