Levitations (Live) by Oscar Rossignoli

Levitations
Recorded live on March 16, 2023 at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center.
Levitations is an improvised performance that revealed itself as a 7-part suite, closing with “El Mar” (“The Sea”) by Guillermo Anderson, a composer who holds an important place in Honduran music history.
For this performance, I wanted to focus on the exploration of pure sound through improvisation. By letting sound dictate the arc of each piece dynamically and texturally, I discovered surprising structures begin to emerge, changing the way I experience the making of music.
Improvising out of nothing in front of people is something I’ve done since I started playing the piano. As my relationship with music deepened, it became a way of listening, responding, and discovering in real time.
The creation of spontaneous music is a practice of deep listening. When in that state—fully connected—peace arises, lightness emerges. Levitations feels like a window into my inner world in that moment in time, making it one of my most personal performances recorded to date.