2023/2024 Concert Music
• Piano Concerto Film Score on Turner Classic Movies
Featuring Anthony de Mare from the Lincoln Center premiere
October 30 at Midnight
• String Quartet & Harp Collection
Boston: 12-2-23
• SummerKeys & Eagle Hill Institute - June 2024
Premiere of "De-Evolutionary Etudes" for Solo Piano
• New Orchestral Score for "Nosferatu"
Premieres next Fall in Boston
Study Score at AMAZON
Al Kryszak is a composer, filmmaker, pianist & guitarist based in Maine. Work includes Turner Classic Movies, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, The New England Film Orchestra, The American Festival of Microtonal Music, Mabou Mines, June-in-Buffalo, Symphony Space, LA Directors Guild, & KINO. He is on the Creative Arts/Media Faculty at the University of Maine at Machias, Unity College & Southern New Hampshire University. Kryszak studied at SUNY Buffalo with Lukas Foss, Morton Feldman, Bill Kothe, Louis Andriessen & Lou Harrison.
New Doc Film Premiere:
Following last year's "Hungry Now", the Collins Center for the Arts & University of Maine at Machias premiere my 6th documentary feature film "The Religion Move" on Nov. 12th & Nov. 18th.
It's a busy, English messed-up tea-room of a website! You can do it!
2022 Song Album: "Murmur Rations"
“Murmur Rations” continues composer/guitarist Al Kryszak’s heavily instrumental Prog & Alt works, again with Buffalo drummer Mike Brydalski, in a sensitive stomp through politics, loss, gain & meditation. Baritone electric, Strat, Acoustic, & Classical Guitars, with ferociously felt keyboards, bounce off the walls of the 2021 lockdown.
Murmur Rations: Reviews
“The two most beautiful compositions on this CD are Murmur Rations I & II and they are almost Hackett-esque, incorporating abstract acoustic and bass lines, which build back the order out of non-rhythmical chaos, to finally grow into a very lyrical theme. Lovers of Nordic jazz (see Terje Rypdal, for instance) might also like to take notice.”
- Sergey Nikulichev (DPRP.net Dutch Prog Report 12-5-2021)
“This album is a respite from “crazy.” It offers instead, a journey — a mesmerizing free flight of musical experience — that is meditative in demeanor, tinged with loss, buoyed by gains, and dramatic in circumstance. It is a shared moment in time with a gifted artist. An accomplished guitarist, Kryszak plays all of the instruments on this album. That expertise showcases a distinct connection he has with every instrument he plays."
- Rick Heller (MVNO - 3-15-2022)
Studio Tour & Intro Video
Videos From New Release:
"Letter 133"
“2020’s Got A Ring To It”
The New Haven International Film Festival
May, 2021
Song Release on Feb. 26, 2021 (Atlantic Screen Group/FilmTrax)
Film News;
"Privacy & The Power of Secrets" premiered as a finalist at
The Hague Global Cinema Festival this November & in the
Sweden Film Awards as a Semi-Finalist last September.
The U.S. Premiere is April 30th/May 1
In Boston at The West Newton Cinema.
"When The Chevy Breaks (How Small Towns Fix Big Problems)"
Maine Public PBS Television Broadcast.
Feb. 25th at 10 pm
Lux Internum - (12 Nocturnes for Solo Piano) 2020 release
Available at APPLE MUSIC & AMAZON
Hi-Rez Audio File Album at HIRESAUDIO
The premiere of Al Kryszak’s “Lux Internum” collection is a glimpse into the Polish nocturne legacy, 200 years in the making. The 12 movement nocturne collection (Internal Light) is followed by 2 works by Ignacy Paderewski & Marie Szymanowska.
“I was immediately attracted to the complexity of Alan Kryszak’s music: harmonic, textural and rhythmic. His inner light is irresistibly multi-faceted and often ambiguous, and profoundly human.” S.B.
Svetlana Belsky’s discography includes Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bach & Chopin. Winner of many awards and competitions, Dr. Belsky is the recipient of the 2019 American Prize in Piano Performance and Silver Medals from the 2019 Global Music Awards for her EStrella Piano Duo CD, Tales from the East (2018) and her Stravinsky Rite of Spring CD (2014), which American Record Guide describes as “an extraordinary performance” and “astounding”. Her 2019 release of Myth and Romance CD, featuring works by Polish composers, recorded with distinguished violinist Marta Szlubowska, is already receiving plaudits for outstanding artistry, creativity and virtuoso technique by the duo.
