Figures Of Glass - Piano Etudes Edits

Description

Vanessa Wagner offers with Figures of Glass (Piano Etudes - Edits) a reinterpretation of Philip Glass's Piano Etudes based on edited versions of her complete recording. These edits do not reduce the work, but tighten its temporal perception to reveal its emotional force and perceptual richness. Conceived in parallel with a stage project combining piano and light, developed with the Scale collective, the album extends a dialogue between sound, space, and visual imagination. Glass's minimalist structures become spatial gestures, where repetition, color, and resonance play a central role. The whole traces a coherent journey through Glass's writing, between tension, movement, and introspection. Vanessa Wagner's interpretation stands out for its precision, restraint, and attention to resonances. Both an album and a stage creation (premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in April 2026), Figures of Glass fits into contemporary listening practices and reaffirms the Piano Etudes as a major work of the 21st-century repertoire, accessible to both connoisseurs and a new audience. VICTOIRES DE LA MUSIQUE CLASSIQUE 2026: Nomination of Vanessa Wagner in the "Instrumental Soloist" category.