Expressionism by Andy Mak

Expressionism - A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express the inner world of emotion rather than external reality (Oxford Dictionary). 「Expressionism」 is an album which recorded 10 pieces of Andy’s original compositions from 2014 to 2016. Music composed is of inspirations from everyday life, resembling Andy’s habit of writing a diary through melodies and harmonies instead of words. Writing music has become a manner for Andy to verify his soul and to whittle the truth out of his heart.

As a pianist, Andy has spent more than 18 years learning and studying classical piano music. It can be shown from Andy’s compositions that he is being influenced by western classical music. At the same time, his compositions also project some modern pop music elements, for instance, simple singing melodies which are harmonised by modern pop music chord progressions. Andy considers his compositions as a mixture of music between classical and modern components that also bear his own emotional expressions.

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