October 8, 2022  by Stefano Palleni

Nivata is the second studio recording in the Contemporary Raga series, after the composition Krayang. In Sanskrit Nivata is a beautiful smooth sounding word, meaning valley. Continue to read

March 31, 2024  by Stefano Palleni

After a longest three years gestation, what emerged is a mini-suite as an attempt of describing the sensations associated with the arrival of the monsoon, which repeats itself on the Asian continent since time immemorial, bringing along fertility and life. Continue to read

Jan 25, 2024  by Stefano Palleni

Once the sonic universe is opened up and we have acquired control of its elements, it’s possible to focus on the expressive and onomatopoeic qualities of music. Then other dynamic forces and energies that run through all aspects of life come into play. The accomplished artist is capable of harnessing and channeling these forces into music so that it’s endowed with vital force. Continue to read

Octobee 18, 2023  by Stefano Palleni

After a long time since the release of Raga Vela, my latest recording in the series Contemporary Raga, I decided to work at a studio version of the first Raga Udaya, which I earlier pictured at Goa Cina beach in Balikambang at the time of my research in music therapy at University of Malang. Continue to read

Nov 19, 2023  by Stefano Palleni

The formalization of music in the form of structures known as scales or modes began much earlier than the medieval period and was at the hand of the Greeks. Although almost the entire corpus of Greek music is lost, the theoretical system has come down to us with the works of Plutarch and some other philosophers. In the classical era it was common breaking scales into two smaller groupings of four notes called tetrachords, each one enclosed the space of a fifth and containing an interval of a semitone. Continue

December 24, 2022  by Stefano Palleni

Nivata is the second studio recording in the Contemporary Raga series, after the composition Krayang. In Sanskrit Nivata is a beautiful smooth sounding word, meaning valley. Continue to read

June 30, 2023  by Stefano Palleni

I may say the original idea was there from the beginning. It was somehow lost along the way due to a few major causes, such as the late conservatory studies and professional activity, that dried up the music rather than nourishing it, then it all came back round trip. There was a moment when I thought it would have never returned, that the desire and the passion were forever gone. Continue to read

August 4, 2022  by Stefano Palleni

The first song drawn from the Contemporary Raga open collection that I released here in the studio version is Krayang, while the previous two were recorded live in two videos. Krayang - heron in Thai language - is a pensive and melancholy composition that recalls the advent of the rainy season in Southeast Asia, full of lush and mysterious atmospheres. Continue to read

July 21, 2023  by Stefano Palleni

A concert for solo piano entitled "Jazz, Plaisir d'Amour" by Maestro Teo Ciavarella was held lately at Martini Conservatory in Bologna. This beautiful performance is set in a program dedicated to the Institute's teachers and it’s a worthy accolade for the career of a musician endowed with great human skills. Continue to read

October 18, 2022  by Stefano Palleni

The Raga Amala ( Pure in Sanskrit ) is the second in the series of the open collection Contemporary Raga. The song has a sinuous and mysterious character and uses a eastern scale and melody. Again, as in the case of the Raga Udaya, the recording was done in the natural setting of the beach. Continue to read