Kryszak 2020 Interview
Recent Press:
“A large part of the album…is instrumental and mostly acoustic; tracks that demonstrate not only Kryszak's compositional mastery but also his prowess on guitar, bass and keyboards.”
- Mark Hughs - Dutch Prog Review Dprp (11-2018)
“Soft Clowns …greatest strengths lie in the instrumental works, which have an exploratory feel, and offer a broad range of textures, to say nothing of an improvisatory sensibility that offers a measure of vibrancy to counter the album’s overall dark spirit.”
- Allan Kozinn - San Francisco Classical Voice (1-2018)
“The guitar flirts, antagonizes and soothes the music, as busy and constant as a dragonfly over water.”
- Guy De Federicis - BadArtFilm (2-2018)
Soft Clowns of the Sea
2018 release, “Soft Clowns of the Sea”. A solo album released by SONY affiliate The Orchard.
The baritone guitar & song project deals with current 'human climate change' in America.
"Won't Catch Me Sleeping", "Time Without Guilt", "Hold Them All", and the baritone electric & acoustic guitar tracks, chronicle a father calming his son as they drift off in the night sea, from a destroyed past to a shaky & unwelcoming future as permanent foreigners. Buffalo, NY Indie music contributors include Buffalo's Mike Brydalski on drums & Downeast Maine legends Duane Ingalls & Stephen Copel on backing vocals. Artwork by internationally acclaimed photographer Neil Kryszak completes this 10th independent release.
Press & Reviews:
San Francisco Classical Voice
Guitar Sphere
Rocking Charts
Prog Sphere
Bad Art/Film
2018 release, “Soft Clowns of the Sea”. A solo album released by SONY affiliate The Orchard.
The baritone guitar & song project deals with current 'human climate change' in America.
"Won't Catch Me Sleeping", "Time Without Guilt", "Hold Them All", and the baritone electric & acoustic guitar tracks, chronicle a father calming his son as they drift off in the night sea, from a destroyed past to a shaky & unwelcoming future as permanent foreigners. Buffalo, NY Indie music contributors include Buffalo's Mike Brydalski on drums & Downeast Maine legends Duane Ingalls & Stephen Copel on backing vocals. Artwork by internationally acclaimed photographer Neil Kryszak completes this 10th independent release.
Press & Reviews:
San Francisco Classical Voice
Guitar Sphere
Rocking Charts
Prog Sphere
Bad Art/Film
Preview Track: "TIME WITHOUT GUILT" New Video at YouTube (from "Soft Clowns of the Sea" )
Al Kryszak is a Composer/Guitarist/Artist with 30 years of concert, silent film and visual work, released on KINO International DVD, iTunes and online. Released works include "Transparent preludes" (Piano Collection), "All The Luck" (Clarinet and Orchestra), The Piano Concerto (DR. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde silent score from Lincoln Center/TCM), and "The Liz Estrada Book Club", with REV, his Alt Rock Trio. He has designed Audio Production courses for the visually impaired, and currently teaches Music in Film, Documentary & Audio Production coursework at The University of Maine at Machias.
Recent film projects he's written & directed, include the new Documentary "Privacy & The Power of Secrets" (Premiered at The Hague Global Cinema Festival in Nov., 2020), "When The Chevy Breaks ( How Small Towns Fix Big Problems)", "Who Made You In America" (2017 Documentary ) & "Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction", premiering on Maine Public Television with a student film crews from UMaine, Machias..
NEW RELEASE: “Codex Suburbia” surveys 25 years of Kryszak’s wind & choral music, including live premieres from NY City and Buffalo, NY. Recorded from 1989 to 2015, The collection features Robert Pacillo’s Harmonia Chamber Singers, Johnny Reinhard’s American Festival of Microtonal Music (NYC) , and the cast of New York’s seminal avant grade theatre company, Mabou Mine’s "Reel to Real” (1994), in a choral scene dedicated to co-founder Fred Neumann. (CD Available). With this election year’s emergence of racial scapegoating & a pathological indifference to refugees, it seemed an appropriate time to release works like "White Guys Afraid of Blacks on TV”(1990), “Lost Girls of Juarez” (2015) & “Men & Women” (1989).
