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PiaPress
Music & Photography
About PiaPress
by
Pia Liptak
Violinist
Composer
Photographer
As a balance to working with sound, I enjoy visual arts and explorations in photography.
A musician’s “products” are often transient. Sound happens in the moment and then vanishes - though, as performers, we hope that the characters, the emotions, and the stories we aim to portray will have an impact on the listener beyond that brief moment of sound.
PiaPress
is my platform to share some of my work, including sheetmusic, recordings, photo cards and images. This website, PiaPress.com, offers galleries for you to explore as well as information about where to purchase selections from these galleries. My shop on Etsy offers the photo and sheet music products that are currently available. For music recordings, please find purchase information here. You may contact me with questions or if you are interested in works not listed on Etsy.
"Pia Liptak is best known as a violinist but her professional career has also included work as a pianist, teacher, arts leader and organizer, and composer."
About the
PHOTOS
The two currently featured photo themes, Rose Canvases and Café Glass, originate in the joys of having a rose garden and of visiting a favorite neighborhood coffee shop. Each rose has a different character, color, growth, and fragrance and I enjoy portraying each of their personalities.
A block-glass wall in a coffee shop began to fascinate me as the different colors from the weather, passers by, cars, created entirely different patterns in the glass from moment to moment. I frequented the café just as much for the glass as for the superior coffee.
About the
MUSIC
RECORDINGS: Exploring contemporary music and lesser-known repertoire has been a special interest in my musical work.
Violin and Koto
I collaborated for a time with Japanese koto player Ryuko Mizutani in Duo vio-LINK-oto. The collaboration enabled us to work with living composers and to produce recordings of music for violin and koto dedicated to us. These recordings included the CDs: Ice Flowers, Taking the Scarlet, and Vista.
Violin and Piano
With pianist Yi-Wen Chang I have recently recorded some of my favorite American works for violin and piano that I have lived and worked with for a long time. The recording, Reflections, will be available as a physical CD as well as digital downloads from Centaur Records. The release date is September 13, 2024.
SHEET MUSIC:
Four Haiku for violin, piano with poetry reader is featured on my recording Reflections. These pieces are now also available as sheet music.
My Three Pieces for piano solo reflects on water, crystal, and the musical intricacies of a fugue.
Woods, Water, Wonder is a set of pieces written by young composers for young violinists and pianists. The set was commissioned to share my interest in contemporary music with my students.