German Pianist Mastermind Nils Frahm Returns to Sydney
The German virtuoso couldn't keep away post-Vivid.
All The Feels are about to return to Sydney; German pianist and electronic mastermind Nils Frahm is heading back to the Opera House. Following his wildly talked-about, sold-out Vivid LIVE debut this year, the 31-year-old composer will play an intimate show in the Studio on Sunday, 12 October. The Opera House set is locked in after Frahm's Melbourne Festival stints in the Foxtel Festival Hub on October 10 and 11.
"Nils Frahm was one of my highlights of Vivid LIVE this year and while we rarely present the same artist again so soon, I jumped at the chance to have him back in here," said Ben Marshall, head of contemporary music at Sydney Opera House.
Frahm respects the keyboard like nothing else; the virtuoso has been likened to a Philip Glass-meets-Thelonious Monk style of piano-loving goodness. The Berlin-based serial collaborator has worked with the dreamy likes of Ólafur Arnalds and Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld, as well as Ludovico Einaudi, Anne Müller and Max Richter. His most recent album, the celebrated live LP Spaces, is a good place to start if you haven't delved into the Frahm before — an epic two year journey through his collected live performances.
"His warmth, precision and utterly sublime music just can't be heard live too often," says Marshall. "Neoclassical is too alienating a description for what he does, he's taken in an enormous range of influences and fashioned them into something new and transportative. I'm thrilled he's coming back in October for this intimate show at the Opera House."
Nils Frahm will play the Studio at Sydney Opera House on Sunday, October 12. Tickets from $50 + booking fee; available from 10am, Thursday, July 31 at SOH or 9250 7777.
Now get amongst the Frahm Feels:
