r/contemporary • • Nov 11 '25

14: A complete piece

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r/contemporary • • Nov 07 '25

Sanctuary - an original composition for piano and strings

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A new score video for an ending theme I wrote for a story-album. A bit minimalist, contemplative.

Also on YouTube.


r/contemporary • • Nov 05 '25

Piano composer here. I just wrote this piano piece about wistful memories during quiet rain times~

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r/contemporary • • Nov 02 '25

Oscar Bianchi "Matra" Concert

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r/contemporary • • Oct 20 '25

12: A chord progression and descending line

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r/contemporary • • Oct 18 '25

Piano composer here. Wrote this simple piece about leaving home for a long journey out to sea~

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r/contemporary • • Sep 20 '25

Four notes

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r/contemporary • • Sep 18 '25

Piano composer here. A simple piano piece I wrote~

39 Upvotes

r/contemporary • • Sep 13 '25

A new direction

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r/contemporary • • Sep 05 '25

Piano composer here. I wrote this piece about dancing flowers~

38 Upvotes

r/contemporary • • Sep 03 '25

Here is the Main Title Theme I composed for my re-scoring of the classic 1927 Sci-Fi movie Metropolis

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r/contemporary • • Sep 03 '25

Orchestral composer here. Here is a recent track I composed inspired by action-adventure movie scores.

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r/contemporary • • Aug 11 '25

Piano composer here. Wrote this original piece about drifting above clouds~

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r/contemporary • • Aug 08 '25

God Lay Dying - Auguries of Innocence

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r/contemporary • • Jul 22 '25

Self-taught pianist & composer here. This is a simple piece I composed

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r/contemporary • • Jul 15 '25

I played Synthesizer with a Quartet and of course it's dissonant af

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r/contemporary • • Jul 14 '25

I composed a piano concerto that was recorded by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra!

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r/contemporary • • Jul 03 '25

Like Water (2024) - A piece for four percussionists on one marimba

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r/contemporary • • Jul 01 '25

Abhaile (2024) - I wrote a piece for brass quintet, let me know what you think!

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r/contemporary • • Jun 30 '25

[ Sylvia Hinz ] - in dialogue with Francesca Woodman – gegenüber 1 / flüstern

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r/contemporary • • Jun 24 '25

Percussion Concerto Recommendations?

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Wanted to listen to something new - any recommendations?


r/contemporary • • Jun 23 '25

Zygmund de Somogyi - IN THE EVENT THAT YOU STAY (live at Wigmore Hall, London)

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r/contemporary • • Jun 17 '25

H.P. Lovecraft's "The Terrible Old Man" with Live Original Score

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r/contemporary • • Jun 13 '25

Recently Viral Graduation Artwork from China Academy of Art: “Prayer”

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One of the most talked-about graduation pieces this year from the China Academy of Art is a stunning hyperrealistic painting titled 《祷》 ("Prayer") by artist Anqi.

At first glance, it’s visually captivating: composed mainly of red, yellow, and blue, it features intricately rendered hands, wood textures, sheer fabric, and bubble wrap—every surface painted with almost photographic detail. But what really caught people’s attention was the deeper message behind it.

Anqi explains that she used cheap, disposable materials as her subject matter—bubble wrap, gauze, wood board—not for their beauty, but for what they symbolize. Her goal: to challenge our obsession with curated perfection and remind viewers not to lose themselves in consumerism and attention culture.

She says the idea came from real-life experiences—hers and her friends’—frequenting online shopping, buying things impulsively, and later regretting them. The painting is her way of exposing the false sense of structure and “refined life” that mass consumption creates.

Here’s a short image-to-video prompt that turns the character in the painting into a moving, 3D-like figure: Prompt: “Make the character in the painting alive, do a 360-degree turn”
Try it yourself


r/contemporary • • Apr 30 '25

God Lay Dying - We Must Hurry. Night Is Near.

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Please listen to this with headphones, or on a good speaker. It has low bass notes which a small speaker won't reproduce properly.