Erik von Spreckelsen

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. One of my earliest musical memories, is when I around age 5 got Bartok’s 6 string quartets as a birthday present from my grandmother from Hungary. I was immediately struck by the power and intensity of the music What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Remastered Herbie Hancock, Thrust Miles Davis, "Four" & More (2022 Remaster) The level of artistic greatness and improvisational skills on these 3 albums has meant everything to me in my daily approach of becomming a better pianist, composer and producer Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Keep It Up” In this song my skills as a pianist, composer and producer all melts together nicely in a new and fresh way What’s one of the most memorable moments in your career so far? The Premiere of my first opera “The Flea and the Professor” was definetely a highlight. It was commisioned by The Funen Opera. I took me 1 1/2 year to compose, but when I watch the premiere it was definitely worth all the hard work Is there anything left on your bucket list as an artist or band? I just wanna keep on improving and break new ground as a pianist, composer and producer