Dirk Maassen - Inception Tour

In the organizer's words:

Admission: 7 pm
seated

The new album "Inception" will be released on October 4, 2024. The work, which represents a noticeable further development of the pianist's previous work, deals with the theme of pure, organic creation and musical origins.

It will be launched at a concert on November 10 in Munich's Freiheitshalle. Concerts throughout Germany will follow in spring 2025.

After five albums under contract with Sony Classical, "Inception" was conceived and recorded entirely by the band itself. The pieces on the album paint emotions and stories associated with creation and origins. Maassen demonstrates his characteristic talent for interweaving complex piano melodies and cinematic atmospheres.

The title "Dans le Coeur", a piece that Maassen wrote after a ballet performance by his daughter, is particularly close to the artist's heart. "It was this moment when I realized how she was growing into an independent, strong young woman and going her own way," Maassen describes. "The piece is my musical reflection on how I have to let her go, but at the same time always feel a deep connection to her."

This personal experience is reflected in a haunting composition that attempts to capture the fleeting moment that contains so much emotion.

The "musical origin", as Maassen describes it, is a central theme of the album. For him, it is the moment in which music flows naturally without him giving it much thought. "It's a state in which I just sit down at the piano and the music comes out of me - unfiltered, spontaneous, unpolished," he explains. "On 'Inception', I wanted to capture exactly this origin - the magic of the moment in which the music is created before it is changed by post-production or a long composition process."

Organizer: Gastro-Event GmbH
Photo credit: Markus Werner