Are You Still Somewhere? Lavinia Meijer

• 1 Showing Me 05:13
• 2 Saman 02:26
• 3 Plus tôt 02:47
• 4 Les Marionnettes 02:42
• 5 Are You Still Somewhere? 03:10
• 6 Porcelain 02:57
• 7 Another Lonely Night 04:44
• 8 Stay in the Dark 03:57
• 9 Born 03:38
• 10 DAMnation 08:09
• 11 Solitude 05:07
• 12 Mom & Dad 05:12
• Total Runtime 50:02

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On her new album "Are You Still Somewhere?", harpist Lavinia Meijer, known for her genre-bending collaborations, combines her own compositions and pieces by current composers such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Olafur Arnalds or Lambert to create a musical reflection on loneliness and alienation. For Lavinia Meijer, all pieces on the album are comments or thoughts on scenes of alienation and loneliness in society.

A special highlight is the piece "Mom & Dad", which Lavinia Meijer wrote and recorded together with punk legend Iggy Pop. The composition is a reduced and expressive setting of a poem by Iggy Pop, which he performs in his distinctive voice to Lavinia Meijer's harp playing. The two musicians have collaborated in the past, including the sensational live project "An Evening with..." with composer icon Philip Glass. Another guest artist on "Are You Still Somewhere?" is Dutch pianist Pieter de Graaf, who accompanies Lavinia Meijer on the piece "DAMnation" on piano.

Lavinia Meijer has always pushed musical boundaries. She was born in South Korea and adopted at the age of 2 by a Dutch-Austrian couple. She began playing the harp at the age of 9. At 11 she was accepted at the prestigious Utrecht Conservatory and by 14 she was playing in symphony orchestras. She became known worldwide for her playing style that expanded the sound and repertoire of the harp. She played concerts with Philip Glass or Olafur Arnalds and performed Radiohead in classical concert halls. Her albums "The Glass Effect" and "Voyage" became international successes. Lavinia Meijer has always experimented with electronic music, jazz, theater music and avant-rock. All these influences are also reflected in the pieces of her album "Are You Still Somewhere?" and provided the inspiration for her own compositions "I miss certain elements in the existing repertoire of the harp and I want to show that the harp is not just a part of ancient history, but is contemporary and can continue to develop", Lavinia Meijer explains.

Lavinia Meijer, harp
Pieter de Graaf, piano (Track 5, 10)
Iggy Pop, voice (Track 12)

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