DISCOVERY
Can one instrument save a man from himself? Can 88-keys be a source of light when days seem dark? In finishing eleven years of piano, I can’t begin to describe the great appreciation I have for the piano and the teacher who brought it t [+]DISCOVERY
Can one instrument save a man from himself? Can 88-keys be a source of light when days seem dark? In finishing eleven years of piano, I can’t begin to describe the great appreciation I have for the piano and the teacher who brought it to life for me.
As long as I can remember, my time has been split between two loves: swimming and piano. While swimming remained the high maintenance love that sapped my time and energy, its presence in my life was not a lasting one. I was shaken to my core after a shoulder injury in the fall of 2005 left me out of the water. The goals I had dreamed of achieving just weren’t going to happen. As hard as that was to
accept, I realized that those goals are not everything.
Mary Kay Kapustka took the time to show me that loss is part of all of us…and an even greater part of the music I was playing. I found that the complexities of my frustration were a perfect match for a Brahms Rhapsody; similarly my nostalgia fit a Chopin Polonaise just right. Empathizing with the angst of the composers allowed
me to enter their world through their works. Mary Kay showed me that the piano is a mirror for everything beautiful and agonizing in our lives. Music allowed me to
transform my own pain into light. It offered me the self-reflection that I was missing. Because of her subtle touch, I happily owe a great debt to the piano.
Playing music is about expression, not achievement. When music stops being personal, it stops being. For helping me to discover this, and everything else, I want to thank
Mary Kay from the bottom of my heart.
Martin Erzinger
July, 2006
At the Piano with Martin Erzinger
(reflections on eleven consistent years of astonishing achievement written by his teacher, Mary Kay Kapustka, June, 2006)
Every composition Martin captures on this CD, reflects the kaleidoscopic brilliance that is the essence of Martin Erzinger. One turn reveals his sharp, dry wit, another
lets us peek into the vast depths of his innermost being, depth that is the product of deep, intensive and persistent probing.
This depth of psyche was evident in Martin from his very first piano lessons, back in 1995, and carried through, ever deepening and expanding, throughout this brilliant
recording that captures and
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