The city – full of impressions

There is a veritable flood of stimuli in cities. A wonderful diversity, rich in languages, cultures and people. It’s inspiring, I draw it in, but it’s also distracting, awakening a hunger for tranquility. I find it important to filter the abundance of impressions to find what’s significant. To experience the tranquility of the heart in the middle of the city is a battle at times.

Some musical styles like jazz are inexorably linked to an urban context. A portion of my musical education took place in cities, in Graz, for example.

Cities pulsate, modern yet steeped in history. They’re full of life – I’m part of that life. Sometimes. It flows into me as an inspiration and flows out again through my instrument.