The Music of David Salminen

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Chess Music & the I Ching ~ February 24, 2020 ~ Portland, Oregon ~ concert

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/

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Chess Music, cosmic, improvisations, music, mysteries

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High aspirations – why not?

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 !

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Here’s an example of John Henry Dale’s “chess music”…

…. 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

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cosmic, intelligence, meditation, mind, music, Oregon, Portland

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Strange Translations – concert – Feb. 24, 2020

Mano_guido

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/

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