Richard Beirach

A meditative odyssey of introspection—piano as pen, sketching landscapes between sound and silence.

Beirach’s first solo date is not a recital—it’s an inner journey. Across nine suites like “Sunday Song,” “Hubris,” and “The Pearl,” he crafts evocative vignettes: fibrous ostinatos, thematic spirals, sudden silences. The effect? A listener feels less like an audience member and more like a wanderer in a dreamscape. As ECM archivist Tyran Grillo notes, these are “atmosphere itself, bound to their titular prompts while also shedding them in favor of absolute expression.”

Play during twilight or early dawn, with headphones on. Let the final notes of “Invisible Corridor / Sunday Song — Monday” linger—they echo like reflections on mind and emotion after a long day.

Hubris isn’t just heard—it’s inhabited. Beirach’s keys carve quiet catharsis, a space for the listener to roam beyond the notes.