Music is, for both musicians and audiences, an awesome power, with the ability to create feelings of harmony, within oneself, and with others, with the world, and even with the greater cosmos… Music is a way of establishing a position of connection between the outer cosmos and the inner cosmos, or of linking together what Ludwig van Beethoven’s favorite philosopher Immanuel Kant called, “the starry heavens above and the moral universe within”. David Salminen’s concerts aim high… and invite audiences to join in with these adventurous excursions, aspirations, inclinations, investigations, etc.
Aiming high… may as well!
September 26, 2021
the invisible sound…
April 15, 2021
“… music has power to ease tension within the heart and to loosen the grip of obscure emotions. The enthusiasm of the heart expresses itself involuntarily in a burst of song, in dance and rhythmic movement of the body. From immemorial times the inspiring effect of the invisible sound that moves all hearts, and draws them together has mystified mankind.” ~ I Ching , Hexagram 16, Wilhelm/Baynes translation
giving & receiving
March 30, 2021
“There are two forms of Grace, neither greater than the other – a melodious voice and the faculties to appreciate them.” ~ attributed to the Qawwalli Sufis
Friendship
August 13, 2020
“My friends have come to me unsought. The great God gave them to me. By oldest right, by the divine affinity of virtue with itself, I find them, or rather, not I, but the Deity in me and in them, both deride and cancel the thick walls of individual character, relation, age, sex, and circumstance, at which he usually connives, and now makes many one.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay “Friendship”
I love you… an aside…
June 16, 2020
There is a particular Bach fugue that I like to practice (I am a keyboard artist) to the mental rhythm of “I love you, (wife’s name)”. It works for me, as a kind of meditation. I leave out the exact identifications here, of both the fugue and my wife, as that sort of thing is different for every musician/husband, artist/wife, plumber/partner, et al.
Coming to Portland, Oregon ~ one night only ~ Monday evening, Feb. 24, 2020 ~ 7:30 to 9:00 pm ~ Miami-based multi-instrumentalist John Henry Dale, and Portland’s pianist-composer David Salminen, are teaming up to create a unique mind-expanding concert experience. ~ FREE ~ Featuring John Henry’s algorithmic Ableton music compositions – inspired by great chess matches ~ and David’s improvisations on grand piano – inspired by selected hexagrams from the I Ching. Location: Michelle’s Piano Company, 600 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97214. https://www.michellespiano.com/about/
High aspirations – why not?
February 18, 2020
Music is, for both musicians and audiences, an awesome power, with the ability to create feelings of harmony, within oneself, with others, with the world, and even with the greater cosmos… Music is a way of establishing a position of connection between the outer cosmos and the inner cosmos, or of linking together what Ludwig van Beethoven’s favorite philosopher Immanuel Kant called, “the starry heavens above and the moral universe within”. David Salminen’s concerts aim high… and invite audiences to join in with his adventurous excursions, aspirations, inclinations, investigations, and fun. And there is always a possibility for an etc. or two, as well !
Here’s an example of John Henry Dale’s “chess music”…
February 16, 2020
…. algorithmic Ableton music compositions – inspired by great chess matches… audible patterns in strategy & intuition… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWiqiyt9jIs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3d2i-ceTnqJy9lYVTZ8nEBjjMNIrX1CBf_2Sy1tech6_v6jcW0hzkvKaY
Strange Translations – concert – Feb. 24, 2020
February 9, 2020
To all my friends and music fans in Portland, Oregon and surrounding areas… I cheerfully invite you, each and every one of you.. and whoever you might want to drag along with you, to my Monday evening ~ Feb. 24, 2020 ~ collaborative concert with John Henry Dale. It begins at 730 pm, and will go to about 9 pm, at Michelle’s Piano Company, 600 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97214 ~ Most assuredly, it will be a singular mind-opening concert experience, featuring the inimitable John Henry Dale – demonstrating his algorithmic music compositions inspired by great chess matches… and myself, David Salminen – creating cosmic improvisations inspired by the great Chinese oracle known as the I Ching… and it’s free (donations welcome). ~ Michelle’s Piano Company, 600 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97214 ~ Phone 503-295-1180 ~ https://www.michellespiano.com/about/
Spontaneous Moments – fall concert ~ Portland, Oregon
October 7, 2019
Oct. 27, 2019, 2 pm – 330 pm, at Michelle’s Piano Company, 600 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97214 ~ piano improvisations inspired by some of the unexpected events or “spontaneous moments” in the life of the epic Sumerian/Babylonian hero Gilgamesh ~ free admission (donations welcome)
David Salminen 