UK Premiere of 2016's "Codex Suburbia" featured on King Crimson biographer Sid Smith's
Postcards from the Yellow Room (53)
Anthony de Mare is featured on Turner Classic Movies piano concerto/film score for "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".
His "Broken Blossoms" silent film score was released on iTunes, and is featured on Turner Classic Movies along with his scores for "A Christmas Past" and "Dr. Jekyll..." . Featured at Carnegie Recital Hall, The World Financial Center, Symphony Space, The Los Angeles Directors Guild, The Kitchen, Arts at St. Ann's, The North American New Music Festival, The Atlantic Center for the Arts and The Burchfield-Penny Art Center, among other venues, he has also scored music for theater innovators including Road Less Traveled, JoAnne Akalaitis, Per Lysander (Sweden), Percy Steven (UK) and New York's Mabou Mines.
Much of his work brings new concert music and film together, bringing new concert music to more diverse audiences. The Lincoln Center Film Society premiered "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (piano and orchestra) and "Broken Blossoms", (piano trio & guitar), and KINO films has released a collection of 9 film scores entitled "A Christmas Past". Original scores for rarely seen silent films, including "Hamlet" (Sven Gade 1921), "Limite" (Mario Peixoto 1930) & "Fall of the House of Usher" (Webber/Watson 1928) premiered at The NY Shakespeare Festival Papp Theatre.. Kryszak's live score for "Intolerance" ( Griffith 1916) was featured in NY at Symphony Space on a "Film & Censorship" series hosted by Martin Scorsese.
His solo electric guitar score for "Nosferatu" (Murnau 1921) premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall and the Los Angeles Directors Guild/ American Cinematheque in 1992 and 94. The live score for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" premiered at The World Trade Center/Wintergarden Theater in 2000, scored for bass flute, voice, cello and guitar orchestra. As a founding member/songwriter of Upstate NY Alt Rock Trio, REV, Kryszak is on Strat & Baritone Guitar, Piano and Vocals. Performing and recording with Rob Mazurkiewicz (Bass/Vocals) and Mike Brydalski (Drums), REV released "The Restless Are Natives" & the "Human Rights Revenge" double CD "L.E. The Liz Estrada Book Club".
Kryszak is the founder of "Loud Guys Against Violence Against Women", with over 10,000 individuals from around the globe, who put their name on local prevention of the only disease that doesn't need a dime to cure.
Recent film projects he's written & directed, include the new Documentary "Privacy & The Power of Secrets" (Premiered at The Hague Global Cinema Festival in Nov., 2020), "When The Chevy Breaks ( How Small Towns Fix Big Problems)", "Who Made You In America" (2017 Documentary ) & "Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction", premiering on Maine Public Television with a student film crews from UMaine, Machias..
NEW RELEASE: “Codex Suburbia” surveys 25 years of Kryszak’s wind & choral music, including live premieres from NY City and Buffalo, NY. Recorded from 1989 to 2015, The collection features Robert Pacillo’s Harmonia Chamber Singers, Johnny Reinhard’s American Festival of Microtonal Music (NYC) , and the cast of New York’s seminal avant grade theatre company, Mabou Mine’s "Reel to Real” (1994), in a choral scene dedicated to co-founder Fred Neumann. (CD Available). With this election year’s emergence of racial scapegoating & a pathological indifference to refugees, it seemed an appropriate time to release works like "White Guys Afraid of Blacks on TV”(1990), “Lost Girls of Juarez” (2015) & “Men & Women” (1989).
UK Premiere of 2016's "Codex Suburbia" featured on King Crimson biographer Sid Smith's
Postcards from the Yellow Room (53)
Anthony de Mare is featured on Turner Classic Movies piano concerto/film score for "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".
His "Broken Blossoms" silent film score was released on iTunes, and is featured on Turner Classic Movies along with his scores for "A Christmas Past" and "Dr. Jekyll..." . Featured at Carnegie Recital Hall, The World Financial Center, Symphony Space, The Los Angeles Directors Guild, The Kitchen, Arts at St. Ann's, The North American New Music Festival, The Atlantic Center for the Arts and The Burchfield-Penny Art Center, among other venues, he has also scored music for theater innovators including Road Less Traveled, JoAnne Akalaitis, Per Lysander (Sweden), Percy Steven (UK) and New York's Mabou Mines.
