Nature-soul
Can you hear the soul of a person? How does it sound? How music young composer, pianist Maria Dolgushina. Her minimalist compositions are reminiscent of the subtle movements of your emotions.
According to Mary, inspiration can come at any moment from an accidental sound (for example, door knocking, hair dryer, purring of a cat), in meditation, the sound of the sea is very inspiring. So some ready-made elements of a future work come to mind, which are already developing like a sprout. But her most favorite work and inspiration is the people themselves. She translates the voice of a person into notes, as he speaks (does not sing) and creates whole works from this.
Indeed, small masterpieces are obtained, each of which tells its own interesting story about love, tenderness and other feelings. They sound in beautiful melodies, similar to the ebb / flow of the sea. There is silence all around and you are alone with your thoughts, feelings, but you so want to share them.
It seems that the pianist, subtly sensing nature, takes from it raindrops, subtle smells, a bright sky, in order to transform them into music that seems to breathe. It is all saturated with aromas and colors that change throughout the melody.
Perhaps for a composer nature - this is the soul, as, for example, Terrence Malick, American filmmaker and screenwriter. In his paintings ("The Tree of Life" 2011, "To a Miracle" 2012), natural phenomena reflect different emotional states and actions. The rustle of leaves, like a whisper about love, a seething stream, like passion or indignation. Maria also acts as a kind of director of natural sounds, transforming them into meditative, gentle melodies. They seem to flow under her hands, resembling the flow of a river, now playful, now calm, and it slowly carries you to peace.
"Sky feelings" - light music that is like flying into the night sky. As if your legs are slowly lifting off the ground and you are flying towards the mysterious and new. Before you, as in the palm of your hand, bright stars. They are like emotions. You are slowly moving upward, slightly agitated, to a distant, but so close dream. Look, if she's already next to you?
"Breath of freedom" - an exotic melody with a chorus and tam-tam (drums), in which the free spirit of our ancestors seems to sound. She takes you back to primitive times and as if calls to be yourself. The music is energetic, light, its clear rhythm gives a charge of positive emotions. I want to move, forgetting about everything. "Breath of freedom", like a pleasant spring wind that caresses your hair, this is the wind of your new life. He gives faith in the best and warmth.
"The fifth element of emotion" - like a leisurely story about a tender feeling that unfolds like a flower awakened by the morning dew. A melody whispering about something light, cherished, which lives in the soul of everyone, now becoming stronger, now dying down. Like raindrops that knock on glass, changing their mood. They are little messengers of new life and future happiness.
Maria's music - the beauty inner world with its attractive secrets that you want to unravel. A small journey into yourself that lasts a lifetime. Are you ready to start?
Text: Natalia Pushchinskaya
Photos and audio recordings provided by Maria Dolgushina
Music: Maria Dolgushina