Greetings all,
My name is Christos Vayenas, I'm a pianist, composer and improvisor.
Rather than being seen as mere forms of entertainment, I believe the arts are meant to serve a deeper purpose—to awaken and restore a sense of beauty, mystery, and depth of feeling to the presence of our lives.
I hope the content I post here will inspire people to open to the arts and the world around them in this way.
Regarding my own music, I love to improvise on old pianos, and in old spaces. To me, the more life an instrument has lived, the richer the sound world that emerges from them; as if the inner worlds of the past are reawakened and channelled through me.
Below is an excerpt of a recent improvisation of mine performed in a 14th century gothic townhouse in Old Town Prague.