“Noam Lemish, once my student and now my colleague (and isn’t it sweet how that works), performs these pieces with flashing clarity and profound nuance of feeling. Indeed, this music was composed with Noam in mind and heart…”
Magic Clavier Book I
Twelve Etudes in Extended Modality
Seven Solo and Duo Improvisations
(2015)
Magic Clavier Book II
Seven Etudes in Modulating Modality
(2018)
The Music of W.A. Mathieu
At the age of 19, in 2001, I moved from Israel to California to study with W.A. Mathieu. During nine wonderful and formative years, Allaudin became a most important musical influence in my life, my teacher in the deepest sense. In 2012, when Allaudin asked if I would be interested in premiering and recording The Magic Clavier, I felt it as the best kind of gift, not only because I’d be entrusted with his music but also because it would allow me to live more deeply inside his musical world. As I was learning the work, the depth of the pieces unfolded continually, revealing ever more compositional and harmonic beauty along the way. Performing and recording The Magic Clavier has been one of the great joys and privileges of my musical life, and I’m deeply grateful for the experience.