MUSIC | Furano

SERVICES

Composition of neoclassical music in every (musically reasonable) instrumentation:
- Solo works, e.g. piano sonatas, violin sonatas, chamber sonatas (solo instrument + piano)
- Lieder and choral works
- Chamber music, particularly string quartets and piano trios
- Symphonic works for chamber and large orchestras
- Cadenzas for soloists (also ghostwriting including full copyright transferral – discretion assured)
Preparation and production of all performance materials (full scores + parts)
Tailor-made, playable compositions highlighting the personal strengths of your performers

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♫ EXAMPLES ♫

Note in spring 2026: I am currently re-evaluating and cataloguing my work of the past 15 years. Since I am dealing with the chaos of 500+ works, some digitised, some not, with manuscripts scattered between Vienna, Budapest and Paris, this is taking longer than anticipated. I hope to update the meagre section below in summer 2026. Thank you for your patience.

PIANO

PIANO IMPROVISATIONS (from Fool's Gold, 2022)

CHAMBER MUSIC

SYMPHONIC

POP / MUSICAL / LO-FI

INNOVATIONS

While certain traditional principles must be upheld when creating timeless music, simple epigonism won't do; music naturally evolves. The following is a brief overview of two of my compositional innovations.

DOUBLE-PEDALLING FOR PIANO

This new pedalling technique makes use of the long-neglected sostenuto pedal. Since the pedal mechanism's invention 150 years ago, barely any composer has used it for anything other than sustaining a lone note at the beginning of a measure. But one can do much better: The prudent combination of the forte/sustain pedal with the middle pedal allows the pianist to execute previously unplayable passages, to bring different voices back and forth at will, and to control the instrument's resonance with unprecedented precision – among other benefits. All my keyboard works after 2017 thus contain double-pedal markings. Since the technique can be applied to piano literature from Bach to Prokofiev, I also teach this pedalling method to all my advanced students. A written manual for the general public is in the works.

EXPANSION OF THE SONATA FORM

The traditional sonata form has persisted since the times of Mozart and Beethoven, and justly so: impeccably proportioned, it is the grand pinnacle of all musical forms, and the living, breathing structure that rightfully underpins the greatest musical masterpieces in history.

However, the form's weakness from a modern point of view is its predictable recapitulation, or reprise, which repeats the exposition more or less unchanged. While I'm not completely averse to the reprise per se, many of my works instead contain a denouement, a formal resolution in which all of the sonata's initial themes are united, and two often even play at the same time.