LUMINARIA - Guitar works by KEVIN SWIERKOSZ-LENART
7/18/2025, 15 Tracks, 1:02:02
Featuring
Giovanni Martinelli
Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart's music explores the poetics of "places," "memory," and "distance," focusing on the "here and now" rather than a spatial or temporal elsewhere.
Album & Artwork
The album title "Luminaria" evokes the feeling of a Van Gogh painting, where lights belong to nature rather than the city.
Instruments
Four different guitars were used for this recording, made by Mario Garrone, Giovanni Pasqualon, and Luca Waldner, dating from 1963 to 2019.
Performer Biography
Giovanni Martinelli, the guitarist on this album, is known for his precocious ability to observe and deeply interpret the world through his guitar.
Composer Biography
Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart, the composer, is also a physician, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist, and has published scientific articles and a novel.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded over a period of almost two years, from November 2021 to September 2023.
