Atmospheric piano playing and passionate music production
Music by Kristian Marcussen
My music is characterized by the longing and dreaming of being free. Free from illness and pain, but also free to be creative and live in a utopian world with love, life and meaning.
I seek to explore the tension between jazz music and music that is suitable for meditation. So the jazz music becomes calm and sonorous, and the meditation music gets depth and an edge.
My music has depth and a melancholy, but remains light and uplifting. Even though I often describe difficult periods in my life, there is hope in my music.
Jazz with calm and sound
My original jazz compositions are calm and sonorous. There is a Nordic tone to be traced, and the music is performed with a mainstream swing.
Brun sol (Brown Sun)
Meditation music with depth
My meditation music invites lighter activity in the mind, through mood-creating piano playing and music production that appeals to the emotional register.
Solstrålen (The Sunbeam)
Concerts
Over the years I have played quite a few concerts. Here I play meditative jazz with Bjarne Christensen on electric bass. Today I play mostly in connection with my talks.
My life as a pianist
I have worked for many years as a professional pianist, but today I play mostly in connection with my talks and music productions.
I have played with, among others, Tivoli’s Promenade Orchestra and the Zealand Life Regiment Music Corps. As a former pianist for the Danish Boys’ Choir and the Bel Canto Choir (Slagelse), I have experience as an accompanist.
I have also played a lot of standard jazz, and have, among other things, been the leader of the band Exclusive Jazz.
Composer’s business
I mainly compose for my own productions.
However, I also compose on request. It can be composition, arrangement, transcription or sheet music. Perhaps you have a demo recording that you would like to have written down on sheet music.
Passionate music production
In connection with my music productions, I have a small home recording studio.
If you need to record a demo, for example with sounds from a keyboard and your singing voice, I can help you with this.
Buy CD:
100 kr.
My Soul Is Filled with Peace
There is a special calmness about this album. The piano stands out clearly, and there is plenty of space and room between the notes.
The CD has been sold in countless copies, including to Svanevig Hospice, which has one in each patient apartment.
The music is ideal for relaxation, meditation or contemplation. Several people tell how they use it to fall asleep, or against anxiety. A school teacher uses it in his class for quiet time with her students. Several yoga teachers use it in their teaching.
Reviews
Kristian Marcussen’s music is filled with longing and dreams. His music conveys a sense of seeking and yet of being safe and homey at the same time. Seeking, because the free elements stand like giant phenomena of nature which rise up against each other, yet merge to form a complete landscape. Safe, because there is something warm, friendly, and Danish about the music which feels so familiar and welcoming. Kristian has great spiritual and musical talent, and through a deeper understanding of the darker sides in himself, has added a dimension of depth and originality to his music. I recommend this man and his music because it relates something very fundamental about humanity, and humanity is what the world needs right now.
Carsten D., Pianist
Online piano lessons
I also offer piano lessons.
I am a qualified music teacher from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and I have many years of experience teaching piano, music theory and ear training, both at music schools and privately.
I teach at my place in Maribo, or online through Teams.