Embracing Your Distractions | Nahre Sol

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Can distractions be your greatest strengths? In this installment of the ILIO Artist Circle, the focus is on the undeniably talented Nahre Sol and her journey from classically trained pianist into the wide world of music technology and software instruments.
Nahre Sol performs, composes and teaches an eclectic mixture of music that draws from aspects of improvisation, the avant-garde, traditional Western forms and harmony, jazz, and minimalism. She runs a notable series of videos on RUclips that distill her distinct perspective as a classically-trained pianist with an insatiable appetite for new ideas about music theory, harmony, practicing, and composition. Topping over 500,000 subscribers, her videos breaking down the stylistic elements of great classical composers and documentaries that share excursions into various genres she explores. Outside of RUclips Nahre's credits include feature films with prominent composers such as Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro.
Her natural curiosity led to an obsession with discovering how technology can expand and express her music. At the Juilliard school, pianists are not typically taught how to create and improve their sound, rather to focus on playing and leave that task to engineers. In this video we learn what led Nahre to challenge traditions and become who she is today, creating new timbres by blending software instruments with her piano.
Nahre is especially inspired by the Celeste in Keyscape. Lately, she's been incorporating it into a new style of music where she is playing both the Keyscape Celeste and her acoustic piano-something that would be exceptionally difficult using an actual Celeste. When asked about Keyscape, she says that "the best software instruments are the ones that carry the character of the actual instrument", and describes how Keyscape's Celeste offers not only the spot-on sound that she craves, but also the experience of playing on a real Celeste.
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[@ilio_official]

Do you have a favorite instrument on Keyscape?

[@Leo.Brodie]

I've appreciated Nahre Sol's videos for years. This is a wonderful summary of the artist and her inspirations. Great video.

[@ilio_official]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@matthewranallo3824]

I really can relate with this and the beautiful piano

[@ilio_official]

Great to hear that you enjoyed the video! 🎹❤

[@skane3109]

Huge fan of Nahre Sol. So great to see her here and get some fresh insights into her musical journey. Wow, what the world would have misssd if she’d decided not to return to music after Juilliard.
Thank you for beautifully integrating sound bites from her Alice in Wonderland album into this video. It started out as a sleeper but is destined for great recognition in the years and decades ahead.
BTW, you captured the ethereal vibe of that work perfectly ❤

[@ilio_official]

Thank you for the great comments. We're big fans of Nahre's as well!

[@beatdemon1]

This is fantastic. Nahre is such a talent and the glimpse into her production life is so cool. Very well done!

[@ilio_official]

🎶👌 Thanks for the shoutout! Nahre is a true gem.

[@midiman5045]

Yes she is. Totally blows me away with her playing.

[@patlilburn5251]

I was happy you featured her compositions all through this - I too have followed her video record for quite a while and only wish this person well. I think your video has highlighted her personality as well as her talent and demonstrates the two are one thing.

[@ilio_official]

Thank you for the nice comment!

[@winterheat]

I have a strong need to listen to Nahre's Moonlight Sonata 1st and Pathetique 2nd

[@ilio_official]

🙌

[@JohnNyerges]

Love it.

[@jacy123]

Great video! Nicely done! Superb talent!

[@ilio_official]

🙌 Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@soundtreks]

Keyscape is incredible. I mean all of the Spectrasonics products are. Artistically inspiring.

[@ilio_official]

🎹❤ We're thrilled to hear that these instruments are making a positive impact on your music-making journey. Keep creating!

[@amphitheatre]

Renaissance woman! I love celeste but never knew how to pronounce it, oops. I'd love to have Keyscape in my arsenal but I don't have the room for it, sadly.

[@ilio_official]

Thank you for watching the video and for your kind words about Nahre Sol!

[@jofisher3643]

I need omnisphere pls!!

[@crescentmoon54]

You probably know Eric Ewazen.....

[@ilio_official]

🎹🎼 Appreciate you sharing!