Dirk Maassen

Dirk Maassen – Here and Now (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:06 minutes | 385 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

In each composition on his new album “Here And Now”, pianist and composer Dirk Maassen processes special life situations. The first ride on the metro in Paris after the pandemic, the farewell to a loved one; each composition deals with a stage on life’s journey. Experiences in the here and now meet wistful distance and the repeated prelude to a determined continuation.

These experiences and thoughts form the starting point for Dirk Maassen’s twelve compositions, which come together as in a dream to form an emotional journey.

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Dirk Maassen – Here and Now (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 00:45:06 minutes | 385 MB | Genre: Classical
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Dirk Maassen – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Music Inspired by “Schattenkind” (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:11 minutes | 375 MB | Genre: Classical, Soundtrack
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The soundtrack to the documentary film “Schattenkind” is Dirk Maassen’s first film music album and already a mammoth project. For this, the composer and pianist accompanied the film crew around director Jo Müller for two years and transformed scenic impressions into emotional musical moods. With his reduced piano melodies, which he sometimes arranges with subtle string passages, Dirk Maassen sensitively creates a tonal contrast to the poignant images from the 90-minute documentary film.

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Dirk Maassen – The Wind and the Sand (Binaural Remastered Version) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:35 minutes | 589 MB | Genre: Classical
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Dirk Maassen is a German composer and pianist who took up piano at the age of 10. In the 1980s he performed in several bands and projects and started some experimental cross genre productions where he experimented with different styles.

During the 90s Dirk toured with his band »In Contact« and released 2 albums with »In Contact« and his side project »Unknown Vision«. He returned with his solo piano in 2011, which is according to him the most immediate instrument to materialize ideas and feelings into something that can resonate with the audience.

His compositions have touched millions of listeners worldwide and have been featured in several film projects so far including an award winning movie at the Cannes Film festival in 2015.

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Dirk Maassen – Re:Visions (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:42 minutes | 382 MB | Genre: Classical
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“Re:Visions” is a Classical Crossover music by Dirk Maassen, the record was released on 22 Oct, 2021. The content or meaning of the record which contains a total of 10 song(s) is tagged “non-xplicit”. Scroll down to find some reviews about “Re:Visions” in the review section (if available). You will also find more songs and albums from Dirk Maassen with links.

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Dirk Maassen – Ocean (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:17 minutes | 862 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Vom Ursprung und dem Ziel des Lebens, der Inspiration und Musik: Für sein Sony Classical-Debütalbum Ocean hat sich Pianist, Komponist und Internetphänomen Dirk Maassen von der Weite des Ozeans inspirieren lassen und Piano-Meditationen über den Ursprung und die Ziele des Lebens geschrieben. In einer Kirche in Herzogenrath erlebte der heute 49-jährige Elektroingenieur Dirk Maassen als Kind zum ersten Mal den Klang einer Orgel. Es war der Beginn einer lebenslangen Liebe zur Musik. Maassen lernte Klavier und Orgel zu spielen und komponiert und spielt seitdem Musik für sich und sein kleines musikalisches Tagebuch: “Alles, was mich beschäftigt, bewegt und beeindruckt, das gieße ich in Musik. Das können Naturereignisse sein oder auch zwischenmenschliche Dinge. Wenn ich am Klavier sitze, trete ich ein in einen Dialog mit mir selbst”, erklärt er. Ein Gefühl wie am Ozean: “Du kommst runter, findest zu dir und kannst die ganze Ablenkung des Alltags hinter dir lassen. Das Wissen, dass wir Menschen dem Ozean entstammen, führt bei mir zudem zu einer großen Verbundenheit, zu einem ähnlichen Gefühl wie damals in der Kirche.” In seinem Alltag leitet Maassen den Entwicklungsbereich eines Software-Unternehmens in Ulm. Nicht im Traum hätte er daran gedacht, eine Karriere als Musiker zu starten.

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Dirk Maassen – Echoes (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:14 minutes | 691 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Album “Echoes” by Pianist and composer Dirk Maassen is inspired by encounters with his Fans. It is about the power of music to express feelings and connect people across spatial and temporal boundaries. Dirk Maassen has been keeping a musical diary for a long time. In it, he writes down the particularly memorable experiences in melodies. Many encounters with his fans have particularly touched him and inspired him to think about music as a means of communication. Feelings, sensations and experiences resonate in music, and people can experience deep connectedness even when they are separated from each other. Dirk Maassen has inspired this power to overcome space and time to reduced and, as it were, touching piano pieces, some of which he complements with orchestral arrangements.

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Dirk Maassen – Avalanche (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:18 minutes | 646 MB | Genre: Classical
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Composer/pianist Dirk Maassen’s Avalanche feels anthemic throughout. The opening “Eclipse,” a beautifully undulating piece that sways to its own natural rhythm, is a rock song in miniature, while the richly scored “Allewind” is full of tense, urgent drama. “Helios,” featuring sound artist Max Knoth and string orchestra accompaniment, harks back to Nyman’s score for the 1993 film The Piano, and “Nocturne” pays homage to the simple romance of the theme from Love Story. But while this is an album of many influences, Maassen, a master pianist, assimilates and crafts them into his own stunning, original whole.

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Dirk Maassen – Time (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:45 minutes | 806 MB | Genre: Classical
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For his new album “Time” Dirk Maassen has retreated to a remote mountain hut to find his inner melody and his true “I” in solitude and silence.

The pianist and composer, who also works as a software developer, sees the coming to rest of body and mind as the key to the emergence of new musical ideas. “Working on new music takes time and space, and you have to be patient and listen to yourself,” explains Dirk Maassen. In search of tranquility, he spent several weeks in South Tyrol, where he had only the company of his piano and the breathtaking views of the mountain wilderness for inspiration. On extended walks, Dirk Maassen found himself. “Living in the mountains reduces everything to its true essence and this simple, basic world opens up so much space to find one’s true self” he explains. In this environment, Maassen was able to find his “inner melody” and let it naturally rise into consciousness: “then everything comes together and something magical happens.

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