I. Glass Music

II. Wood Music

III. Metal Music

Insiders is an exploration journey inside the grand piano researching the unconventional sounds and ways of playing the piano. There is not a single “normal” sound played on the keyboard. All sounds are produced by unordinary ways of using the piano, like plucking or damping the strings, playing harmonics etc. I have subdivided the piano alternative sound world into three categories: glass, wood and metal. There is a separate movement for each of these categories in this work. Glass, wood and metal are also basic materials of the auxiliary objects - like shot glasses, chopsticks and thimbles - used to produce the different sounds. TR, 2004