Much of his work brings new concert music and film together, bringing new concert music to more diverse audiences. The Lincoln Center Film Society premiered "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (piano and orchestra) and "Broken Blossoms", (piano trio & guitar), and KINO films has released a collection of 9 film scores entitled "A Christmas Past". Original scores for rarely seen silent films, including "Hamlet" (Sven Gade 1921), "Limite" (Mario Peixoto 1930) & "Fall of the House of Usher" (Webber/Watson 1928) premiered at The NY Shakespeare Festival Papp Theatre.. Kryszak's live score for "Intolerance" ( Griffith 1916) was featured in NY at Symphony Space on a "Film & Censorship" series hosted by Martin Scorsese.
His solo electric guitar score for "Nosferatu" (Murnau 1921) premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall and the Los Angeles Directors Guild/ American Cinematheque in 1992 and 94. The live score for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" premiered at The World Trade Center/Wintergarden Theater in 2000, scored for bass flute, voice, cello and guitar orchestra. As a founding member/songwriter of Upstate NY Alt Rock Trio, REV, Kryszak is on Strat & Baritone Guitar, Piano and Vocals. Performing and recording with Rob Mazurkiewicz (Bass/Vocals) and Mike Brydalski (Drums), REV released "The Restless Are Natives" & the "Human Rights Revenge" double CD "L.E. The Liz Estrada Book Club".
Kryszak is the founder of "Loud Guys Against Violence Against Women", with over 10,000 individuals from around the globe, who put their name on local prevention of the only disease that doesn't need a dime to cure.
Piano Concerto-Film Score for Turner Classic Movies featuring Anthony de Mare - Oct 30 TCM
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Piano Collection - "Transparent Preludes" - REVIEWS - Seattle Post Buffalo Rising Video Review - WNYC FM - Newsounds Live with John Schaefer NEW Solo Album:"Lullabies For People Who Don't Need Sleep" AT iTUNES, CD BABY. SONG PREVIEWS AT ReverbNation V I D E O L I B R A R Y : "FLOATERS" ; "PIANO PRELUDE PROJECT" "BEFORE YOU LEAVE" "LOST GIRLS OF JUAREZ" Turner Classic Movies: "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" "Broken Blossoms" MARCH 2014 : "An Illiad" Theatre Score (Hammered dulcimers, 18 alto recorders, women's chorus, percussion) WNY Premiere of "An Illiad", directed by David Oliver, Featuring Matt Whitten. APRIL 15 ‐ 2014 :CD Release "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Silent Film Score for guitar orchestra, cello, voice and flute soloist) Soloist‐ Bass Flute: Michael Colquhoun - Recorded live at The World Trade Center, 1999 JUNE 15 ‐ 2014: CD Release "Transparent Preludes" Premiere of large‐scale work for solo & multiple pianists Ivan Docenko http://music.buffalostate.edu/faculty/ivan‐docenko‐jr MAY 16, MAY 18 ‐ 2014: World Premiere Work for Choir "Voices From The Shoreline" CONCERT EVENT: "ECHOES OF THE PRESENT" Harmonia Chamber Choir http://harmoniacs.squarespace.com/concerts/ FILM SCORE EXCERPTS: Turner Classic Movies: "Broken Blossoms" EXCERPTS at TCM.com (Piano Trio, Guitar, Orchestra) EXCERPT 2 (Hammered Dulcimer & Strings) NEW REV ALBUM AT ITUNES "The Restless Are Natives" Buffalo News Review: Jeff Miers "The album blends anger and empathy, balancing gritty, post-punk guitar figures against more reflective, esoteric melodic and harmonic movements. “Restless” is also an abundantly rich recording, with plenty of ear candy for the audiophile and headphone-obsessive alike." MORE REVIEWS of REV's "The Restless ..." BadArtFilm.Blogspot "The Restless Are Natives offers several avenues to rock and shoe-gaze by. It's appeal only grows with each listen as even the slightest rocker evolves to a depth of evolving imagery." REV - Performed on Exposed Music Festival WIN TOUR 2013. With Ionia and St. Diablo Jan 12 2013 at The California Brew Haus - Rochester, NY May 11 2013 at The Tralf "Loud Guys Against Violence Against Women II" Contact: Alkryszak@gmail.com |
Above: Recent Photography & Stills from Video Work