KUALA LUMPUR: Belgian pianist Casimir Liberski is set to enthral music fans with his brilliant technique and captivating improvisations during his concert at KLPAC tomorrow (Nov 18).
Titled Casimir Liberski's Songs of His Life - Belgian Jazz in KL, the show will be a journey through multiple worlds.
What interests him lies not in theory, but in "that which cannot be learned".
To him, theory is merely a method, perhaps what mathematics is to architecture, and a system to help in the elaboration of a structure.
While this method may be necessary and even beautiful, the artist must always rely on intuition and sensitivity.
One can certainly "learn" anything, but there will always be something to elude explanation – feeling.
It is precisely that feeling that musicians seek to convey through the intimate reality and shared time of a concert.
The "songs of my life" repertoire features the "small masterpieces" that have marked the pianist's personal history.
Referring to a sense of collective memory as well as childhood's nostalgia, they are picked from jazz, soundtracks, classical music and pop.
Undoubtedly though, a certain approach to musical language seems to rise above personal tastes and memories.
Could this be Ornette Coleman's "sound grammar", carrying its universal emotional meaning?
This would be Casimir Liberski's hope, bidding on the inescapable and precious mystery that lies at the heart of any "masterpiece", whether big or small.
Presented by the Embassy of Belgium in Kuala Lumpur and The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, tickets to the concert can be purchased at www.cloudjoi.com.
For more details, visit www.klpac.org or WhatsApp +6018-227 7212.